Publications contributed to the program of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Published Papers

Carver, S., A. Bestall, A. Jardine, and R. S. Ostfeld   2009.   Influence of hosts on the ecology of arboviral transmission: Potential mechanisms influencing dengue, Murray Valley encephalitis, and Ross River virus in Australia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases   9(1):DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0040

Keesing, F., J. Brunner, S. Duerr, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. Schmidt, H. Vuong, and R.S. Ostfeld.   2009.   Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease.   Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences   276(1675):3911-3919

Ostfeld, R. S.   2009.   Biodiversity loss and the rise of zoonotic pathogens. Clin. Microbiol. Infect.   15 (Suppl. 1): 40-43.

Ostfeld, R.S.   2009.   Climate change and the distribution and intensity of infectious diseases.   Ecology   90(4): 903-905.

Pongsiri, M.J., J. Roman, V.O. Ezenwa, T.L. Goldberg, H.S. Koren, S.C. Newbold, R.S. Ostfeld, S.K. Pattanayak, and D.J. Salkeld.   2009.   Biodiversity Loss Affects Global Disease Ecology.   BioScience   59(11):945-954

Schauber, E. M., M. J. Connors, B. J. Goodwin, C. G. Jones and R. S. Ostfeld   2009.   Quantifying a dynamic risk landscape: Heterogeneous predator activity and implications for prey persistence. Ecology   90: 240–251.

Schwanz, L.E., D. Brisson, M. Gomes-Solecki, R.S. Ostfeld.   2009.   The impact of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi on white-footed mice: implications for the ecology of Lyme disease.   Integrative and Comparative Biology   49:E153-E153 , Suppl. 1

Suzan, G., E. Marcé, J. T. Giermakowski, J. N. Mills, G. Ceballos, R. S. Ostfeld, B. Armién, J. M. Pascale, and T. L. Yates.   2009.   Experimental evidence for reduced rodent diversity causing increased hantavirus prevalence.   PLOS ONE   4(5):e5461. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0005461.

Allan, B. F., B. Langerhans, W. A. Ryberg, W. J. Landesman, N. W. Griffin, R. S. Katz, B. J. Oberle, M. R. Schutzenhofer, K. N. Smyth, A. de St. Maurice, L. Clark, K. R. Crooks, D. E. Hernandez, R. G. McLean, R. S. Ostfeld, and J. M. Chase   2008.   Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States Oecologia   158(4):699-708. DOI 10.1007/s00442-008-1169-9

Brisson, D., D. E. Dykhuizen, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Conspicuous impacts of inconspicuous hosts on the Lyme disease epidemic. Proc. R. Soc. B.   275:227-235.

Brunner, J. L. and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Multiple causes of variable tick burdens on small-mammal hosts.   Ecology   89:2259-2272.

Brunner, J. L., K. Loguidice, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Estimating reservoir competence of Borrelia burgdorferi hosts: Prevalence and infectivity, sensitivity, and specificity. J. Med. Ent.   45(1):139-147.

Keesing, F., R. S. Ostfeld, and V. T. Eviner.   2008.   Introduction. pp. 1-5In: R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press  

Killilea, M. E., A. Swei, R. S. Lane, C. J. Briggs, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Spatial dynamics of Lyme disease: A review. EcoHealth   5(2):167-95

LoGiudice, K., S. T. K. Duerr, M. J. Newhouse, K. A. Schmidt, M.E. Killilea, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Impact of host community composition on Lyme disease risk. Ecology   89 (10): 2841-2849

Molyneux, D., R. S. Ostfeld, A. Bernstein, and E. Chivian.   2008.   Ecosystem disturbance, biodiverity loss, and human infectious disease.In: E. Chivian and A. Bernstein (eds.). Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity.   Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.  

Ogada, D. L., M. E. Gadd, R. S. Ostfeld, T. P. Young, and F. Keesing.   2008.   Impacts of large herbivorous mammals on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna. Oecologia   DOI 10.1007/s00442-008-0994-1.

