Richard S. Ostfeld
Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Collaborators: Felicia Keesing (IES and Bard College), Kenneth Schmidt (IES and Texas Tech University), Charles Canham (IES), Eric Schauber (IES and Southern Illinois University), Clive Jones (IES), and Brett Goodwin (IES and University of North Dakota).

Popular articles and commentaries

• Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2004. Oh the locusts sang, then they dropped dead. Science 306:1488-1489 [invited Perspective on Report by L. Yang].
• Ostfeld, R.S. and C.G. Jones. 1999. Peril in the understory. Audubon 101:74-82.

Peer Reviewed Publications

• 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. Oceologia 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.
• 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 (Special Feature article). Ecology 86(12):3139-3148.
• 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. Journal of Mammalogy 86:991-996.
• 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.C. Nelis, N. Briggs, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2005. Invasive shrubs and songbird nesting success: effects of climatic variability and predator abundance. Ecological Applications 15:258-265.
• Schauber, E.M., R.S. Ostfeld, and C.G. Jones. 2004. Type 3 functional response by mice to gypsy moth pupae: is it stabilizing? Oikos 107:592-602.
• Schnurr, J.L., C.D. Canham, R.S. Ostfeld, and R. S. Inouye. 2004. Neighborhood analyses of small mammal dynamics: Implications for seed predation and seedling establishment. Ecology 85:741-755.
• 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: nest predator responses to pulsed resources. Ecology 84:406-415.
• Ostfeld, R.S. 2002. Ecological webs involving acorns and mice: basic research and its management implications. Pages 196-214 In W.J. McShea and W.M. Healy, eds. The ecology and management of oaks for wildlife. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• 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) Journal of Medical Entomology 39:723-728.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 1:55-64.
• 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.
• Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2000. Pulsed resources and community dynamics of consumers in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:232-237.
• Jones, C.G., Ostfeld, R.S., Richard, M.P., Schauber, E.M., and Wolff, J.O. 1998. Mast seeding and Lyme disease. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 13:506.
• 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. Integrative Biology 1:178-186.
• Ostfeld, R.S., C.G. Jones, M.P. Richard, E.M. Schauber, and J.O. Wolff. 1998. Tick population trends and forest type. Science 281:350-351.
• Jones, C.G., R.S. Ostfeld, E.M. Schauber, M. Richard, and J.O. Wolff. 1998. Chain reactions linking acorns to gypsy moth outbreaks and Lyme-disease risk. Science 279:1023-1026.
• Ostfeld, R.S. 1997. The ecology of Lyme-disease risk. American Scientist 85:338-346.
• 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.