Here is a link to my current CV.
Most of my publications are available here. I also have a public entry on Google Scholar. In the list below, * indicates an undergraduate student; ** indicates a graduate student; *** indicates a high school student.
Most of my publications are available here. I also have a public entry on Google Scholar. In the list below, * indicates an undergraduate student; ** indicates a graduate student; *** indicates a high school student.
2023
2017
2016
- Ostfeld, R.S., Mowry, S., Bremer, W., Duerr, S., Evans Jr, A.S., Fischhoff, I.R., Hinckley, A.F., Hook, S.A., Keating, F., Pendleton, J. Pfister, A., Teator, M., and F. Keesing. 2023. Impacts over time of neighborhood-scale interventions to control ticks and tick-borne disease incidence. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. PDF
- Ostfeld RS, Adish S, Mowry S, Bremer W, Duerr S, Evans AS Jr., Fischhoff IR, Keating F, Pendleton J, Pfister A, Teator M, Keesing F. Effects of neighborhood-scale acaricidal treatments on infection prevalence of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) with three zoonotic pathogens. Pathogens. 2023; 12(2):172. Link
- Mowry, S., Pendleton, J., Keesing, F. et al. Estimates of wildlife species richness, occupancy, and habitat preference in a residential landscape in New York State. Urban Ecosyst (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01318-4
- Keesing, F. 2022. Diet for a small footprint. PNAS [commentary] 119 (17), e2204241119. PDF
- Keesing, F., S. Mowry, W. Bremer, S. Duerr, A.S. Evans, Jr., I. Fischhoff, A.F. Hinckley, S.A. Hook, F. Keating, J. Pendleton, A. Pfister, M. Teator, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2022. Effects of tick-control interventions on tick abundance, human encounters with ticks, and incidence of tick-borne diseases in residential neighborhoods. Emerging Infectious Diseases 28 (5), 957-966. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2022. The ecology of infectious diseases: an homage to multi-factor perspectives. Therya 13(1), a special issue dedicated to our advisor, William Z. Lidicker, Jr. PDF
- Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld. 2021. Dilution effects in disease ecology. Ecology Letters. PDF
- *Bahl, R., N. Eikmeier, A. Fraser*, M. Junge, F. Keesing, K. Nakahata, L.Z. Wang. 2021. Modeling COVID-19 spread in small colleges. PLoS One. LINK
- Bobe, Jason, et al. 2021. Recent progress in Lyme disease and remaining challenges. Frontiers in Medicine. LINK.
- Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld. 2021. Impacts of biodiversity and biodiversity loss on zoonotic diseases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. PDF
- Keesing, F., M. Hersh, D. McHenry, R. S. Ostfeld. 2021. Spatial and temporal patterns of the emerging tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in New York. Parasites and Vectors. PDF
- Liveris, D., M. E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, T. J. Daniels, S. Karpathy, C. Paddock, S. Adish, F. Keesing, R.S. Ostfeld, G. Wormser, I. Schwartz. 2021. A new genetic approach to distinguish strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum that appear not to cause human disease. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. LINK
- Ostfeld, R. S. and F. Keesing. 2020. Planetary Health and infectious disease. Chapter in Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves, edited by S. Myers and H. Frumkin. Island Press.
- Ostfeld, R. S. and F. Keesing. 2020. Species that can make us ill thrive in human habitats. Nature commentary 584: 346-347.
- Kowal, V.A., Jones, S.M., Keesing, F. et al. 2019. A coupled forage-grazer model predicts viability of livestock production and wildlife habitat at the regional scale. Scientific Reports 9, 19957 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56470-3. Open access link.
- Fischhoff, I.R., S. Bowden, F. Keesing, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2019. Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond. BMC Infectious Diseases 19, Article number: 861. PDF
- Fischhoff, I.R., F. Keesing, Jennifer Pendleton, Deanna DePietro, Marissa Teator, Shannon Duerr, Stacy Mowry, Ashley Pfister, S.L. LaDeau, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2019. Assessing effectiveness of recommended residential yard management measures against ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology. PDF.
- Mowry, S., I. Fischhoff, F. Keesing, R.S. Ostfeld. 2019. Predicting larval tick burden on white-footed mice with an artificial neural network. Ecological Informatics. PDF
- Landesman, W.J., Mulder, K., Allan, B.F., Bashor, L.A., Keesing, F., LoGiudice, K. and Ostfeld, R.S. 2019. Potential effects of blood meal host on bacterial community composition in Ixodes scapularis nymphs. Ticks and tick-borne diseases. PDF
- Welsh, E., F. Keesing, and B. Allan. 2019. Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus, B. africanus) and tick abundances in acaricide-treated livestock areas. African Journal of Ecology. PDF.
