Sandra De Urioste-Stone – Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles Published (# = postdoctoral associate, * = graduate student; + = undergraduate student)

1. Schierer, M.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Gardner, A. (Accepted). An ecological and social approach to the distribution of vector and nuisance mosquito species across residential land use types. Journal of Medical Entomology.
2. Rivera, E.P.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rickard., L., K C, A. # , Rodriguez-Stimson, J. # , Caprara, A. & Estrada, L. (Accepted). Understanding international travelers’ health risk perceptions, preferences, and decisions: A segmentation analysis. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines.
3. Soucy, A. #, Pellecer, E.*, Siwek, N.+, Martin, L.*, Jackson, S. #, Venne, G.*, Stockman, A.+ & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2025). COVID-19 and green spaces: A case study exploring diverse perspectives. PLoS ONE. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320800
4. Pellecer, E.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rickard., L., Caprara, A. & Estrada, L. (2025). Tourists and epidemics: How news media cover the risks of Zika virus and chikungunya outbreaks in the Americas. Current Issues in Tourism, 28(6), 945-962. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2024.2309164
5. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Jansujwicz, J., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Eitel, K. & Brownlee, M. (2024). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of conservation and stewardship practitioner’s experiences. Conservation & Society, 22(4), 168-179. doi: 10.4103/cs.cs_118_23
6. Lieberthal, B., Allan, B., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Mackay, A., Soliman, A., Wang, S. & Gardner, A.
(2024). The effects of seasonal human mobility and Aedes aegypti habitat suitability on Zika virus
epidemic severity in Colombia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(11), e0012571. doi: htpps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012571
7. Soucy, A.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Eitel, K., Jansujwicz, J. & Brownlee, M.
(2024). Exploring the impacts of a place-based educational approach on student and community
members' experiences and learning within a college-level GIS course. Journal of Geoscience
Education. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2024.2379194
8. Lieberthal, B., Jackson, S. # & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2024). Risk perceptions and behaviors
concerning rural tourism and economic-political drivers of COVID-19 policy in 2020. PLoS ONE, 19(4),
e0299841. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299841
9. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Jansujwicz, J., Eitel, K. & Brownlee, M.
(2023). Finding hope and fulfillment in meaningful work: An interpretative phenomenological
analysis of conservation and stewardship practitioners’ experience, values, and motivations. PLoS
Sustainability and Transformation, 2(11), e0000087. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000087
10. DiMatteo-LePape, A.*, Morano, S., De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Kantar, L. (2023). Winter habitat
selection of moose in Maine and ruminations on the impact of changing weather conditions. Alces:
A Journal Devoted to Biology and Management of Moose, 59, 15-33.
https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1879
11. Pellecer, E.*, Rivera, M., Juárez J.G.* De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Berganza, E. & Pennington, P.M.
(2023). Adoption of community-based strategies for sustainable vector control and prevention. BMC
Public Health, 23, 1834. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16516-8
12. Lieberthal, B., Soliman, A., Wang, S., De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Gardner, A. (2023). Epidemic spread
on patch networks with community structure. Mathematical Biosciences, 359, 108996. doi:
10.1016/j.mbs.2023.108996
13. McBride, S.*, Lieberthal, B., Buttke, D., Cronk, B., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Goodman, L., Guarnieri, L.+, Rounsville Jr, T. & Gardner, A. (2022). Patterns and ecological mechanisms of tick-borne disease
exposure risk in Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA. Journal of Medical
Entomology, 60(1), 62-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac152
14. Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. & Seekamp, E. (2022). Understanding
tourism suppliers’ resilience to climate change in a rural destination in Maine. Tourism Planning &
Development. doi: 10.1080/21568316.2022.2083222
15. Horne, L.*, DiMatteo-LePape, A.*, Wolf-Gonzalez, G., Briones, V.*, Soucy, A.* & De Urioste-Stone,
S.M. (2022). Climate change planning in a coastal tourism destination, A participatory
approach. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 23(4), 549-563. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1177/14673584221114730
16. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Fernandez, I., Weiskittel, A., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. & Doak, T., (2021). Forest policies and adaptation to climate change in Maine: Stakeholder perceptions and
recommendations. Maine Policy Review, 30(1), 66-77. Retrieved from
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol30/iss1/8.
