Mary Killilea

Soil microbial nitrogen cycling and nitrous oxide emissions from urban afforestation in the New York City Afforestation Project
Pierre, Suzanne, Peter M. Groffman, Mary E. Killilea, and Emily E. Oldfield. 2016. “Soil Microbial Nitrogen Cycling and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Urban Afforestation in the New York City Afforestation Project”. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 15: 149-54. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2015.11.006.
Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America
Keesing, Felicia, Diana J. McHenry, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “Prevalence of Human-Active and Variant 1 Strains of the Tick-Borne Pathogen Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Hosts and Forests of Eastern North America”. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 91 (2): 302-9. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525.
Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi Is Higher than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts
Hersh, Michelle H., Richard S. Ostfeld, Diana J. McHenry, Michael Tibbetts, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Felicia Keesing. 2014. “Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks With Babesia Microti and Borrelia Burgdorferi Is Higher Than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts”. PLoS ONE 9 (6): e99348. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099348.
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.
Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Keesing, Felicia, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Diana J. McHenry, S.T.K. Duerr, Jesse L. Brunner, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Kenneth Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. “Reservoir Competence of Vertebrate Hosts for Anaplasma Phagocytophilum”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (12): 2013-13. doi:10.3201/eid1812.120919.
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.
Molting success of Ixodes scapularis varies among individual blood meal hosts and species
Brunner, Jesse L., L. Cheney, Felicia Keesing, Mary E. Killilea, Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Andrea Previtali, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2011. “Molting Success of Ixodes Scapularis Varies Among Individual Blood Meal Hosts and Species”. J. Med. Ent. 48: 860-66. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/Brunner_etal_2011_JME.pdf.
The engaged university: providing a platform for research that transforms society
Whitmer, Alison, Laura Ogden, J.H. Lawton, P. Sturner, Peter M. Groffman, L. Schneider, D. Hart, et al. 2010. “The Engaged University: Providing a Platform for Research That Transforms Society”. Front. Ecol. Environ. 8: 314-21.
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.
Spatial dynamics of Lyme disease: A review
Killilea, Mary E., Andrea Swei, Robert S. Lane, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2008. “Spatial Dynamics of Lyme Disease: A Review”. EcoHealth 5: 167-95. http://www.caryinstitute.org/reprints/2008_Killilea_EcoHealth_Spatial_Dynamics.pdf.