Ostfeld, R. S.   2008.   Introduction to Section III. pp. 321-323. In: R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press  

Ostfeld, R. S.   2008.   Parasites as weapons of mouse destruction. J. Anim. Ecol.   77:201-204.

Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, and V. T. Eviner.   2008.   The ecology of infectious diseases: progress, challenges, and frontiers. The ecology of infectious diseases: progress, challenges, and frontiers. pp. 469-482.In: R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press  

Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Eavesdropping squirrels reduce their future value of food under the perceived presence of cache robbers. Am. Nat.   171:386-393.

Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Numerical and behavioral effects within a pulse-driven system: Consequences for direct and indirect interactions for shared prey. Ecology   89(3):635–646.

Schmidt, K. A., E. Lee, R. S. Ostfeld, and K. Sieving.   2008.   Eastern chipmunks increase their perception of predation risk in response to titmouse alarm calls.   Behavioral Ecology   19:759-763.

Schmidt, K. A., S. A. Rush, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Wood thrush nest success and post-fledging survival across a temporal pulse of small mammal abundance in an oak forest. J. Anim. Ecol.   doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01378.x

Giery, S. T., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2007.   The role of lizards in the ecology of Lyme disease in two endemic zones of the northeastern United States. J. Parasitol.   93(3):511–517.

Ostfeld, R. S.   2007.   Habitat fragmentation and disease ecology: The case of Lyme disease. pp. 183-187.In: K. A. Vogt, J. M. Honea, D. J. Vogt, R. L. Edmonds, T. Patel-Weynand, R. Sigurdardottir, and M. G. Andreu (eds.). Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes.   CABI Publishing, CAB International, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.  

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2007.   Pulsed resources and community responses: An exploration of factors influencing outcomes. pp. 30-42. In: J. Bissonette and I. Storch (eds.). Temporal Dimensions of Landscape Ecology: Wildlife Responses to Variable Resources.   Springer  

Ostfeld, R. S., and J. N. Mills.   2007.   Social behavior, demography, and rodent-borne pathogens. pp. 478-486. In: J. O. Wolff and P. W. Sherman (eds.). Rodent Societies. University of Chicago Press  

Schauber, E. M., B. J. Goodwin, C. G. Jones, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2007.   Spatial selection and inheritance: Applying evolutionary concepts to population dynamics in heterogeneous space. Ecology   88(5):1112-1118.

Waller, L. A., B. J. Goodwin, M. L. Wilson, R. S. Ostfeld, S. Marshall, and E. B. Hayes.   2007.   Spatio-temporal patterns in county-level incidence and reporting of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, 1990–2000 Environ. Ecol. Stat.   14:83-100.

Dobson, A., I. Cattadori, R. Holt, R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, K. Krichbaum, J. Rohr, S. E. Perkins, and P. J. Hudson.   2006.   Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: The importance of biological diversity to human health. PLoS Medicine   3(6):e231.

Horobik, V., F. Keesing, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2006.   Abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks along forest–field edges. EcoHealth   3:262-268.

Keesing, F., R. D. Holt, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2006.   Effects of species diversity on disease risk. Ecol. Lett.   9:485-498.

Ostfeld, R. S., A. Price, V. L. Hornbostel, M. A. Benjamin, and F. Keesing.   2006.   Controlling ticks and tick-borne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents. BioScience   56(5):383-394.

Ostfeld, R. S., C. D. Canham, K. Oggenfuss, R. J. Winchcombe, and F. Keesing.   2006.   Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in Lyme-disease risk. PLoS Biology   4(6):e145.

Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, and K. LoGiudice.   2006.   Community ecology meets epidemiology: The case of Lyme disease. pp. 28-40. In: S. Collinge and C. Ray (eds.). Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics.   Oxford University Press.  

Schmidt, K. A., R. S. Ostfeld, and K. N. Smyth.   2006.   Spatial heterogeneity in predator activity, nest survivorship, and nest-site selection in two forest thrushes. Oecologia   148:22-29.

