Modeling when, where, and how to manage a forest epidemic, motivated by sudden oak death in California

NJ Cunniffe, RC Cobb, RK Meentemeyer… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
Sudden oak death, caused by Phytophthora ramorum, has killed millions of oak and tanoak
in California since its first detection in 1995. Despite some localized small-scale …

Sudden oak death, Phytophthora ramorum: A persistent threat to oaks and other tree species

SJ Frankel, KM Palmieri - International Oaks (Journal), 2014‏ - research.fs.usda.gov
This paper reviews the status and management of sudden oak death and “sudden larch
death” in the urban and wildland forests of California, Oregon, and the UK. The causal …

Tangible geospatial modeling for collaborative solutions to invasive species management

F Tonini, D Shoemaker, A Petrasova, B Harmon… - … Modelling & Software, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Managing landscape-scale environmental problems, such as biological invasions, can be
facilitated by integrating realistic geospatial models with user-friendly interfaces that …

Promise and Pitfalls of Endemic Resistance for Cultural Resources Threatened by Phytophthora ramorum

RC Cobb, N Ross, KJ Hayden, CA Eyre… - …, 2019‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Invasive forest pathogens can harm cultural, economic, and ecological resources. Here, we
demonstrate the potential of endemic tree pathogen resistance in forest disease …

Forest stand conditions after Phytophthora ramorum management in northern California: post-treatment observations inform future responses

Y Valachovic, B Twieg, C Lee… - Forest …, 2017‏ - journals.oregondigital.org
In 2006, several isolated Phytophthora ramorum infested locations were selected just
outside an 800-ha infested area in southern Humboldt County, California, for silvicultural …

Optimal strategies to protect a sub-population at risk due to an established epidemic

EH Bussell, NJ Cunniffe - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Epidemics can particularly threaten certain sub-populations. For example, for severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the elderly are often preferentially …

[HTML][HTML] How can local and regional knowledge networks contribute to landscape level action for tree health?

L O'Brien, B Karlsdóttir, B Ambrose-Oji, J Urquhart… - Forests, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Forests worldwide are facing increasing pressures, with human travel and trade assisting
the spread of pests and diseases. Climate change is likely to enhance the negative impacts …

[PDF][PDF] Influencing behaviour for resilient treescapes: Rapid Evidence Assessment

B Ambrose-Oji, J Robinson… - Forest Research Report …, 2018‏ - cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk
1.1. Objectives The purpose of this Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) is to provide a
summary of the available evidence and what it tells us about the uptake of grants and other …

Protecting valuable resources using optimal control theory and feedback strategies for plant disease management

EH Bussell - 2020‏ - repository.cam.ac.uk
Mathematical models of tree diseases often have little to say about how to manage
established epidemics. Models often show that it is too late for successful disease …