Richard Ostfeld

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework
Altizer, Sonia, Richard S. Ostfeld, Pieter T. J. Johnson, S. Kutz, and C. D. Harvell. 2013. “Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: From Evidence to a Predictive Framework”. Science 341 (6145): 514-19. doi:10.1126/science.1239401.
Effects of wildlife and cattle on tick abundance in central Kenya
Keesing, Felicia, B. F. Allan, T.P. Young, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. “Effects of Wildlife and Cattle on Tick Abundance in Central Kenya”. Ecological Applications 23 (6): 1410-18. doi:10.1890/12-1607.1.
An Experimental Test of Competition among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments
Brunner, Jesse L., S.T.K. Duerr, Felicia Keesing, Mary E. Killilea, Holly Vuong, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. “An Experimental Test of Competition Among Mice, Chipmunks, and Squirrels in Deciduous Forest Fragments”. PLoS ONE 8 (6): e66798. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066798.
The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012
Ostfeld, Richard S., and William H. Schlesinger. 2012. The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2012. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 1249. Wiley.
An ecosystem service of biodiversity – the protection of human health against infectious disease
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “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.. Oxford University Press.
Disease ecology
Keesing, Felicia, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Disease Ecology”. In F. DeClerck Et Al. Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction, 217-30. Springer.
Ecology of Lyme disease
Ostfeld, Richard S. 2012. “Ecology of Lyme Disease”. In K. C. Weathers, D. L. Strayer and G. E. Likens (eds.). Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. Academic Press, Inc.
Conservation medicine: the ontogeny of an emerging discipline
Aguirre, A., G. M. Tabor, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Conservation Medicine: The Ontogeny of an Emerging Discipline”. In New Directions in Conservation Medicine, by A. Aguirre, R.S. Ostfeld, and P. Daszak, Eds.. Oxford University Press.
Modelling Transmission of Vector-Borne Pathogens Shows Complex Dynamics When Vector Feeding Sites Are Limited
Kershenbaum, Arik, Lewi Stone, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Leon Blaustein. 2012. “Modelling Transmission of Vector-Borne Pathogens Shows Complex Dynamics When Vector Feeding Sites Are Limited”. PLoS One 7. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036730.
Overwintering Survival of Nymphal <i>Ixodes scapularis</i> (Acari: Ixodidae) Under Natural Conditions
Brunner, Jesse L., Mary E. Killilea, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Overwintering Survival of Nymphal <i>Ixodes scapularis< I> (Acari: Ixodidae) Under Natural Conditions”. Journal of Medical Entomology 49 (5): 981-87. doi:10.1603/ME12060.