Richard Ostfeld

Quantifying a dynamic risk landscape: Heterogeneous predator activity and implications for prey persistence
Schauber, E.M., M. J. Connors, B. J. Goodwin, Clive G. Jones, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2009. “Quantifying a Dynamic Risk Landscape: Heterogeneous Predator Activity and Implications for Prey Persistence”. Ecology 90: 240-51. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Schauber_et_al_2009_Dynamic_Risk_Landscape_Ecology.pdf.
Ecological correlates of risk and incidence of West Nile virus in the United States
Allan, B. F., B. Langerhans, W.A. Ryberg, W.J. Landesman, N.W. Griffin, R.S. Katz, B.J. Oberle, et al. 2009. “Ecological Correlates of Risk and Incidence of West Nile Virus in the United States”. Oecologia 158: 699-708. doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1169-9.
Experimental evidence for reduced rodent diversity causing increased hantavirus prevalence
Suzan, G., E. Marcé, J.T. Giermakowski, J.N. Mills, G. Ceballos, Richard S. Ostfeld, B. Armién, J.M. Pascale, and T.L. Yates. 2009. “Experimental Evidence for Reduced Rodent Diversity Causing Increased Hantavirus Prevalence”. PLOS One 4: e5461. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005461.
Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease
Keesing, Felicia, Jesse L. Brunner, S.T.K. Duerr, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, Holly Vuong, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2009. “Hosts As Ecological Traps for the Vector of Lyme Disease”. P. Roy. Soc. B.-Biol. Sci. 276: 3911-19. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Keesing_2009_ProcB.pdf.
The impact of the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi on white-footed mice: implications for the ecology of Lyme disease
Schwanz, Lisa E., Dustin Brisson, M. Gomes-Solecki, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2009. “The Impact of the Spirochete Borrelia Burgdorferi on White-Footed Mice: Implications for the Ecology of Lyme Disease”. Integr. Comp. Biol 49: E153-E153.
Influence of hosts on the ecology of arboviral transmission: Potential mechanisms influencing dengue, Murray Valley encephalitis, and Ross River virus in Australia
Carver, S., A. Bestall, A. Jardine, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2009. “Influence of Hosts on the Ecology of Arboviral Transmission: Potential Mechanisms Influencing Dengue, Murray Valley Encephalitis, and Ross River Virus in Australia”. Vector-Borne Zoonot. 9. doi:10.1089/vbz.2008.0040.
Biodiversity Loss Affects Global Disease Ecology
Pongsiri, M. J., J. Roman, V.O. Ezenwa, T.L. Goldberg, H.S. Koren, S.C. Newbold, Richard S. Ostfeld, S.K. Pattanayak, and D.J. Salkeld. 2009. “Biodiversity Loss Affects Global Disease Ecology”. BioScience 59: 945-54.
Biodiversity loss and the rise of zoonotic pathogens
Ostfeld, Richard S. 2009. “Biodiversity Loss and the Rise of Zoonotic Pathogens”. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 15: 40-43. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_2009_Clin_Microbiol_Inf.pdf.
Climate change and the distribution and intensity of infectious diseases
Ostfeld, Richard S. 2009. “Climate Change and the Distribution and Intensity of Infectious Diseases”. Ecology 90: 903-5. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Ostfeld_2009_Ecology_climatechange.pdf.
The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Ostfeld, Richard S., and William H. Schlesinger. 2008. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology, 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1134. Wiley-Blackwell Scientific Publishing, New York.