- ***Ostfeld, J. K., and F. Keesing. 2019. Impacts of large mammals on movements of the pouched mouse (Saccostomus mearnsi) in central Kenya. African Journal of Ecology. PDF
- Keesing, F., R. S. Ostfeld, S. Okanga, S. Huckett, B. R. Bayles, R. Chaplin-Kramer, L. P. Fredericks, T. Hedlund, V. Kowal, H. Tallis, C. M. Warui, S. A. Wood, and B. F. Allan. October 2018. Consequences of integrating livestock and wildlife in an African savanna. Nature Sustainability. Available here. And the commentary by Jake Goheen is here.
- Fischhoff, I., J. Burtis, F. Keesing, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2018. Tritrophic interactions between a fungal pathogen, a spider
predator, and the blacklegged tick. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4271. PDF - *Dahan, D., B.A. Jude, R. Lamendella, F. Keesing, and G. Perron. 2018. Exposure to arsenic alters the microbiome of larval zebrafish. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01323. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., T. Levi, F. Keesing, K. Oggenfuss, C.D. Canham. 2018. Tick-borne disease risk in a forest food web. Ecology. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., D. Brisson, K. Oggenfuss, J. Devine, M.Z. Levy, and F. Keesing. 2018. Effects of a zoonotic pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, on a key reservoir host. Ecology and Evolution. PDF
- Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld. 2018. The Tick Project: Testing environmental interventions to prevent tick-borne diseases. Trends in Parasitology. PDF
2017
- Ostfeld, R.S., and F. Keesing. 2017. Is biodiversity bad for your health? Ecosphere 8:e01676. PDF
- Allan, B. H. Tallis, R. Chaplin-Kramer, S. Huckett, G. Kowal, J. Musengezi, S. Okanga, R. S. Ostfeld, J. Schieltz, C. M. Warui, S. A. Wood, F. Keesing. 2017. Can integrating wildlife and livestock enhance the delivery of ecosystem services in central Kenya? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF
- Robertson, B., R. S. Ostfeld, and F. Keesing. 2017. Trojan females and Judas goats: the use of ecological traps in management. BioScience. PDF
- Keesing, F., R.S. Ostfeld, T.P. Young, and B.F. Allan. 2017. Cattle and rainfall affect tick abundance in central Kenya. Parasitology. PDF
- Fischhoff, I., F. Keesing, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2017. The tick biocontrol agent Metarhizium brunneum (= M. anisopliae) (strain F52) does not reduce non-target arthropods. PLoS One. PDF
2016
- Levi, T., Keesing, F., Holt, R.D., Barfield, M. and Ostfeld, R.S. 2016. Quantifying dilution and amplification in a community of hosts for tick‐borne pathogens. Ecological Applications 26(2), 2016, pp. 484–498. PDF
- Levi, T., Massey, A.L., Holt, R.D., Keesing, F., Ostfeld, R.S. and Peres, C.A. 2016. Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease? Comment. Ecology, 97(2), pp.536-542. PDF
- Keesing, F. 2016. The messy work of saving lions. BioScience, p.biw012. [book review] PDF
- Keesing, F. and Ostfeld, R.S. 2015. Is biodiversity good for your health? Science, 349(6245), p.235. PDF
- Levi, T., Keesing, F., Oggenfuss, K. and Ostfeld, R.S. 2015. Accelerated phenology of blacklegged ticks under climate warming. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 370(1665), p.20130556. PDF
- Ezenwa, V.O., Prieur-Richard, A.H., Roche, B., Bailly, X., Becquart, P., García-Peña, G.E., Hosseini, P.R., Keesing, F., Rizzoli, A., Suzán, G. and Vignuzzi, M. 2015. Interdisciplinarity and Infectious Diseases: An Ebola Case Study. PLoS Pathogens, 11(8), p.e1004992. PDF
- Johnson, P.T., Ostfeld, R.S. and Keesing, F. 2015. Frontiers in research on biodiversity and disease. Ecology Letters, 18(10), pp.1119-1133. PDF
- Keesing, F., and T. P. Young. 2014. Cascading consequences of the loss of large mammals in an African savanna. BioScience: biu059. PDF
- Hersh, M.H., Ostfeld, R.S., McHenry, D.J., Tibbetts, M., Brunner, J.L., Killilea, M.E., LoGiudice, K., Schmidt, K.A. and Keesing, F. 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), p.e99348. PDF
- Tallis, H., Lubchenco, J., Adams, V.M., Adams-Hosking, C., Agostini, V.N. and Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., et al. 2014. Working together: A call for inclusive conservation. Nature, 515(7525), pp.27-28. PDF
- Ostfeld RS, Levi T, Jolles AE, Martin LB, Hosseini PR, ..., F. Keesing. 2014. Life history and demographic drivers of reservoir competence for three tick-borne zoonotic pathogens. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107387. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107387. PDF
- Keesing, F, D.J. McHenry, M. Hersh, M. Tibbetts, J.L. Brunner, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K.A. Schmidt, and R.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; DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0525. PDF
- Keesing, F., B.F. Allan, T.P. Young, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2013. Effects of wildlife and cattle on tick abundance in central Kenya. Ecological Applications 23:1410-1418. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2013. Straw men don’t get Lyme disease: response to Wood and Lafferty. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28:502-503. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2013. Biodiversity and human health. Pages 357-372 in Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, edited by S. Levin. Elsevier, New York.