Burns, C. E., B. J. Goodwin, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   A prescription for longer life? Bot fly parasitism of the white-footed mouse. Ecology   86:753-761.

Connors, M. J., E. M. Schauber, A. Forbes, C. G. Jones, B. J. Goodwin, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   Use of track plates to quantify predation risk at small spatial scales. J. Mammal.   86(5):991-996.

Goodwin, B. J., C. G. Jones, E. M. Schauber, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   Limited dispersal and heterogeneous predation risk synergistically enhance persistence of rare prey. Ecology   86(12):3139–3148.

Hornbostel, V. L., E. Zhioua, M. A. Benjamin, H. S. Ginsberg, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs. Exp. Appl. Acarol.   35:301-316.

Hornbostel, V., R. S. Ostfeld, and M. Benjamin.   2005.   Effectiveness of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) engorging on Peromyscus leucopus. J. Vector Ecol.   30(1):91-101.

Kremen, C., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   A call to ecologists: Measuring, analyzing, and managing ecosystem services. Front. Ecol. Environ.   3(10):540-548.

Ostfeld, R. S., G. Glass, and F. Keesing.   2005.   Spatial epidemiology: An emerging (or re-emerging) discipline. Trends Ecol. Evol.   20:328-336.

Schauber, E. M., R. S. Ostfeld, and A. S. Evans, Jr..   2005.   What is the best predictor of annual Lyme disease incidence: Weather, mice, or acorns? Ecol. Appl.   15:575-586.

Schmidt, K. A., L. Nelis, N. Briggs, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2005.   Invasive shrubs and songbird nesting success: Effects of climatic variability and predator abundance. Ecol. Appl.   15:258-265.

Goheen, J. R., F. Keesing, B. F. Allan, D. Misurelli-Ogada, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2004.   Net effects of large mammals on Acacia seedling survival in an African savanna. Ecology   85:1555-1561.

Hornbostel, V., R. S. Ostfeld, E. Zhioua, and M. Benjamin.   2004.   Sublethal effects of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) on engorged larval, nymphal, and adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Ent.   41:922-929.

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2004.   Oh the locusts sang, then they dropped dead. Science   306:1488-1489.

Ostfeld, R. 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.

Ostfeld, R. S., P. Roy, W. Haumaier, L. Canter, F. Keesing, and E. Rowton.   2004.   Sand fly (Lutzomyia vexator) (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations in upstate New York: Abundance, microhabitat, and phenology. J. Med. Ent.   41:774-778.

Schauber, E. M., R. S. Ostfeld, and C. G. Jones.   2004.   Type 3 functional response of mice to gypsy moth pupae: Is it stabilizing? Oikos   107(3):592-602.

Schnurr, J. L., C. D. Canham, R. S. Ostfeld, and R. S. Inouye.   2004.   Neighborhood analyses of small mammal dynamics: Impacts on seed predation and seedling establishment. Ecology   85:741-755.

Allan, B. F., F. Keesing, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2003.   Effects of forest fragmentation on Lyme disease risk. Conserv. Biol.   17:267-272.

LoGiudice, K., R. S. Ostfeld, K. A. Schmidt, and F. Keesing.   2003.   The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.   100:567-571

Ostfeld, R. S., and K. LoGiudice.   2003.   Community disassembly, biodiversity loss, and the erosion of an ecosystem service. Ecology   84:1421-1427.

Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2003.   Mice in space: Space use predicts interactions between mice and songbirds. Ecology   84:3276-3283.

Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2003.   Songbird populations in fluctuating environments: Predator responses to pulsed resources. Ecology   84:406-415.

Shaw, M. T., F. Keesing, R. McGrail, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2003.   Factors influencing the distribution of larval blacklegged ticks on rodent hosts. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg.   68:447-452

Townsend, A. K., R. S. Ostfeld, and K. B. Geher.   2003.   The effects of bird feeders on Lyme disease prevalence and density of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a residential area of Dutchess County, New York. J. Med. Ent.   40:540-546.

