Modeling of the Population Dynamics of Forest Insects
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 24 January 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: modeling irruptive populations of forest insects; spatiotemporal population dynamics; landscape ecology; plant insect interactions and chemical ecology
Interests: Forest Entomology; Insect-Plant Interactions; Insect Ecology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Population irruptions of forest insects are a leading cause of disturbance across temperate forests. Modeling the population dynamics of these insects can be challenging due to cross-scalar interactions, feedback, and non-linear thresholds that contribute to population fluctuations. This Special Issue of Forests will broadly address methods and solutions for modeling the population dynamics of forest insects across multiple scales. We invite submissions, including reviews, methods, and synthesis papers that utilize advanced methods for modeling population dynamics or address long-standing challenges that influence population models.
Dr. Michael Howe
Dr. Celia Boone
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- forest entomology
- population dynamics
- disturbance
- machine learning
- Bayesian models
- spatiotemporal modeling