- Jeschke, Jonathan M., Felicia Keesing, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2013. Novel organisms: comparing invasive species, GMOs, and emerging pathogens. Ambio: 1-8. PDF
- Brunner JL, Duerr S, Keesing F, Killilea M, Vuong H, et al. 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. PDF
- Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2012. Effects of host diversity on infectious disease. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 43, no. 1: 157-182. PDF
- Previtali, A., R. Hanselmann, A. Jolles, F. Keesing, L. Martin, and R. Ostfeld. 2012. Relationship between pace of life and immune responses in wild rodents. Oikos 121: 1483–1492. PDF
- Keesing, F., and R. S. Ostfeld. 2012. An ecosystem service of biodiversity: the protection of human health against infectious disease. New Directions in Conservation Medicine: 56-66. PDF
- Hersh, Michelle H., et al. 2012. Reservoir competence of wildlife host species for Babesia microti. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18.12 : 1951. PDF
- Keesing, Felicia, Michelle H. Hersh, Michael Tibbetts, Diana J. McHenry, Shannon Duerr, Jesse Brunner, Mary Killilea, Kathleen LoGiudice, Kenneth A. Schmidt, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2012. Reservoir competence of vertebrate hosts for Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Emerging Infectious Diseases 18, no. 12. PDF
- *Vaicekonyte, Regina, and Felicia Keesing. 2012. Effects of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) removal on the abundance of entomopathogenic fungi. Invasive Plant Science and Management 5.3: 323-329. PDF
- Ogada, D.L., Keesing, F. and Virani, M.Z., 2012. Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1249(1), pp.57-71. PDF
- Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld. 2012. Disease ecology. In Ingram, J.C., DeClerck, F., Rumbaitis del Rio, C. (Eds.). Integrating Ecology into Poverty Alleviation and International Development Efforts. 1st Edition., approx. 500 p. 50 illus., Hardc 978-1-4419-0632-8. PDF
- Riginos, C., Porensky, L.M., Veblen, K.E., Odadi, W.O., Sensenig, R.L., Kimuyu, D., Keesing, F., Wilkerson, M.L. and Young, T.P., 2012. Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Pastoralism, 2(1), pp.1-22. PDF
- *Rodríguez, A.R., R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and J.W. Reynolds. 2012. The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae and Megascolecidae) of Dutchess County, New York, USA. Megadrilogica 15(6): 141-150.
- Pringle, R., T.M. Palmer, J.R. Goheen, D.J. McCauley, and F. Keesing. 2011. Ecological Importance of Large Herbivores in the Ewaso Ecosystem. In N. Georgiadis, editor, Conserving Wildlife in African Landscapes: Kenya’s Ewaso Ecosystem.
- Keesing, F., P. Oberoi*, R. Vaicekonyte*, K. Gowen*, L. Henry*, S. Mount*, L. Serene*, P. Johns, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2011. Effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on entomopathogenic fungi. EcoScience 18: 164-168. PDF
- Keesing, F. 2011. What biology education should look like at colleges and universities. Special Report from the Michigan State University Center for Research in Science and Mathematics Education. PDF
- Keesing, F. 2011. Landscape epidemiology. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, edited by S. Levin.