Wasserberg, G., Z. Abramsky, B. Kotler, R. S. Ostfeld, I. Yaron, and A. Warburg.   2003.   Anthropogenic disturbances enhance occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel deserts: Patterns and mechanisms. Ecol. Appl.   13:868-881.

Benjamin, M. A., E. Zhioua, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2002.   Laboratory and field evaluation of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) for controlling questing adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Ent.   39:723-728.

Harvell, C. D., C. E. Mitchell, J. R. Ward, S. Altizer, A. Dobson, R. S. Ostfeld, and M. D. Samuel.   2002.   Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota. Science   296:2158-2162.

LoGiudice, K., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2002.   Interactions between mammals and trees: predation on mammal-dispersed seeds and the effect of ambient food. Oecologia   130:420-425.

Ostfeld, R. S.   2002.   Ecological webs involving acorns and mice: basic research and its management implications. In: W. J. McShea and W. M. Healy (eds.). The Ecology and Management of Oaks for Wildlife. Johns Hopkins University Press.   pp. 196-214.

Ostfeld, R. S.   2002.   Little loggers make a big difference. Nat. Hist.   111:64-71.

Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, E. M. Schauber, and K. A. Schmidt.   2002.   The ecological context of infectious disease: diversity, habitat fragmentation, and Lyme disease risk in North America. pp 207-219. In: A. Aguirre, R. S. Ostfeld, G. Tabor, C. A. House, and M. Pearl (eds.).Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice.   Oxford University Press, New York.  

Ostfeld, R. S., M. Pearl, and G. Meffe.   2002.   Conservation medicine: the birth of another crisis discipline. pp. 17-26. In: A. Aguirre, R. S. Ostfeld, G. Tabor, C. A. House, and M. Pearl (eds.). Conservation medicine: ecological health in practice.   Oxford University Press, New York.  

Pusenius, J., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2002.   Mammalian predator scent, vegetation, and tree seedling predation by meadow voles. Ecography   25:481-487.

Schauber, E. M., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2002.   Modeling the effects of reservoir competence decay and demographic turnover in Lyme disease ecology. Ecol. Appl.   12:1142-1162.

Schnurr, J. L., R. S. Ostfeld, and C. D. Canham.   2002.   Direct and indirect effects of masting on rodent populations and tree seed survival. Oikos   96:402-410.

Shaw, M. T., F. Keesing, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2002.   Herbivory on Acacia seedlings in an east African savanna. Oikos   98:385-392

Goodwin, B. J., R. S. Ostfeld, and E. M. Schauber.   2001.   Spatiotemporal variation in a Lyme disease host and vector: black-legged ticks on white-footed mice. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases   1:129-138.

Manson, R. H., R. S. Ostfeld, and C. D. Canham.   2001.   Long-term effects of rodent herbivores on tree invasion dynamics along forest-field edges. Ecology   82:3320-3329.

Ostfeld, R. S., E. M. Schauber, C. D. Canham, F. Keesing, C. G. Jones, and J. O. Wolff.   2001.   Effects of acorn production and mouse abundance on abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases   1:55-63.

Schmidt, K. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2001.   Biodiversity and the dilution effect in disease ecology. Ecology   82:609-619.

Schmidt, K. A., J. R. Goheen, R. Naumann, R. S. Ostfeld, E. M. Schauber, and A. R. Berkowitz.   2001.   Experimental removal of strong and weak predators: mice and chipmunks preying on songbird nests. Ecology   82:2927-2936.

Tabor, G. M., R. S. Ostfeld, M. Poss, A. P. Dobson, and A. A. Aguirre.   2001.   Conservation biology and the health sciences: research priorities of conservation medicine. In: M. E. Soule and G. H. Orians (eds.). Conservation Biology: Research Priorities for the Next Decade. Island Press, Washington, D. C.   pp. 155-174.

Winchcombe, R. and R. S. Ostfeld.   2001.   Bowhunter observations versus spotlighting as an index to deer abundance. Northeast. Wildl.   56:39-48.

Winchcombe, R., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2001.   Indexing deer numbers with spotlighting: a long-term study of a managed deer population. Northeast. Wildl.   56:31-38.

