Felicia Keesing

An ecosystem service of biodiversity – the protection of human health against infectious disease
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “An Ecosystem Service of Biodiversity – the Protection of Human Health Against Infectious Disease”. In New Directions in Conservation Medicine, by A. Aguirre, R.S. Ostfeld, and P. Daszak, Eds.. Oxford University Press.
Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia microti
Hersh, Michelle H., Michael Tibbetts, Mia Strauss, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Felicia Keesing. 2012. “Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia Microti”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (12). doi:10.3201/eid1812.111392.
The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae and Megascolecidae) of Dutchess County, New York, USA
Rodriguez, A. R., Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, and J. W. Reynolds. 2012. “The Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae and Megascolecidae) of Dutchess County, New York, USA”. Megadrilogica 15. Illinois Natural History Survey: 141-50.
Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Removal on the Abundance of Entomopathogenic Fungi
Vaicekonyte, Regina, and Felicia Keesing. 2012. “Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Petiolata) Removal on the Abundance of Entomopathogenic Fungi”. Invasive Plant Science and Management 5 (3): 323-29. doi:10.1614/IPSM-D-12-00006.1.
Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2012. “Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease”. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 43 (1): 157-82. doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145022.
Relationship between pace of life and immune responses in wild rodents
Previtali, Andrea, Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing, Anna E. Jolles, Rhea Hanselmann, and Lynn B. Martin. 2012. “Relationship Between Pace of Life and Immune Responses in Wild Rodents”. Oikos 121: 1483-92. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.020215.x.
Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Keesing, Felicia, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Diana J. McHenry, S.T.K. Duerr, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma Phagocytophilum”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (12): 2013-13. doi:10.3201/eid1812.120919.
Effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on entomopathogenic fungi
Keesing, Felicia, P. Oberoi, Regina Vaicekonyte, K. Gowen, L. Henry, S. Mount, P. Johns, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria Petiolata) on Entomopathogenic Fungi”. Ecoscience 18: 164-68.
Molting success of Ixodes scapularis varies among individual blood meal hosts and species
Brunner, Jesse L., L. Cheney, Felicia Keesing, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Andrea Previtali, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Molting Success of Ixodes Scapularis Varies Among Individual Blood Meal Hosts and Species”. J. Med. Ent. 48: 860-66. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Brunner_etal_2011_JME.pdf.
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.