- Brunner, J.L., L. Cheney, F. Keesing, M. Killilea, K. Logiudice, A. Previtali, R.S. Ostfeld. 2011. Molting success of Ixodes scapularis varies among individual blood meal hosts and species. Journal of Medical Entomology 48:860-866. PDF
- Keesing, F., L. Belden, P. Daszak, A. Dobson, D. Harvell, R.D. Holt, P. Hudson, A. Jolles, K. Jones, C. Mitchell, S. Myers, T. Bogich, and R. Ostfeld. 2010. Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Nature 468:647-652. PDF
- Ogada, D. and F. Keesing. 2010. Decline of raptors over a three-year period in Laikipia, Central Kenya. Journal of Raptor Research 44(2):129-135. PDF
- Goheen, J.R., T.M. Palmer, F. Keesing, C. Riginos and T.P. Young. 2010. Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:372-382. PDF
- Dowling, Z.*, T. Hartwig, E. Kiviat, F. Keesing. 2010. Experimental management of nesting habitat for the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii). Ecological Restoration 28:154-159. PDF
- Keesing, F., J. Brunner, M. Killilea, K. LoGiudice, K. Schmidt, H. Vuong, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2009. Hosts as ecological traps for the vector of Lyme disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:3911-3919. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., M. Thomas, and F. Keesing. 2009. Biodiversity and ecosystem function: perspectives on disease. Pages 209-216 in S. Naeem, D. Bunker, A. Hector, M. Loreau, and C. Perrings, eds. Biodiversity and Human Impacts, Oxford University Press. PDF
- Keesing, F. and R. Ostfeld. 2009. Human infectious diseases through the lens of social ecology. EcoHealth. Book review. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0213-5. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., F. Keesing, and V. T. Eviner, editors. 2008. Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press.
- Ogada, D.L., M.E. Gadd, R.S. Ostfeld, and F. Keesing. 2008. Impacts of large herbivorous mammals on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna. Oecologia 156:387-397. PDF
- McCauley, D**.J., F. Keesing, T.P. Young, and K. Dittmar. 2008. Effects of the removal of large herbivores on fleas of small mammals. Journal of Vector Ecology 33(2):263-268. PDF
- Keesing, F., R.S. Ostfeld, V.T. Eviner. 2008. Introduction. Pages 1-5 in Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems, edited by R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing and V.T. Eviner. Princeton University Press.
- Keesing, F. 2008. Introduction to Part I. Pages 9-11 in Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems, edited by R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing and V.T. Eviner. Princeton University Press.
- Ostfeld, R.S., F. Keesing, and V.T. Eviner. 2008. The ecology of infectious diseases: progress, challenges, and frontiers. Pages 469-482 in Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems, edited by R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing and V.T. Eviner. Princeton University Press.
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2008. One acorn at a time: understanding the spread of infectious diseases. Odyssey Magazine. February issue, pages 19-21. [Odyssey is “the science magazine for young adventurers, ages 10-16.]
- Goheen, J.R., T.P. Young, F. Keesing, and T.M. Palmer. 2007. Consequences of herbivory by native ungulates for the reproduction of a savanna tree. Journal of Ecology 95:129-138. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2007. Pulsed resources and community responses: An exploration of factors influencing outcomes. 2007. Pages 30-42 in J.A. Bissonette and I. Storch, eds. Temporal dimensions of landscape ecology: wildlife responses to variable resources. Springer, NY, USA.
- *Horobik, V., F. Keesing, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2007. Abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi-infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks along forest-field edges. EcoHealth. PDF
- Keesing, F., R.D. Holt, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2006. Effects of species diversity on disease risk. Ecology Letters 9:485-498. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., A. Price*, V. Hornbostel, M. Benjamin, and F. Keesing. 2006. Controlling ticks and tick-borne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents. BioScience 56:383-394. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., C.D. Canham, K. Oggenfuss, R.J. Winchcombe, and F. Keesing. 2006. Climate, deer, rodents, and acorns as determinants of variation in Lyme-disease risk. PLoS Biology 4(6) e145. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., F. Keesing, and K. LoGiudice. 2006. Community ecology meets epidemiology: the case of Lyme disease. Pages 28-40 in S. Collinge and C. Ray, eds. Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics. Oxford University Press. PDF
- *O'Reilly, L., D. Ogada, T.M. Palmer, and F. Keesing (corresponding author). 2006. Effects of fire on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna. African Journal of Ecology 44:165-170. PDF