17. Soucy, A.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Weiskittel, A., Duveneck, M. &
McGreavy, B. (2021). A comprehensive and spatially explicit regional vulnerability assessment of the
forest industry to climate change. Journal of Forestry, 120(2), 170-185. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvab057
18. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. & Weiskittel, A. (2021). Drivers of
climate change risk perceptions among forest stakeholders in Maine, USA. Society and Natural
Resources, 35(5), 467-486. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2021.1991066
19. Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J. & Noblet, C. (2021). Climate change adaptation and
mitigation in the face of uncertainty: A phenomenological study. The Northeastern Naturalist,
28(sp11), 108-128. doi: https://doi.org/10.1656/045.028.s1107
20. Elliott, J.*, Dickson, C.+, Kantar, L., O’Neal, M., Lichtenwalner, A., Bryant, A., Jakubas, W., Pekins,
P., De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Kamath, P. (2021). Prevalence and risk factors of Anaplasma infections
in eastern moose (Alces alces americana) and winter ticks (Dermancentor albipictus) in Maine,
USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57(4). doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00020
21. Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Seekamp, E., Rickard., L., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. & McGreavy,
B. (2021). Determinants of visitor climate change risk perceptions in Acadia National Park, Maine,
USA. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 35, 100401. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2021.100401
22. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel, A. & McGreavy, B. (2021).
Forestry professionals’ perceptions of climate change impacts on the forest industry in Maine, U.S.
Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 40(7), 695-720. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2020.1803919
23. Gundrum, F.*, Sponarski, C., Rickard, L. & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2021). Cognitions toward black
bear hunting in Maine: A quantitative content analysis of the print news media surrounding hunting
referendums. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 26(4), 303-320. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2020.1817629
24. Soucy, A.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P., Weiskittel, A. & McGreavy, B. (2020).
Understanding characteristics of forest professionals and small woodlot owners for communicating
climate change adaptation. Trees, Forests, and People, 2, 100036. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2020.100036
25. Soucy, A.* & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2020). Tourist behaviour and tick-borne disease risk. WIT
Transactions of Ecology and the Environment, 248, 77-88. doi: 10.2495/ST200071
26. Shrestha, S.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2020). Probing recent
environmental changes and people’s perception: A case study in Upper Mustang Himalaya using MODIS data. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 18, 100315. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100315
27. Daigle, J.J., Straub, C.L., Leahy, J.E., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Ranco, D.J. & Siegart, N.W. (2019). How campers’ beliefs about forest pest affect firewood transport behavior: An application of involvement theory. Forest Science, 65(3), 363-372. doi: 10.1093/forsci/fxy056
28. Wilkins, E.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Weiskittel, A. & Gabe, T. (2018). Effects of weather conditions on tourism spending: Implications for future trends under climate change. Journal of Travel Research, 57(8), 1042-1053. doi: 10.1177/0047287517728591.
29. MacDonald, B.*, Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Haskell, J. & Weiskittel, A. (2018). Collaborative leadership is key for Maine’s forest products industry. Maine Policy Review, 27(1), 90-98. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol27/iss1/22/
30. Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J. & Noblet, C. (2018). Using pile sorts to understand perceptions of climate change. WIT Transactions of Ecology and the Environment, 227, 175-183. doi: 10.2495/ST180171
31. Fefer, J.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J. & Silka, L. (2018). Understanding the perceived effectiveness of applying the Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) framework for recreation planning: A multi-case study in U.S. National Parks. The Qualitative Report, 23(7), 1561-1582. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol23/iss7/6
32. Wilkins, E.*, & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2018). Place attachment, recreational activities, and travel intent under changing climate conditions. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(5), 798-811. doi:10.1080/09669582.2017.1417416.
33. Wilkins, E.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Weiskittel, A. & Gabe, T. (2018). Weather sensitivity and climate change perceptions of tourists: A segmentation analysis. Tourism Geographies, 20(2), 273-289. doi: 10.1080/14616688.2017.1399437.
