Publications
The Institute communicates its scientific and educational information in a number of ways. One major outlet is peer-reviewed publications and reports. Cary Institute staff regularly publish in the best-rated journals in their respective fields.
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, “Abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks along forest–field edges”, EcoHealth, vol. 3, p. 262-268, 2006.
, “Biodiversity and disease risk: the case of Lyme disease”, Conserv. Biol., vol. 14, p. 722-728, 2000.
, “Biodiversity and ecosystem function: perspectives on disease”, in S. Naeem, D. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau, and C. Perrings, eds. Biodiversity and Human Impacts, 2009, p. 209-216.
, “Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in Lyme-disease risk”, PLoS Biology, vol. 4, p. e145, 2006.
, “Community ecology meets epidemiology: The case of Lyme disease”, in S. Collinge and C. Ray (eds.). Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics, 2006, p. 28-40.
, “Controlling ticks and tick-borne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents”, BioScience, vol. 56, p. 383-394, 2006.
, “Disease ecology”, in F. DeClerck et al. Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction , 2012, p. 217-230.
, “Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide.”, in The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, vol. 1249, 2012, p. 57-71.
, “The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae and Megascolecidae) of Dutchess County, New York, USA”, Megadrilogica, vol. 15, p. 141-150, 2012.
, “The ecological context of infectious disease: diversity, habitat fragmentation, and Lyme disease risk in North America”, in A. Aguirre, R. S. Ostfeld, G. Tabor, C. A. House, and M. Pearl (eds.), 2002, p. 207-219.
, “The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk”, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., vol. 100, p. 567-571, 2003.
, “The ecology of infectious diseases: progress, challenges, and frontiers”, in R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems, 2008, p. 469-482.
, “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., 2012.
, “Effects of acorn production and mouse abundance on abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks”, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 1, p. 55-63, 2001.
, “Effects of forest fragmentation on Lyme disease risk”, Conserv. Biol., vol. 17, p. 267-272, 2003.
, “Effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on entomopathogenic fungi”, Ecoscience, vol. 18, p. 164-168, 2011.
, “Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Removal on the Abundance of Entomopathogenic Fungi”, Invasive Plant Science and Management, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 323 - 329, 2012.
, “Effects of Host Diversity on Infectious Disease”, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, vol. 43, no. 1, p. 157-182, 2012.
, “Effects of species diversity on disease risk”, Ecol. Lett., vol. 9, p. 485-498, 2006.
, “Factors influencing the distribution of larval blacklegged ticks on rodent hosts”, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., vol. 68, p. 447-452, 2003.
, “Herbivory on Acacia seedlings in an east African savanna”, Oikos, vol. 98, p. 385-392, 2002.
, “Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease”, P. Roy. Soc. B.-Biol. Sci., vol. 276, p. 3911-3919, 2009.
, “Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases”, Nature, vol. 468, p. 647-652, 2010.
, “Impacts of large herbivorous mammals on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna”, Oecologia, vol. 156, p. 387-397, 2008.