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International Conference on Mathematical Biology and

Annual Meeting of The Society for Mathematical Biology,

July 27-30, 2009

University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Program

MSC2Friedman 153;   8:00 am - 10:00 am, July 28
TitleModeling of forest insect population dynamics - Part I
OrganizersMario Pineda-Krch
Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta
James Powell
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Mark Lewis
Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta
Abstract
Speaker 1Brian Aukema
Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service & University of Northern British Columbia
Spatial-Temporal Statistical Modeling of Outbreaks of Mountain Pine Beetle
Speaker 2Barry Cooke
Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service
Climate change and the emergence and spread of forest insect 'superspecies'
Speaker 3Greg Dwyer
Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago
Models of pathogen-driven outbreaks that are motivated by experiments
Speaker 4Jacques Régnière
Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canada Forest Service
Comparative Empirical Models of Local Population Dynamics for Three Conifer-Feeding Budworms

-- Minisymposium talks are scheduled for 30 min each, including time for questions.