Felicia Keesing

Life History and Demographic Drivers of Reservoir Competence for Three Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens
Ostfeld, Richard S., Taal Levi, Anna E. Jolles, Lynn B. Martin, Parviez R. Hosseini, and Felicia Keesing. 2014. “Life History and Demographic Drivers of Reservoir Competence for Three Tick-Borne Zoonotic Pathogens”. PLoS ONE 9 (9): e107387. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107387.
Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America
Keesing, Felicia, Diana J. McHenry, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91 (2): 302-9. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525.
Biodiversity and Human Health
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2013. “Biodiversity and Human Health”. In S. Levin, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd ed. Academic Press.
Landscape epidemiology
Keesing, Felicia. 2013. “Landscape Epidemiology”. In S. Levin, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd ed. Academic Press.
Effects of wildlife and cattle on tick abundance in central Kenya
Keesing, Felicia, B. F. Allan, T.P. Young, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. “Effects of Wildlife and Cattle on Tick Abundance in Central Kenya”. Ecological Applications 23 (6): 1410-18. doi:10.1890/12-1607.1.
An Experimental Test of Competition among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments
Brunner, Jesse L., S.T.K. Duerr, Felicia Keesing, Mary E. Killilea, Holly Vuong, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. “An Experimental Test of Competition Among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments”. PLoS ONE 8 (6): e66798. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066798.
Novel Organisms: Comparing Invasive Species, GMOs, and Emerging Pathogens
Jeschke, Jonathan M., Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. “Novel Organisms: Comparing Invasive Species, GMOs, and Emerging Pathogens”. AMBIO. doi:10.1007/s13280-013-0387-5.
Straw men don’t get Lyme disease: response to Wood and Lafferty
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2013. “Straw Men don’t Get Lyme Disease: Response to Wood and Lafferty”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.009.
Disease ecology
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Disease Ecology”. In F. DeClerck Et Al. Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction, 217-30. Springer.
Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide.
Ogada, D. L., Felicia Keesing, and M. Virani. 2012. “Dropping Dead: Causes and Consequences of Vulture Population Declines Worldwide”. In The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 1249:57-71. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.