A model for the spread of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, in recently colonized sites.

Rodrigo J. Mercader; N.W. Siegert; Andrew M. Liebhold; D.G. McCullough

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A model for the spread of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, in recently colonized sites.

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Authors:

Rodrigo J. Mercader, N.W. Siegert, Andrew M. Liebhold, D.G. McCullough

Year:

2009

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McManus, Katherine A; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009; 2009 January 13-16; Annapolis, MD. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-51. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 87.

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Abstract

We developed a flexible model to predict the spread of the EAB in recently colonized sites. This model is structured as a coupled map lattice built around an interchangeable "phloem grid", which consists of a matrix of cells with estimates of the available phloem in each cell.

Parent Publication

Proceedings. 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture interagency research forum on invasive species 2009

Citation

Mercader, Rodrigo J.; Siegert, N.W.; Liebhold, A.M.; McCullough, D.G. 2009. A model for the spread of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, in recently colonized sites.