R.D. Holt

Quantifying dilution and amplification in a community of hosts for tick-borne pathogens
Levi, Taal, Felicia Keesing, R.D. Holt, Michael Barfield, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2016. “Quantifying Dilution and Amplification in a Community of Hosts for Tick-Borne Pathogens”. Ecological Applications 26 (2): 484-98. doi:10.1890/15-0122.
Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease? Comment
Levi, Taal, Aimee L. Massey, R.D. Holt, Felicia Keesing, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Carlos A. Peres. 2016. “Does Biodiversity Protect Humans Against Infectious Disease? Comment”. ECOLOGY 97. WILEY-BLACKWELL: 536-42. doi:10.1890/15-354.1.
A community-ecology framework for understanding vector and vector-borne disease dynamics
Blaustein, Leon, Richard S. Ostfeld, and R.D. Holt. 2010. “A Community-Ecology Framework for Understanding Vector and Vector-Borne Disease Dynamics”. Isr. J. Ecol. Evol. 56: 251-62. doi:10.1560/IJEE.56.3-4.251.
Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases
Keesing, Felicia, Lisa K. Belden, P. Daszak, Andrew P. Dobson, C. D. Harvell, R.D. Holt, Peter J. Hudson, et al. 2010. “Impacts of Biodiversity on the Emergence and Transmission of Infectious Diseases”. Nature 468: 647-52.
Is infectious disease just another type of predator-prey interaction?
Hall, S. R., K.D. Lafferty, J.M. Brown, C.E. Cáceres, J.M. Chase, Andrew P. Dobson, R.D. Holt, Clive G. Jones, S.E. Randolph, and P. Rohani. 2008. “Is Infectious Disease Just Another Type of Predator-Prey Interaction?”. In R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems, 223-41. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: The importance of biological diversity to human health
Dobson, Andrew P., I. Cattadori, R.D. Holt, Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, K. Krichbaum, J. R. Rohr, S.E. Perkins, and Peter J. Hudson. 2006. “Sacred Cows and Sympathetic Squirrels: The Importance of Biological Diversity to Human Health”. PLoS Medicine 3: e231. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Dobson_PLOS_2006.pdf.
Effects of species diversity on disease risk
Keesing, Felicia, R.D. Holt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2006. “Effects of Species Diversity on Disease Risk”. Ecol. Lett. 9: 485-98. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Keesing_Holt_Ostfeld_2006_Ecology_Letters.pdf.
Are predators good for your health? Evaluating evidence for top-down regulation of zoonotic disease reservoirs
Ostfeld, Richard S., and R.D. Holt. 2004. “Are Predators Good for Your Health? Evaluating Evidence for Top-down Regulation of Zoonotic Disease Reservoirs”. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 13-20. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_and_Holt_2004_Front_Ecol_Environ_2_13-20.pdf.