Connors, L. M., E. Kiviat, P. M. Groffman, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2000.   Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) disturbance to vegetation and potential net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates in a freshwater tidal marsh. Am. Midl. Nat.   148:53-63.

Giardina, A. R., K. A. Schmidt, E. M. Schauber, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2000.   Modeling the role of songbirds and rodents in the ecology of Lyme disease. Can. J. Zool.   78:2184-2197.

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2000.   The role of biodiversity in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic diseases. Can. J. Zool.   78:2061-2078.

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2000.   Biodiversity and disease risk: the case of Lyme disease. Conserv. Biol.   14:722-728.

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2000.   Pulsed resources and community dynamics of consumers in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends Ecol. Evol.   15:232-237.

Pusenius, J., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2000.   Effects of stoat's presence and auditory cues indicating its presence on tree seedling predation by meadow voles. Oikos   91:123-130.

Pusenius, J., R. S. Ostfeld, and F. Keesing.   2000.   Patch selection and tree seedling predation by resident vs. immigrant meadow voles. Ecology   81:2951-2956.

Keesing, F., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1999.   Linking dispersal and population dynamics of white-footed mice to community dynamics in a patchy landscape: a prospectus for research. [in Russian]   Siberian J. Ecol.   1:15-22.

Kirkland, Jr., G. L., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1999.   Factors influencing variation among states in the number of federally listed and candidate mammals in the United States. J. Mammal.   80:711-719.

Manson, R. H., R. S. Ostfeld, and C. D. Canham.   1999.   Responses of a small mammal community to heterogeneity along forest-oldfield edges. Landscape Ecol.   14:355-367.

Ostfeld, R. S., and C. G. Jones.   1999.   Peril in the understory. Audubon Magazine   101(4):74-82.

Ostfeld, R. S., and D. N. Lewis.   1999.   Experimental studies of interactions between wild turkeys and blacklegged ticks. J. Vector Ecol.   24:182-186.

Ostfeld, R. S., R. H. Manson, and C. D. Canham.   1999.   Interactions between meadow voles and white-footed mice at forest-oldfield edges: competition and net effects on tree invasion of oldfields. In: G. W. Barrett and J. D. Peles (eds.). Landscape Ecology of Small Mammals. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 229-247.

Schmidt, K. A, R. S. Ostfeld, and E. M. Schauber.   1999.   Infestation of Peromyscus leucopus and Tamias striatus by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), in relation to the abundance of hosts and parasites.   J. Med. Ent.   36:749-757.

Jones, C. G., R. S. Ostfeld, M. P. Richard, E. M. Schauber, and J. O. Wolff.   1998.   Mast seeding and Lyme disease.   Trends Ecol. Evol.   13:506.

Jones, C. G., R. S. Ostfeld, M. P. Richard, E. M. Schauber, and J. O. Wolff.   1998.   Chain reactions linking acorns to gypsy moth outbreaks and Lyme disease risk. Science   279:1023-1026.

Manson, R. H., R. S. Ostfeld, and C. D. Canham.   1998.   The effects of tree seed and seedling density on predation rates by rodents in old fields. Ecoscience   5(2):183-190.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1998.   The importance of interactions in the population ecology of the vole Clethrionomys rufocanus.   Res. Popul. Ecol.   40:131-133.

Ostfeld, R. S., C. G. Jones, M. P. Richard, E. M. Schauber, and J. O. Wolff.   1998.   Tick population trends and forest type [Response to Ginsberg et al.]   Science   281:350-351.

Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, C. G. Jones, C. D. Canham, and G. M. Lovett.   1998.   Integrative ecology and the dynamics of species in oak forests. Integr. Biol.   1:178-186.

Pugh, S. R., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1998.   Effects of prior population density on space use by meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus.   J. Mammal.   79:551-557.

Schauber, E. M., S. Gertz, W. Maple, and R. S. Ostfeld.   1998.   Coinfection of black-legged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Dutchess County, New York, with the agents of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.   J. Med. Ent.   35:901-903.

