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Diversity, Stability, and the Forecast Challenge in Forest Lepidopteran Predictive Ecology: Are Multi-Scale Plant–Insect Interactions the Key to Increased Forecast Precision? by Barry J. Cooke

“…I report on long-term patterns of outbreak cycling in four study systems across Canada and illustrate how forecasting in these systems is highly imprecise…”
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Forest Landscape Effects on Dispersal of Spruce Budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens, 1865) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) and Forest Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma disstria Hübner, 1820 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae) Female Moths in Alberta, Canada by Cooke, Barry J.

“…Leaf-rollers and tent caterpillars, the families Torticidae and Lasiocampidae, represent a significant component of the Lepidoptera, and are well-represented…”
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Mountain pine beetle host-range expansion threatens the boreal forest by CULLINGHAM, CATHERINE I., COOKE, JANICE E. K., DANG, SOPHIE, DAVIS, COREY S., COOKE, BARRY J., COLTMAN, DAVID W.

“…The current epidemic of the mountain pine beetle (MPB), an indigenous pest of western North American pine, has resulted in significant losses of lodgepole…”
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Dynamics and Management of Rising Outbreak Spruce Budworm Populations by Jacques Régnière, Barry J. Cooke, Ariane Béchard, Alain Dupont, Pierre Therrien

“…Management of spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), outbreak spread requires understanding the demographic processes occurring in low, but rising…”
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The Forest Tent Caterpillar in Minnesota: Detectability, Impact, and Cycling Dynamics by Barry J. Cooke, Brian R. Sturtevant, Louis-Etienne Robert

“…If periodically outbreaking forest insects are a generic source of forest decline, then why do outbreaks recur more periodically than decline episodes? Do…”
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If forest dynamics in Canada’s west are driven mainly by competition, why did they change? Half-century evidence says: Climate change by Price, David T., Cooke, Barry J., Metsaranta, Juha M., Kurz, Werner A.

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Forest landscape structure influences the cyclic‐eruptive spatial dynamics of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks by Robert, Louis‐Etienne, Sturtevant, Brian R., Kneeshaw, Daniel, James, Patrick M. A., Fortin, Marie‐Josée, Wolter, Peter T., Townsend, Philip A., Cooke, Barry J.

“…A fundamental question in forest insect ecology is the role of forest landscape structure, particularly the amount and spatial configuration of host tree…”
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A Conceptual Framework for the Spruce Budworm Early Intervention Strategy: Can Outbreaks be Stopped? by Robert C. Johns, Joseph J. Bowden, Drew R. Carleton, Barry J. Cooke, Sara Edwards, Erik J. S. Emilson, Patrick M. A. James, Dan Kneeshaw, David A. MacLean, Véronique Martel, Eric R. D. Moise, Gordon D. Mott, Chris J. Norfolk, Emily Owens, Deepa S. Pureswaran, Dan T. Quiring, Jacques Régnière, Brigitte Richard, Michael Stastny

“…The spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana, Clem., is the most significant defoliating pest of boreal balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) and spruce…”
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Predicting the risk of mountain pine beetle spread to eastern pine forests: Considering uncertainty in uncertain times by Cooke, Barry J., Carroll, Allan L.

“…•Average eastward spread of the mountain pine beetle has been 80km/yr since 2006.•Future spread uncertain due to habitat novelty, stochastic weather, spread…”
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Confronting the cycle synchronisation paradigm of defoliator outbreaks in space and time—Evidence from two systems in a mixed‐species forest landscape by Cooke, Barry J., Robert, Louis‐Etienne, Sturtevant, Brian R., Kneeshaw, Dan, Thapa, Bina

“…Abstract Defoliators cause extensive damage in boreal and temperate forests of the world. Considerable effort has been invested to understand their individual…”
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Model‐specification uncertainty in future forest pest outbreak by Boulanger, Yan, Gray, David R., Cooke, Barry J., De Grandpré, Louis

“…Climate change will modify forest pest outbreak characteristics, although there are disagreements regarding the specifics of these changes. A large part of…”
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Of clockwork and catastrophes: advances in spatiotemporal dynamics of forest Lepidoptera by Sturtevant, Brian R, Cooke, Barry J, James, Patrick MA

“…We applied a systematic global literature survey from the last 2.5 years on spatiotemporal population dynamics — broadly defined — of Lepidopteran forest…”
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Long-distance dispersal of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens) in Minnesota (USA) and Ontario (Canada) via the atmospheric pathway by Sturtevant, Brian R., Achtemeier, Gary L., Charney, Joseph J., Anderson, Dean P., Cooke, Barry J., Townsend, Philip A.

“…► Long-distance dispersal is an important population process difficult to quantify. ► Our model uses meteorological inputs to build spruce budworm dispersal…”
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Modeling Landscape-Level Spatial Variation in Sex Ratio Skew in the Mountain Pine Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by James, Patrick M. A, Janes, Jasmine K, Roe, Amanda D, Cooke, Barry J

“…Through their influence on effective population sizes, sex ratio skew affects population dynamics. We examined spatial variation in female-biased sex ratios in…”
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The dynamics of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks in Québec, Canada by Cooke, Barry J., Lorenzetti, François

“…Historical patterns of forest tent caterpillar defoliation over the period 1938–2002 in the province of Québec, eastern Canada, were analyzed in relation to…”
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The dynamics of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks across east-central Canada by Cooke, Barry J., MacQuarrie, Chris J. K., Lorenzetti, François

“…An analysis of forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria defoliation records from Ontario and Quebec over the period 1938-2002 indicates that outbreaks recur…”
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Influence of water deficit on the molecular responses of Pinus contorta × Pinus banksiana mature trees to infection by the mountain pine beetle fungal associate, Grosmannia clavigera by Arango-Velez, Adriana, González, Leonardo M Galindo, Meents, Miranda J, El Kayal, Walid, Cooke, Barry J, Linsky, Jean, Lusebrink, Inka, Cooke, Janice E K

“…Conifers exhibit a number of constitutive and induced mechanisms to defend against attack by pests and pathogens such as mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus…”
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Forest Landscape Effects on Dispersal of Spruce Budworm IChoristoneura fumiferana/I Female Moths in Alberta, Canada by Cooke, Barry J

“…Movement patterns of adult female moths in two major forest insect pest species are shown to be governed by two key factors: population density and host forest…”
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The Effect of Winter Temperature on Forest Tent Caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) Egg Survival and Population Dynamics in Northern Climates by Cooke, Barry J, Roland, Jens

“…Overwintering mortality of forest tent caterpillar [Malacosoma disstria (Hübner)] eggs was estimated over a 360 km2 grid of 83 plots in north-central Alberta…”
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Influence of water deficit on the molecular responses of Pinus contorta x Pinus banksiana mature trees to infection by the mountain pine beetle fungal associate, Grosmannia clavigera by Arango-Velez, A., Gonzalez, L. M. G., Meents, M. J., El Kayal, W., Cooke, B. J., Linsky, J., Lusebrink, I., Cooke, J. E. K.

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