Richard Ostfeld

Obituary: Dr. William Z. Lidicker, Jr. (1932–2022)
Heske, Edward J, Richard S. Ostfeld, Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda, Barry J Fox, and William F Laurance. 2022. “Obituary: Dr. William Z. Lidicker, Jr. (1932–2022)”. Journal of Mammalogy, gyac109+. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyac109.
Deployment of a Reservoir-Targeted Vaccine Against Borrelia burgdorferi Reduces the Prevalence of Babesia microti Coinfection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks
Vannier, Edouard, Luciana M Richer, Duy M Dinh, Dustin Brisson, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Maria Gomes-Solecki. 2022. “Deployment of a Reservoir-Targeted Vaccine Against Borrelia Burgdorferi Reduces the Prevalence of Babesia Microti Coinfection in Ixodes Scapularis Ticks”. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiac462+. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiac462.
Estimates of wildlife species richness, occupancy, and habitat preference in a residential landscape in New York State
Mowry, Stacy, Jennifer Pendleton, Felicia Keesing, Marissa Teator, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2022. “Estimates of Wildlife Species Richness, Occupancy, and Habitat Preference in a Residential Landscape in New York State”. Urban Ecosystems. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s11252-022-01318-4.
Population fluctuations and synanthropy explain transmission risk in rodent-borne zoonoses
Ecke, Frauke, Barbara A. Han, Birger Hörnfeldt, Hussein Khalil, Magnus Magnusson, Navinder J. Singh, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2022. “Population Fluctuations and Synanthropy Explain Transmission Risk in Rodent-Borne Zoonoses”. Nature Communications 13 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35273-7.
Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters with Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA
Keesing, Felicia, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Alison F. Hinckley, et al. 2022. “Effects of Tick-Control Interventions on Tick Abundance, Human Encounters With Ticks, and Incidence of Tickborne Diseases in Residential Neighborhoods, New York, USA”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 28 (5). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): 957-66. doi:10.3201/eid2805.211146.
An Exploratory Study on the Microbiome of Northern and Southern Populations of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Predicts Changes and Unique Bacterial Interactions
Kumar, D, LP Downs, A Adegoke, E Machtinger, Kelly M. Oggenfuss, Richard S. Ostfeld, M Embers, and S Karim. (2024) 2022. “An Exploratory Study on the Microbiome of Northern and Southern Populations of Ixodes Scapularis Ticks Predicts Changes and Unique Bacterial Interactions”. PATHOGENS 11 (2). doi:10.3390/pathogens11020130.
Ecology of Lyme disease
Ostfeld, Richard S., Kathleen C. Weathers, David L. Strayer, and Gene E. Likens. 2021. “Ecology of Lyme Disease”. In Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, 2ndnd ed. London, UK: Academic Press.
Blacklegged tick population synchrony between oak forest and non‐oak forest
Borgmann, Benjamin W., Kelly M. Oggenfuss, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Blacklegged Tick Population Synchrony Between Oak Forest and non‐oak Forest”. Ecological Entomology 46 (4). Wiley: 827-33. doi:10.1111/een.13019.
Effects of physical impairments on fitness correlates of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus
Rubino, Francesca I., Kelly M. Oggenfuss, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Effects of Physical Impairments on Fitness Correlates of the White-Footed Mouse, Peromyscus Leucopus”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 (1962). The Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.1942.
Dilution effects in disease ecology
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2021. “Dilution Effects in Disease Ecology”. Edited by Jonathan Chase. Ecology Letters. Wiley. doi:10.1111/ele.13875.