Van Buskirk, J., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1998.   Habitat heterogeneity, dispersal, and local risk of exposure to Lyme disease. Ecol. Appl.   8(2):365-378.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1997.   The ecology of Lyme-disease risk. Am. Sci.   85:338-346.

Ostfeld, R. S., R. H. Manson, and C. D. Canham.   1997.   Effects of rodents on survival of tree seeds and seedlings invading old fields. Ecology   78:1531-1542.

Ostfeld, R. S., S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens.   1997.   Defining the scientific issues. In: S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity.   Chapman & Hall, Inc., New York.   pp. 3-10.

Pickett, S. T. A., M. Shachak, R. S. Ostfeld, and G. E. Likens.   1997.   Toward a comprehensive conservation theory. In: S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity.   Chapman & Hall, Inc., New York.   pp. 384-399.

Turchin, P., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1997.   Effects of density and season on the population rate of change in the meadow vole. Oikos   78:355-361.

Ostfeld, R. S., and R. H. Manson.   1996.   Long-distance homing in meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus. J. Mammal.   77:870-873.

Ostfeld, R. S., C. G. Jones, and J. O. Wolff.   1996.   Of mice and mast: ecological connections in eastern deciduous forests. BioScience   46:323-330.

Ostfeld, R. S., K. R. Hazler, and O. M. Cepeda.   1996.   Temporal and spatial dynamics of ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in a rural landscape. J. Med. Ent.   33:90-95.

Ostfeld, R. S., M. C. Miller, and K. R. Hazler.   1996.   Causes and consequences of tick (Ixodes scapularis) burdens on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). J. Mammal.   77:266-273.

Gage, K. L., R. S. Ostfeld, and J. G. Olson.   1995.   Nonviral vector-borne zoonoses associated with mammals in the United States.   J. Mammal.   76:695-715.

Hazler, K. R., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1995.   Larval density and feeding success of Ixodes scapularis on two species of Peromyscus. J. Parasitol.   81(6):870-875.

Ostfeld, R. S., and C. D. Canham.   1995.   Density-dependent processes in meadow voles: an experimental approach. Ecology   76(2):521-532.

Ostfeld, R. S., O. M. Cepeda, K. R. Hazler, and M. C. Miller.   1995.   Ecology of Lyme disease: habitat associations of ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in a rural landscape.   Ecol. Appl.   5:353-361.

Pickett, S. T. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1995.   The shifting paradigm in ecology. In: R. L. Knight and S. F. Bates (eds.). A New Century for Natural Resources Management.   Island Press, Washington, D. C.   pp. 261-278.

Van Buskirk, J., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1995.   Controlling Lyme disease by modifying density and species composition of tick hosts. Ecol. Appl.   5:1133-1140.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1994.   The fence effect reconsidered. Oikos   70:340-348.

Ostfeld, R. S., N. Lewin, J. Schnurr, S. T. A. Pickett, and C. D. Canham.   1994.   The roles of small rodents in creating patchy environments. Pol. Ecol. Stud.   20:265-276.

Pickett, S. T. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1994.   The shifting paradigm in ecology.   Ecol. Environ.   3:151-159.

Ostfeld, R. S., and C. D. Canham.   1993.   Effects of meadow vole population density on tree seedling survival in old fields. Ecology   74(6):1792-1801.

Ostfeld, R. S., and E. J. Heske.   1993.   Sexual dimorphism and mating systems in voles. J. Mammal.   74:230-233.

Ostfeld, R. S., C. D. Canham, and S. R. Pugh.   1993.   Intrinsic density-dependent regulation of vole populations. Nature   366:259-261.

Ostfeld, R. S., M. C. Miller, and J. Schnurr.   1993.   Ear-tagging increases tick (Ixodes dammini) infestation rates of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). J. Mammal.   74:651-655.

