Felicia Keesing

Potential effects of blood meal host on bacterial community composition in Ixodes scapularis nymphs
Landesman, W.J., Kenneth Mulder, B. F. Allan, Laura Bashor, Felicia Keesing, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2019. “Potential Effects of Blood Meal Host on Bacterial Community Composition in Ixodes Scapularis Nymphs”. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 10 (3): 523-27. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.01.002.
Predicting larval tick burden on white-footed mice with an artificial neural network
Mowry, Stacy, Felicia Keesing, Ilya R. Fischhoff, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2019. “Predicting Larval Tick Burden on White-Footed Mice With an Artificial Neural Network”. Ecological Informatics 52: 150-58. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.04.002.
The Tick Project: Testing Environmental Methods of Preventing Tick-borne Diseases
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2018. “The Tick Project: Testing Environmental Methods of Preventing Tick-Borne Diseases”. Trends in Parasitology 34 (6): 447-50. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2018.02.008.
Tick-borne disease risk in a forest food web
Ostfeld, Richard S., Taal Levi, Felicia Keesing, K. Oggenfuss, and Charles D. Canham. 2018. “Tick-Borne Disease Risk in a Forest Food Web”. Ecology 99 (7): 1562-73. doi:10.1002/ecy.2386.
Tritrophic interactions between a fungal pathogen, a spider predator, and the blacklegged tick
Fischhoff, Ilya R., J. C. Burtis, Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2018. “Tritrophic Interactions Between a Fungal Pathogen, a Spider Predator, and the Blacklegged Tick”. Ecology and Evolution 8 (16): 7824-34. doi:10.1002/ece3.4271.
Effects of a zoonotic pathogen, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>, on the behavior of a key reservoir host
Ostfeld, Richard S., Dustin Brisson, K. Oggenfuss, Jill Devine, Michael Z. Levy, and Felicia Keesing. 2018. “Effects of a Zoonotic Pathogen, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi< I>, on the Behavior of a Key Reservoir Host”. Ecology and Evolution, no. 8: 4074-83. doi:10.1002/ece3.3961.
Cattle and rainfall affect tick abundance in central Kenya
Keesing, Felicia, Richard S. Ostfeld, T.P. Young, and B. F. Allan. 2018. “Cattle and Rainfall Affect Tick Abundance in Central Kenya”. Parasitology 145 (3): 345-54. doi:10.1017/S003118201700155X.
The tick biocontrol agent Metarhizium brunneum (= M. anisopliae) (strain F52) does not reduce non-target arthropods
Fischhoff, Ilya R., Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2017. “The Tick Biocontrol Agent Metarhizium Brunneum (= M. Anisopliae) (strain F52) Does Not Reduce Non-Target Arthropods”. PLOS ONE 12 (11): e0187675. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187675.
Trojan Females and Judas Goats: Evolutionary Traps as Tools in Wildlife Management
Robertson, Bruce A., Richard S. Ostfeld, and Felicia Keesing. 2017. “Trojan Females and Judas Goats: Evolutionary Traps As Tools in Wildlife Management”. BioScience 67 (11): 983-94. doi:10.1093/biosci/bix116.
Is biodiversity bad for your health?
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2017. “Is Biodiversity Bad for Your Health?”. Ecosphere 8 (3): e01676. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1676.