Sandra De Urioste-Stone

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

Horne, L. # , Soucy, A. # , Salcido, E. # , De Urioste-Stone, S.M., & Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, P. (2026). Does
sending a printed survey as the final reminder boost response rate? A quasi-experimental approach.
Society and Natural Resources. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2026.2640562

Salcido, E. # , Horne, L. # , Jansujwicz, J., De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Silka, L. (2025). Enhancing conservation
science through transdisciplinary practices: A literature review. Society and Natural Resources. doi:
10.1080/08941920.2025.2589900

Horne, L. # , DiMatteo-LePape, A., Woods, A., Salcido, E. # , De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Daigle, J., Morano, S.
& Kantar, L. (2025). Perceptions of moose health and support for hunting as a management strategy
against parasitism. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. doi: 10.1080/10871209.2025.2589868

Salcido, E. # , Soucy, A. # , De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Johnson, N. # , Tiwari, M.*, Weiskittel, A., Daigneault, A.,
Ma, Z., Simons-Legaard, E. & Abrams, J. (2025). A Delphi assessment of digital technology needs in the
Eastern US forest sector. Society and Natural Resources. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2025.2589901

Schierer, M.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M. & Gardner, A. (2025). An ecological and social approach to the
distribution of vector and nuisance mosquito species across residential land use types. Journal of
Medical Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaf056

Rivera, E.P.*, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Rickard., L., K C, A. # , Rodriguez-Stimson, J. # , Caprara, A. & Estrada,
L. (2025). Understanding international travelers’ health risk perceptions, preferences, and decisions: A
segmentation analysis. Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, 11 (20). doi: 10.1186/s40794-
025-00252-5

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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320800

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: 10.1080/13683500.2024.2309164

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

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:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0012571

Soucy, A.*, Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, De Urioste-Stone, S.M., Eitel, K., Jansujwicz, J. & Brownlee, M. (2024).
Impact of a place-based educational approach on student and community members’ experiences and
learning within a post-secondary GIS course. Journal of Geoscience Education, 73(4), 386-401. doi:
10.1080/10899995.2024.2379194

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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299841

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: 10.1371/journal.pstr.0000087

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14. 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
15. 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: 10.1186/s12889-023-16516-8
16. 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
17. 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: 10.1093/jme/tjac152
18. 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
19. 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:  10.1177/14673584221114730
20. 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.
21. 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: 10.1093/jofore/fvab057
22. 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: 10.1080/08941920.2021.1991066
23. 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: 10.1656/045.028.s1107
24. 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
25. 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: 10.1016/j.jort.2021.100401
26. 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: 10.1080/10549811.2020.1803919
27. 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: 10.1080/10871209.2020.1817629
28. 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: 10.1016/j.tfp.2020.100036

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29. 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
30. 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: 10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100315
31. 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
32. 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.
33. 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/
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. 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).
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.

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46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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.

1.2. Books and Other Peer-reviewed Publications (*denotes an advised graduate student)

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.

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.

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 U.
Pröbstl-Haider, H. Richins, & S. Türk. (Eds.), Winter tourism: Trends and challenges (pp.73-81). Boston,
MA: CAB International.

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.