Michelle Hersh

When is a parasite not a parasite? Effects of larval tick burdens on white-footed mouse survival
Hersh, Michelle H., Shannon L. LaDeau, Andrea Previtali, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2014. “When Is a Parasite Not a Parasite? Effects of Larval Tick Burdens on White-Footed Mouse Survival”. Ecology 95 (5): 1360-69. doi:10.1890/12-2156.1.
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.
Frontiers in Ecosystem Science
Bechtold, Heather A., Jorge Durán, David L. Strayer, Kathleen C. Weathers, Angelita Alvarado, Neil D. Bettez, Michelle H. Hersh, et al. 2012. “Frontiers in Ecosystem Science”. In K. C. Weathers, D. L. Strayer and G. E. Likens (eds.). Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science, 279-96. Academic Press, Inc.
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.
Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia microti
Hersh, Michelle H., Michael Tibbetts, Mia Strauss, Richard S. Ostfeld, and Felicia Keesing. 2012. “Reservoir Competence of Wildlife Host Species for Babesia Microti”. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18 (12). doi:10.3201/eid1812.111392.
Evaluating the impacts of multiple generalist fungal pathogens on temperate tree seedling survival
Hersh, Michelle H., R. Vilgalys, and James S. Clark. 2012. “Evaluating the Impacts of Multiple Generalist Fungal Pathogens on Temperate Tree Seedling Survival”. Ecology 93: 511-20.
Individual-scale variation, species-scale differences: Inference needed to understand diversity
Clark, James S., D.M. Bell, Michelle H. Hersh, M. Kwit, E.V. Moran, C. Salk, A. Stine, D. Valle, and K. Zhu. 2011. “Individual-Scale Variation, Species-Scale Differences: Inference Needed to Understand Diversity”. Ecol. Lett. 14: 1273-87. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01685.x.
Climate change vulnerability of forest biodiversity: climate and competition tracking of demographic rates
Clark, James S., D.M. Bell, Michelle H. Hersh, and L. Nichols. 2011. “Climate Change Vulnerability of Forest Biodiversity: Climate and Competition Tracking of Demographic Rates”. Global Change Biol. 17: 1834-49.
Models for demography of plant populations
Clark, James S., D.M. Bell, Michael C. Dietze, Michelle H. Hersh, Inés Ibanez, Shannon L. LaDeau, S.M. McMahon, et al. 2010. “Models for Demography of Plant Populations”. In A. O’Hagan and M. West (eds). Handbook of Bayesian Analysis, 431-81. Oxford University Press.