Richard Ostfeld

Effects of weather variability on population dynamics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)
Dhawan, Rahul, Ilya Fischhoff, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2018. “Effects of Weather Variability on Population Dynamics of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus Leucopus) and Eastern Chipmunks (Tamias Striatus)”. Journal of Mammalogy. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy126.
The Tick Project: Testing Environmental Methods of Preventing Tick-borne Diseases
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2018. “The Tick Project: Testing Environmental Methods of Preventing Tick-Borne Diseases”. Trends in Parasitology 34 (6): 447-50. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2018.02.008.
Tick-borne disease risk in a forest food web
Ostfeld, Richard S., Taal Levi, Felicia Keesing, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, and Charles D. Canham. 2018. “Tick-Borne Disease Risk in a Forest Food Web”. Ecology 99 (7): 1562-73. doi:10.1002/ecy.2386.
Tritrophic interactions between a fungal pathogen, a spider predator, and the blacklegged tick
Fischhoff, Ilya R., J. C. Burtis, Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2018. “Tritrophic Interactions Between a Fungal Pathogen, a Spider Predator, and the Blacklegged Tick”. Ecology and Evolution 8 (16): 7824-34. doi:10.1002/ece3.4271.
Variation in coexisting birds to exploit spatial heterogeneity in small mammal activity
Emmering, Quinn C., Janice K. Kelly, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Kenneth Schmidt. 2018. “Variation in Coexisting Birds to Exploit Spatial Heterogeneity in Small Mammal Activity”. Journal of Avian Biology 49 (12). doi:10.1111/jav.01946.
Effects of a zoonotic pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, on the behavior of a key reservoir host
Ostfeld, Richard S., Dustin Brisson, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, Jill Devine, Michael Z. Levy, and Felicia Keesing. 2018. “Effects of a Zoonotic Pathogen, Borrelia Burgdorferi, on the Behavior of a Key Reservoir Host”. Ecology and Evolution, no. 8: 4074-83. doi:10.1002/ece3.3961.
Cattle and rainfall affect tick abundance in central Kenya
Keesing, Felicia, Richard S. Ostfeld, T.P. Young, and B. F. Allan. 2018. “Cattle and Rainfall Affect Tick Abundance in Central Kenya”. Parasitology 145 (3): 345-54. doi:10.1017/S003118201700155X.
The year in ecology and conservation biology 2017
Ostfeld, Richard S., and Alison Power. 2017. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2017. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1399. Wiley. doi:10.1111/nyas.13243.
Zoonoses: Infectious Diseases Transmissible between Animals and Humans
Ostfeld, Richard S. 2017. “Zoonoses: Infectious Diseases Transmissible Between Animals and Humans”. The Quarterly Review of Biology. doi:10.1086/693651.
Not all nesting guild members are alike: nest predators and conspecific abundance differentially influence nest survival in the ground-nesting Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) and Veery (Catharus fuscescens) )
Kelly, Janice K., Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2017. “Not All Nesting Guild Members Are Alike: Nest Predators and Conspecific Abundance Differentially Influence Nest Survival in the Ground-Nesting Ovenbird (Seiurus Aurocapilla) and Veery (Catharus Fuscescens) )”. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129 (1): 112-21. doi:10.1676/1559-4491-129.1.112.