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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

MSD2Friedman 153;   10:30 am - 12:30 pm, July 28
TitleModeling of forest insect population dynamics - Part II
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 1Jens Roland
Department of Biological Science, University of Alberta
Periodicity and spread in cyclic dynamics of forest tent caterpillar populations
Speaker 2Mario Pineda-Krch
Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Alberta
Prediction of mountain pine beetle outbreaks using Markov process logistic regression
Speaker 3James Powell
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University
Connecting tree-level phenology and lanscape-level outbreak dynamics for mountain pine beetle
Speaker 4Nicholas Friedenberg
Applied Biomathematics
Some ideas about climate and the future of forest insect pests

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