34. Daniel, H., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Peralta, N., Ozorio, R. & Viera, F. (2017). The Uakari Lodge and community-based tourism. Case Research Journal, 37(4).
35. Koirala A., Kizha, A.R. & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2017). Policy recommendation from stakeholders to improve forest products transportation: A qualitative study. Forests, 8, 434. doi: 10.3390/f8110434.
36. Pennington, P.M., Juárez J.G.*, Arrivillaga, M.R.+, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Doktor, K., Bryan, J.P., Escobar, C.Y. & Cordón-Rosales, C. (2017). Toward Chagas disease elimination: Neonatal screening for congenital transmission in rural communities. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(9), e0005783. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005783.
37. Le, L., De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Holmes, N. (2016). Exploring African American, Latino and Asian motivations to visit a heritage site: A case study of George Washington Carver National Monument. Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 11(1), 55-71.
38. Scaccia, M.D.* & De Urioste-Stone, S.M. (2016). Resident perceptions of sustainable tourism in Maine. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 11(3), 375-384. doi: 10.2495/SDP-V11-N3-375-384.
39. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Le, L., Scaccia, M.D.* & Wilkins, E.* (2016). Nature-based tourism and climate change risk: Visitors’ perceptions in Mount Desert Island, Maine. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 13, 57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2016.01.003.
40. Fefer, J.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J. & Silka, L. (2016). Using the Delphi technique to identify key elements for effective and sustainable visitor use planning frameworks. Sage Open, 6(2). doi: 10.1177/2158244016643141.
41. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Scaccia, M.D.* & Howe-Poteet, D.+ (2015). Exploring visitor perceptions of the influence of climate change on tourism at Acadia National Park, Maine. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 11, 34-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2015.07.001.

42. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Pennington, P.M., Pellecer, E.*, Aguilar, T.*, Samayoa, G.+, Perdomo, H.*, Enriquez, H. & Juárez, J.G. (2015). Development of a community-based intervention for the control of Chagas disease based on peridomestic animal management: An Eco-bio-social perspective. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109, 159-167. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/tru202.
43. Bustamante, D., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Juárez, J.G.+ & Pennington, P. (2014). Ecological, social and biological risk factors for continued Chagas disease transmission by Triatoma dimidiata in Guatemala. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104599. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104599.
44. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., McLaughlin, W. J., Guilfoyle, K., Inglebret, E. & Sanyal, N. (2013). Co- administration in the Zunil Regional Municipal Protected Area, Guatemala. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 31(3): 61-76.
45. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., McLaughlin, W.J. & Sanyal, N. (2006). Using the Delphi technique to identify topics for a protected area co-management capacity building programme. International Journal of Rural Management, 2(2), 191-211. doi: 10.1177/097300520600200204.

Book Chapters (*denotes graduate student, +denotes undergraduate student)

  1. Pennington, P.M., Pellecer, E.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Aguilar, T. & Juárez J.G. (2021). A successful community-based pilot programme to control insect vectors of Chagas disease in rural Guatemala. In J. Hendrichs, R. Pereira & M. J. B. Vreysen (Eds.), Area-wide integrated pest management: Development and field application (pp. 709-727) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  2. Horne, L.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J., Noblet, C., Rickard, L. Kohtala, H.+, & Morgan, A.* (2019). Climate change risk in nature-based tourism systems: A case study from Western Maine, USA. In Pröbstl-Haider, U., Richins, H., & Türk, S. (Ed.), Winter tourism: Trends and challenges. Boston, MA: CAB International.
  3. De Urioste-Stone, S.M., McLaughlin, W.J., Daigle, J., & Fefer, J.P.* (2018). Applying the case study methodology to tourism research. In R. Nunkoo (Ed.), Handbook of research methods in tourism and hospitality management (pp. 407-427). UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  4. Spenceley, A., Snyman, S., De Urioste-Stone, S.M., & McCool, S. (2018). Capacity building for sustainable tourism management. In Y.F Leung, A. Spenceley, G. Hvenegaard, R. Buckley, & C. Groves (Eds.), Tourism and visitor management in protected areas: Guidelines for sustainability (pp. 63-72). Best practice protected area guidelines series, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.