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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, “The shifting paradigm in ecology”, Ecol. Environ., vol. 3, p. 151-159, 1994.
, “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, 1992, p. 43-74.
, “Social behavior, demography, and rodent-borne pathogens”, in J. O. Wolff and P. W. Sherman (eds.). Rodent Societies, 2007, p. 478-486.
Social Systems and Population Cycles in Voles. 1990, p. 229.
, “Songbird populations in fluctuating environments: Predator responses to pulsed resources”, Ecology, vol. 84, p. 406-415, 2003.
, “Spatial dynamics of Lyme disease: A review”, EcoHealth, vol. 5, p. 167-95, 2008.
, “Spatial epidemiology: An emerging (or re-emerging) discipline”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 20, p. 328-336, 2005.
, “Spatial heterogeneity in predator activity, nest survivorship, and nest-site selection in two forest thrushes”, Oecologia, vol. 148, p. 22-29, 2006.
, “Spatial selection and inheritance: Applying evolutionary concepts to population dynamics in heterogeneous space”, Ecology, vol. 88, p. 1112-1118, 2007.
, “Spatio-temporal patterns in county-level incidence and reporting of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, 1990–2000”, Environ. Ecol. Stat., vol. 14, p. 83-100, 2007.
, “Spatiotemporal variation in a Lyme disease host and vector: black-legged ticks on white-footed mice”, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 1, p. 129-138, 2001.
, “Straw men don’t get Lyme disease: response to Wood and Lafferty”, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2013.
, “A study of the effects of invasive plant species on small mammals of the Hudson River freshwater marshes”, J. R. Waldman and W. C. Nieder (eds.). Final Reports of the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship Program, 1999. p. 1-21, 2000.
, “Sublethal effects of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) on engorged larval, nymphal, and adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)”, J. Med. Ent., vol. 41, p. 922-929, 2004.
, “Temporal and spatial dynamics of ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in a rural landscape”, J. Med. Ent., vol. 33, p. 90-95, 1996.
, “Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network”, Ecosphere, vol. 7, no. 5, p. e01271, 2016.
, “Tick population trends and forest type [Response to Ginsberg et al.]”, Science, vol. 281, p. 350-351, 1998.
, “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, 1997, p. 384-399.
, “Type 3 functional response of mice to gypsy moth pupae: Is it stabilizing?”, Oikos, vol. 107, p. 592-602, 2004.
, “Use of track plates to quantify predation risk at small spatial scales”, J. Mammal, vol. 86, p. 991-996, 2005.
, “What is the best predictor of annual Lyme disease incidence: Weather, mice, or acorns?”, Ecol. Appl., vol. 15, p. 575-586, 2005.
, “When is a parasite not a parasite? Effects of larval tick burdens on white-footed mouse survival”, Ecology, vol. 95, no. 5, p. 1360 - 1369, 2014.
, “Where the Wild Things Aren't”, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 146, no. 6, p. 644 - 646, 2016.
, “Wood thrush nest success and post-fledging survival across a temporal pulse of small mammal abundance in an oak forest”, J. Anim. Ecol., vol. 77, p. 830-837, 2008.