Laura Blackburn

Treesearch Publications

• Gerry Moore, Cynthia Huebner, Mark Twery, Steven D. Glenn, Steven E. Clemants, Ulrich Lorimer, Charles Ferguson, Laura Blackburn. 2022. Woody vegetation in the New York Metropolitan Region: changes over time, taxonomic keys, maps, ecological descriptions, and management implications
• Jonathan A. Walter, Kristine L. Grayson, Laura Blackburn, Patrick Tobin, Derek M. Johnson. 2020. Spatiotemporal variability in Allee effects of invading gypsy moth populations
• Laura Blackburn, Joseph S. Elkinton, Nathan P. P. Havill, Hannah J. Broadley, Jeremy C. Andersen, Andrew M. Liebhold. 2020. Predicting the invasion range for a highly polyphagous and widespread forest herbivore
• Laura Blackburn, Ann E. Hajek. 2018. Gypsy moth larval necropsy guide
• Patrick Tobin, Richard M. Turcotte, Laura Blackburn, John Juracko, Brian Simpson. 2017. The big chill: quantifying the effect of the 2014 North American cold wave on hemlock woolly adelgid populations in the central Appalachian Mountains
• Laura Blackburn, Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Alexandra Thompson, Andrew M. Liebhold, Jacqueline Beggs. 2017. Predicting costs of alien species surveillance across varying transportation networks
• Therese M. M. Poland, Deborah G. McCullough, Taylor Scarr, Joseph Francese, Damon Crook, Michael Domingue, Harold Thistle, Brian Strom, Laura Blackburn, Daniel A. Herms, Krista Ryall, Patrick Tobin. 2016. Recent development and advances in survey and detection tools for emerald ash borer
• Patrick Tobin, Andrew M. Liebhold, E. Anderson Roberts, Laura Blackburn. 2015. Estimating spread rates of non-native species: the gypsy moth as a case study
• Patrick Tobin, Laura Blackburn, Rebecca H. Gray, Christopher T. Lettau, Andrew M. Liebhold, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2013. Using delimiting surveys to characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics facilitates the management of an invasive non-native insect
• Andrew M. Liebhold, Deborah G. McCullough, Laura Blackburn, Susan J. Frankel, Betsy Von Holle, Juliann E. Aukema. 2013. A highly aggregated geographical distribution of forest pest invasions in the USA
• Laura Blackburn, Donna S. Leonard, Patrick Tobin. 2011. The use of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki for managing gypsy moth populations under the Slow the Spread Program, 1996-2010, relative to the distributional range of threatened and endangered species
• Patrick Tobin, Julie Van Stappen, Laura Blackburn. 2011. Visitation rates to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the introduction of the non-native species Lymantria dispar (L.)
• Patrick Tobin, Andrea Diss-Torrance, Laura Blackburn, Brian D. Brown. 2011. What does "local" firewood buy you? Managing the risk of invasive species introduction
• Patrick Tobin, Andrea Diss-Torrance, Laura Blackburn, Brian D. Brown. 2010. What does "local" firewood buy you? Managing the risk of invasive species introduction
• Patrick Tobin, Julie Van Stappen, Laura Blackburn. 2010. Human visitation rates to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and the introduction of the non-native species Lymantria dispar (L.)
• Patrick Tobin, Ann E. Hajek, Laura Blackburn, Joshua J. Hannam, Andrea Diss-Torrance, Kenneth F. Raffa, Charlotte Nielson. 2009. Space-time interactions between gypsy moth and associated entomopathogens in newly established populations
• Ann E. Hajek, Patrick Tobin, Laura Blackburn, Joshua J. Hannam, Andrea Diss-Torrance, Kenneth Raffa, Charlotte Nielsen. 2009. Dispersal of gypsy moth pathogens to newly established host populations
• Patrick Tobin, Laura Blackburn. 2008. Long-distance dispersal of the gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) facilitated its initial invasion of Wisconsin
• Kevin W. Thorpe, Ksenia S. Tcheslavskaia, Patrick Tobin, Laura Blackburn, Donna S. Leonard, E. Anderson Roberts. 2007. Persistent effects of aerial applications of disparlure on gypsy moth: trap catch and mating success
• Patrick Tobin, Laura Blackburn. 2007. Slow the Spread: a national program to manage the gypsy moth
• Patrick Tobin, Kevin W. Thorpe, Laura Blackburn. 2007. Multi-year evaluation of mating disruption treatments against gypsy moth

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• Ball State University, M.Sc., Biology, 2001
• Purdue University, B.S., Forestry & Wildlife Management, 1997