A NOVEL METHOD OF FITTING SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS TO DATA, WITH APPLICATIONS TO THE DYNAMICS OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES

• Published in: Natural resource modeling Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 489 - 524
• Main Authors: HEAVILIN, JUSTIN, POWELL, JAMES
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 2008
• Subjects: Dendroctonus ponderosae; Estimating functions; Integrodifference equation model; Landscape model; Mountain Pine Beetle; Pinus contorta; Principle Component Analysis (PCA)

We develop a modular landscape model for the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) infestation of a stage‐structured forest of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas). Beetle attack dynamics are modeled using response functions and beetle movement using dispersal kernels. This model...