Pugh, S. R., R. S. Ostfeld, and R. H. Tamarin.   1993.   Reproductive asynchrony and its potential role in the mating system of meadow voles. Acta Theriol.   383:263-271.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1992.   Small-mammal herbivores in a patchy environment: individual strategies and population responses. In: M. D. Hunter, T. Ohgushi, and P. W. Price (eds.). Effects of Resource Distribution on Animal-Plant Interactions.   Academic Press, Inc.   pp. 43-74.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1992.   Effects of habitat patchiness on population dynamics: a modelling approach. In: D. R. McCullough and R. H. Barrett (eds.). Wildlife 2001: Populations.   Elsevier Applied Science, London.   pp. 851-863.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1992.   Do changes in female relatedness determine demographic patterns in microtine rodents? Oikos   65:531-534.

Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1991.   Extra-large body size in California voles: causes and fitness consequences. Oikos   61:108-121.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1991.   Reply to G. Bujalska re "The ecology of territoriality in bank voles."   Trends Ecol. Evol.   6:301.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1991.   Measuring diving success in otters. Oikos   60:258-260.

Heske, E. J., and R. S. Ostfeld.   1990.   Sexual dimorphism in size, relative size of testes, and mating systems of North American voles.   J. Mammal.   71:510-519.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1990.   The ecology of territoriality in small mammals.   Trends Ecol. Evol.   5:411-415.

Ostfeld, R. S., and L. L. Klosterman.   1990.   Microtine social systems, adaptation, and the comparative method. In: R. H. Tamarin, R. S. Ostfeld, S. R. Pugh, and G. Bujalska (eds.).   Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles. Birhauser-Verlag AG, Basel, Switzerland.   pp. 35-44.

Books

Ostfeld, R. S. and W. H. Schlesinger (eds.).   2008.   The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.   Wiley-Blackwell Scientific Publishing, New York.   Vol. 1134.

Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.).   2008.   Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.   506 pp.

Aguirre, A., R. S. Ostfeld, G. Tabor, C. A. House, and M. Pearl (eds.).   2002.   Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice.   Oxford University Press, New York. 407 pp.  

Pickett, S. T. A., R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.).   1997.   The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity.   Chapman & Hall, Inc., New York.   466 pp.

Tamarin, R. H., R. S. Ostfeld, S. R. Pugh, and G. Bujalska (eds.).   1990.   Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles.   Birkhauser-Verlag AG, Basel, Switzerland.   229 pp.

Book Reviews

Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld.   2008.   Human Infectious Diseases through the Lens of Social Ecology. Review of: The social ecology of infectious diseases, K. H. Mayer and H.F. Pizer,(editors), 2008, London, UK: Academic Press (Elsevier Science & Technology Books), 488 pp.     

Ostfeld, R. S.   2003.   Review [Adaptive Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: In pursuit of Virulence Management. 2002. U. Dieckmann, J. A. J. Metz, M. W. Sabelis, and K. Sigmund (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK].   EcoScience   10:542-543.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1997.   [The Biology of Disease Vectors. 1996 B. J. Beaty and W. C. Marquardt (eds.). University Press of Colorado, Niwot (Colorado). 632 pp.]   Q. Rev. Biol.   72:114-115.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1996.   [Ecological Dynamics of Tick-Borne Zoonoses. 1994. D. E. Sonenshine and T. N. Mather, (eds.). Oxford University Press, New York, New York. 447 pp.]   Ecology   77:328-329.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1994.   [Animal Dispersal: Small Mammals as a Model, N. C. Stenseth and W. Z. Lidicker, Jr. (eds.), 1992, Chapman & Hall, London, 365 pp.]   J. Mammal.   75(2):553-556.

Papers--In Press

Ostfeld, R. S.   2009.   Ecology of Lyme disease. In: K. Weathers, D. Strayer, and G. Likens. Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science.   Elsevier  

Ostfeld, R. S. and Jones, C. G.   2009.   The ecology of place in oak forests: Progressive integration of pair-wise interactions into webs. In: I. A. Billick and M. V. Price (eds). The Ecology of Place: Contributions of Place-based Research to Ecological and Evolutionary Understanding.In: Billick, I. A. and Price, M. V. (eds). The Ecology of Place: Contributions of Placebased Research to Ecological and Evolutionary Understanding.   Chicago Press.  

