Modeling micro-scale ecological processes and emergent patterns of mountain pine beetle epidemics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 289, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-58

  Bone, Christopher ^a   Altaweel, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Forest insect outbreaks; High performance computing; Insect dispersal; Mountain pine beetle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; FOREST INSECT OUTBREAK; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; INSECT DISPERSAL; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; INSECTS;

EID: 84904543646     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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