Howard Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Howie is a Scientist Emeritus with the Eastern Ecological Science Center.
His research explores transmission dynamics and factors that influence human exposure to vector-borne zoonotic pathogens, so as to develop efficient approaches to surveillance and management. He also studies bee foraging ecology and faunistic trends.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. in entomology from Cornell University in 1979.
Honors and Awards
Dr. Ginsberg received the Director’s Award for Natural Resource Research, 1999, from the U.S. National Park Service.
Distinguished Service Award, 2021, from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Science and Products
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Effect of deer exclusion by fencing on abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Fire Island, New York, USA
The effects of deer exclusion on northern populations of lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, were tested at the Lighthouse Tract, Fire Island, NY, USA, where densities of this species have increased recently. Game fencing was erected to exclude deer from two sites of roughly one ha each, and populations of nymphal and adult A. americanum within were compared with those at control sites outside
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, M. Butler, E. Zhioua
Global climate change and vector-borne diseases
Global warming will have different effects on different diseases because of the complex and idiosynchratic interactions between vectors, hosts, and pathogens that influence transmission dynamics of each pathogen. Human activities, including urbanization, rapid global travel, and vector management, have profound effects on disease transmission that can operate on more rapid time scales than does g
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg
The horse and deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Rhode Island
The Tabanidae of Rhode Island were surveyed using Rhode Island canopy traps placed at 20 locations in the state during the summers of 1999 and 2000. In total, 5,120 flies were collected, which included 55 species in the genera Chrysops, Hybomitra, Tabanus, Merycomyia, and Stonemyia. Distributional and ecological information is provided for each species in Rhode Island.
Authors
K. Bartlett, S.R. Alm, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg
Management of the stinging ant Myrmica rubra, using a baited granular formulation of hydramethylnon, 1997
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, C. Lussier, D. Manski, G. Ouellette
Integrated pest management and allocation of control efforts for vector-borne diseases
Applications of various control methods were evaluated to determine how to integrate methods so as to minimize the number of human cases of vector-borne diseases. These diseases can be controlled by lowering the number of vector-human contacts (e.g., by pesticide applications or use of repellents), or by lowering the proportion of vectors infected with pathogens (e.g., by lowering or vaccinating
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg
Final Report: Effects on nontarget arthropods of entomopathogenic fungi used for biological control of ticks
No abstract available.
Authors
Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, Klaus Heyer, Elyes Zhioua
Report of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of the Interior Joint Workshop on declining pollinators, 27-28 May 1999, Logan, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
Vincent J. Tepedino, Howard S. Ginsberg
The biotic communities of sandy beaches
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, J.M. Steinback
Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male and female ticks. Spirochetes that had been isolated from I
Authors
E. Zhioua, A. Bouattour, C.M. Hu, M. Gharbi, A. Aeschliman, H. S. Ginsberg, L. Gern
Influence of deer abundance on the abundance of questing adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Nymphal and adult Ixodes scapularis Say were sampled by flagging at 2 sites on a barrier island, Fire Island, NY, and at 2 sites on the nearby mainland. Nymphal densities did not differ consistently between island and mainland sites, but adult densities were consistently lower on the island. We tested whether lower adult densities on the island resulted from greater nymphal mortality on the island
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, E. Zhioua
Species, habitat alterations affect bee pollinators in U.S. northeast
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 109
Effect of deer exclusion by fencing on abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Fire Island, New York, USA
The effects of deer exclusion on northern populations of lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, were tested at the Lighthouse Tract, Fire Island, NY, USA, where densities of this species have increased recently. Game fencing was erected to exclude deer from two sites of roughly one ha each, and populations of nymphal and adult A. americanum within were compared with those at control sites outside
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, M. Butler, E. Zhioua
Global climate change and vector-borne diseases
Global warming will have different effects on different diseases because of the complex and idiosynchratic interactions between vectors, hosts, and pathogens that influence transmission dynamics of each pathogen. Human activities, including urbanization, rapid global travel, and vector management, have profound effects on disease transmission that can operate on more rapid time scales than does g
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg
The horse and deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Rhode Island
The Tabanidae of Rhode Island were surveyed using Rhode Island canopy traps placed at 20 locations in the state during the summers of 1999 and 2000. In total, 5,120 flies were collected, which included 55 species in the genera Chrysops, Hybomitra, Tabanus, Merycomyia, and Stonemyia. Distributional and ecological information is provided for each species in Rhode Island.
Authors
K. Bartlett, S.R. Alm, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg
Management of the stinging ant Myrmica rubra, using a baited granular formulation of hydramethylnon, 1997
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, C. Lussier, D. Manski, G. Ouellette
Integrated pest management and allocation of control efforts for vector-borne diseases
Applications of various control methods were evaluated to determine how to integrate methods so as to minimize the number of human cases of vector-borne diseases. These diseases can be controlled by lowering the number of vector-human contacts (e.g., by pesticide applications or use of repellents), or by lowering the proportion of vectors infected with pathogens (e.g., by lowering or vaccinating
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg
Final Report: Effects on nontarget arthropods of entomopathogenic fungi used for biological control of ticks
No abstract available.
Authors
Howard S. Ginsberg, Roger A. LeBrun, Klaus Heyer, Elyes Zhioua
Report of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of the Interior Joint Workshop on declining pollinators, 27-28 May 1999, Logan, Utah
No abstract available.
Authors
Vincent J. Tepedino, Howard S. Ginsberg
The biotic communities of sandy beaches
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, J.M. Steinback
Infection of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in North Africa
Free-living adult Ixodes ricinus L. were collected in Amdoun, situated in the Kroumiry mountains in northwestern Tunisia (North Africa). Using direct fluorescence antibody assay, the infection rate of field-collected I. ricinus by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato was 30.5% (n = 72). No difference in infection rate was observed between male and female ticks. Spirochetes that had been isolated from I
Authors
E. Zhioua, A. Bouattour, C.M. Hu, M. Gharbi, A. Aeschliman, H. S. Ginsberg, L. Gern
Influence of deer abundance on the abundance of questing adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Nymphal and adult Ixodes scapularis Say were sampled by flagging at 2 sites on a barrier island, Fire Island, NY, and at 2 sites on the nearby mainland. Nymphal densities did not differ consistently between island and mainland sites, but adult densities were consistently lower on the island. We tested whether lower adult densities on the island resulted from greater nymphal mortality on the island
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg, E. Zhioua
Species, habitat alterations affect bee pollinators in U.S. northeast
No abstract available.
Authors
H. S. Ginsberg