Howard Ginsberg

Howard Ginsberg is a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He is Unit Leader of Patuxent’s Coastal Field Station, and Professor in Residence at the University of Rhode Island. He received his Ph.D. degree in entomology from Cornell University in 1979. Dr. Ginsberg has published widely on the ecology of vector-borne diseases, especially tick-transmitted infections such as Lyme borreliosis, and on mosquito ecology. His emphasis is on understanding transmission dynamics and factors that influence human exposure to vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. This knowledge is used to develop efficient approaches to surveillance and management of vector-borne diseases that protect public health while minimizing negative effects on sensitive natural systems. He is also interested in bee foraging ecology and pollination, especially the interactions between native and introduced species. Finally, he is interested in conservation of invertebrates and in assessing the effects of human activities on invertebrate faunas (e.g., odonates, beach invertebrates). Dr. Ginsberg received the Director’s Award for Natural Resource Research, 1999, from the US National Park Service.

Biography Updated on 5 November 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Natural Communities in Catch Basins in Southern Rhode Island
    Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 235, 2007
  2. EFFICACY OF METHOPRENE FOR MOSQUITO CONTROL IN STORM WATER CATCH BASINS
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 333, 2006
  3. EFFECTS OF METHOPRENE ON OVIPOSITION BY AEDES JAPONICUS AND CULEX SPP
    Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 339, 2006
  4. Population trends and flight behavior of the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae), on Block Island, RI
    Journal of Insect Conservation, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 317–322, 2006
  5. Prevalence of Ehrlichia, Borrelia, and Rickettsial Agents in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Collected from Nine States
    Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 43, no. 6, p. 1261, 2006
  6. Reservoir Competence of Native North American Birds for the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi
    Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 42, no. 3, p. 445, 2005
  7. Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) and permethrin to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs
    Experimental and Applied Acarology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 301–316, 2005
  8. The Horse and Deer Flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Rhode Island
    Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 95, no. 5, p. 547, 2002
  9. Pathogenicity of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
    The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 83, no. 5, p. 815, 1997
  10. Spatial Distribution of Larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) on Peromyscus leucopus and Microtus pennsylvanicus at Two Island Sites
    The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 83, no. 2, p. 207, 1997
  11. Nymphal survival and habitat distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Fire Island, New York, USA
    Experimental and Applied Acarology, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 533–544, 1996
  12. Lyme Disease and Conservation
    Conservation Biology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 343–353, 1994
  13. Increased Population Densities of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Long Island, New York
    The Journal of Parasitology, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 493, 1991
  14. Comparison of flagging, walking, trapping, and collecting from hosts as sampling methods for northern deer ticks,Ixodes dammini, and lone-star ticks,Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)
    Experimental & Applied Acarology, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 313–322, 1989