- **McCauley, D.M., F. Keesing, T.P. Young, B.F. Allan**, and R. Pringle**. 2006. Indirect effects of large herbivores on snakes in an African savanna. Ecology 87:2657-2663. PDF
- Dobson, A., I. Cattadori, R. Holt, R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, K. Krichbaum, J. Rohr, S.E. Perkins, and P.J. Hudson. 2006. Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: the importance of biological diversity to human health. PLoS Medicine 3(6) e231. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., G.E. Glass, and F. Keesing. 2005. Spatial epidemiology: an emerging (or re-emerging discipline). Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20:328-336. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., P. Roy*, W. Haumaier, L. Canter, F. Keesing, and E. Rowton. 2004. Sandfly (Lutzomyia vexator) populations in upstate New York: abundance, microhabitat, and phenology. Journal of Medical Entomology 41(4):774-778. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2004. Oh the locusts sang, then they died. Science 306:1488-1489. [Perspective] PDF
- Goheen, J., F. Keesing (corresponding author), B. Allan, D. Ogada, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2004. Net effects of large mammals on Acacia seedling survival in an African savanna. Ecology 85:1555-1561. PDF
- *Allan, B.F., F. Keesing (corresponding author), and R.S. Ostfeld. 2003. Effect of forest fragmentation on Lyme disease risk. Conservation Biology 17:267-272. PDF
- *Shaw, M., F. Keesing, R. McGrail, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2003. Factors influencing the distribution of larval blacklegged ticks on rodent hosts. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 68(4):447-452. PDF
- LoGiudice, K., R.S. Ostfeld, K. Schmidt, and F. Keesing. 2003. The ecology of infectious disease: Effects of host diversity and community composition on Lyme disease risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:567-571. PDF
- Ewing, H., K. Hogan, F. Keesing, H. Bugmann, A. Berkowitz, L. Gross, J. Oris, and J. Wright. 2003. The role of modeling in undergraduate education. Pages 413-427 in: C.D. Canham and J. Cole, eds., Models in Ecosystem Science. Princeton University Press.
- *Shaw, M.T., F. Keesing (corresponding author), and R.S. Ostfeld. 2002. Herbivory on Acacia seedlings in an African savanna. Oikos 98(3):385-392. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., F. Keesing, E.M. Schauber, and K.A. Schmidt. 2002. The ecological context of infectious disease: diversity, habitat fragmentation, and Lyme disease risk in North America. In: A. Aguirre, R.S. Ostfeld, C.A. House, G. Tabor, and M. Pearl, eds. Conservation medicine: ecological health in practice. Oxford University Press; New York.
- Thompson, J., O.J. Reichman, P.J. Morin, G.A. Polis, M.E. Power, R.W. Sterner, C.A. Couch, L. Gough, R. Holt, D. Hooper, F. Keesing, C. Lovell, B.T. Milne, M.C. Molles, D.W. Roberts, and S.Y. Strauss. 2001. Frontiers of ecology. BioScience 51(1):15-24. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S., E. Schauber, C.D. Canham, F. Keesing, C.G. Jones, and J.O. Wolff. 2001. Effects of acorn production and mouse abundance on abundance and Borrelia burgdorferi infection prevalence of nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 1(1):55-63. PDF
- *Metz, M. and F. Keesing. 2001. Dietary choices of the pouched mouse, Saccostomus mearnsi, in Central Kenya. Biotropica 33(1):182-187.
- Keesing, F. and T. Crawford*. 2001. Impacts of density and large mammals on space use by pouched mice (Saccostomus mearnsi) in central Kenya. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17(3):465-472. PDF
- Pusenius, J., R.S. Ostfeld, and F. Keesing. 2000. Patch selection and tree seedling predation by resident vs. immigrant meadow voles. Ecology 81(11):2951-2956. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2000. The function of biodiversity in the ecology of vector-borne zoonotic diseases. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:2061-2078. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2000. Pulsed resources and generalist consumers. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:232-237. PDF
- Ostfeld, R.S. and F. Keesing. 2000. Biodiversity and disease risk: the case of Lyme disease. Conservation Biology 14(3):1-7. PDF
- Keesing, F. 2000. Cryptic consumers and the ecology of an African savanna. BioScience 50:205-215. PDF
- Keesing, F. and R.S. Ostfeld. 1999. Linking dispersal and population dynamics of white-footed mice to community dynamics in patchy landscapes: a prospectus for research. Siberian Journal of Ecology.
- Ostfeld, R. S., F. Keesing, C.G. Jones, C.D. Canham, and G. Lovett. 1998. Integrative ecology and the dynamics of species in oak forests. Integrative Biology 1:178-186.
- Keesing, F. 1998. Impacts of ungulates on the demography and diversity of small mammals in central Kenya. Oecologia 116:381-389. PDF
- Keesing, F. 1998. Ecology and behavior of the pouched mouse, Saccostomus mearnsi, in central Kenya. Journal of Mammalogy 79:919-931. PDF