Ostfeld, R.S., M. Thomas, and F. Keesing.   2009.   Biodiversity and ecosystem function: perspectives on disease.In: S. Naeem, D. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau, and C. Perrings, eds. Biodiversity and Human Impacts.   Oxford University Press  

Pongsiri, M. J. J. Roman, V. O. Ezenwa, T. L. Goldberg, H. S. Koren, S. C. Newbold, R. S. Ostfeld, S. K. Pattanayak, and D. J. Salkeld.   2009.   Biodiversity loss and a modern day epidemiological transition.   BioScience  

Swei, A., D. J. Salkeld, M. E. Killilea, R. S. Ostfeld, R. S. Lane, and C. J. Briggs.   2009.   Ecological heterogeneity of Lyme disease risk and impacts of a changing world.   Front. Ecol. Environ.  

Miscellaneous Publications

Ostfeld, R. S., and F. Keesing.   2008.   One acorn at a time: Understanding the spread of infectious diseases. Odyssey Magazine   February Issue, pp. 19-21.

Ostfeld, R.S.   2008.   Tough times for polar bears. Poughkeepsie Journal   21 December

Ostfeld, R. S.   2007.   Human health hinges on species diversity. Poughkeepsie Journal   19 Aug.

McGlynn, C. A., and R. S. Ostfeld.   2000.   A study of the effects of invasive plant species on small mammals of the Hudson River freshwater marshes. In: J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder (eds.). Final Reports of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program, 1999.   Hudson River Foundation, New York, NY.   pp. VIII-1-21.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1999.   Disease. In: McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology 2000.   McGraw-Hill, New York.   pp. 121-123.

Ostfeld, R. S.   1998.   EcoNotes: Pets, bird feeders and Lyme disease.   EcoNotes, Taconic Newspapers, Millbrook, New York.   CVI(28):A5 (7/16/98).

Ostfeld, R. S.   1996.   Are species redundant?   EcoNotes, Taconic Newspapers, Millbrook, New York.   CIV(47) (11/21/96).

Canham, C. D., J. D. Hill, A. R. Berkowitz, and R. S. Ostfeld.   1995.   Ecological perspectives on tree invasion in rights-of-way: Quantifying variation among communities in resistance to tree invasion. In: G. Doucet, C. Séguin, and M. Giguère (eds.).   Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Environ. Concerns Rights-of-Way Manage., Montreal, Canada, September 1993.   pp. 81-86.

Ostfeld, R. S., and C. D. Canham.   1995.   Ecological perspectives on tree invasion in rights-of-way: Effects of herbivory by mammals. In: G. Doucet, C. Séguin, and M. Giguère (eds.).   Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Environ. Concerns Rights-of-Way Manage., Montreal, Canada, September 1993.   pp. 159-164.

Canham, C. D., A. R. Berkowitz, J. B. McAninch, M. J. McDonnell, and R. S. Ostfeld (eds.).   1993.   Vegetation Dynamics Along Utility Rights-of-Way: Factors Affecting the Ability of Shrub and Herbaceous Communities to Resist Invasion by Trees.   Final Technical Report to Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation and the Empire State Electric Energy Research Corporation.   347pp.

Ostfeld, R. S., and C. D. Canham.   1993.   Effects of meadow vole population density on tree seedling survival in rights-of-way.In: C. D. Canham et al. (eds.). Vegetation Dynamics Along Utility Rights-of-Way: Factors Affecting the Ability of Shrub and Herbaceous Communities to Resist Invasion by Trees.   Final Technical Report to Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation and the Empire State Electric Energy Research Corporation.   pp. 299-318.

Ostfeld, R. S., M. C. Miller, and J. Schnurr.   1992.   Effects of ear-tagging on infestation rates of Peromyscus leucopus with deer ticks (Ixodes dammini).   Peromyscus Newsl.   13:31.

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