An agent-based modeling approach to represent infestation dynamics of the emerald ash borer beetle

Anderson, Taylor; Dragićević, Suzana

doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.09.003

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“…This is a common problem where the CA approach is challenged in representing mobile objects [29]. The study reveals that allowing for full mobility of EAB within the geospatial environment could aid in better representing long distance dispersal patterns of EAB infestation as a result of human-mediated transportation, an issue addressed by using an agent-based model [57] as an extension of the proposed EAB-CA modeling.…”

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A Geosimulation Approach for Data Scarce Environments: Modeling Dynamics of Forest Insect Infestation across Different Landscapes

Anderson

Dragićević

2016

IJGI

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Abstract:Insect infestation behaves as a complex system, characterized by non-linear spatial dynamics and emergent patterns that evolve from smaller to larger spatial scales. The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive species that has infested and killed millions of ash trees across North America. Existing EAB models use traditional statistical approaches that often cannot address the spatiotemporal complexity emerging from EAB infestation processes. Moreover, these studies of insect infestation are limited by a lack of sufficient time series data. The objective of this study is to develop a geosimulation approach to overcome the challenge of data scarcity and represent EAB infestation at a regional scale. Geographic information systems (GIS), multi-criteria evaluation (MCE), and cellular automata (CA) are used to model EAB spread across different hypothetical landscape types. Simulation results represent EAB propagation and indicate different dynamics of spread for each landscape. Urban environments are identified as being at the greatest risk to the infestation. The proposed approach offers a theoretical framework and a modeling tool to represent the propagation of EAB infestation that can be applied with real geospatial datasets and potentially used in forest management strategies.

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A Geosimulation Approach for Data Scarce Environments: Modeling Dynamics of Forest Insect Infestation across Different Landscapes

Anderson

Dragićević

2016

IJGI

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“…The Emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) has a similar behaviour in the infestation process and a model was developed using insect species variables (fertility, offspring, flying capacity) as well as host characteristics (age, diameter, distance for beetle emergence) (Anderson and Dragićević, 2015). However, the behaviour of X. arvicola is mostly unknown, as well as the clues to the choice of plants for oviposition.…”

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Spread parameters of the borerXylotrechus Arvicola(Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in a ‘Tempranillo’ vineyard in La Rioja (Spain): A long-term study

Ocete

Armendáriz

Ocete

et al. 2020

Ciência Téc. Vitiv.

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Xylotrechus arvicola (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a polyphagous xylophagous beetle that is becoming a pest of increasing importance for vineyards in Spain, also because of the wood fungi developing in the galleries excavated by its larvae, which cause a progressive decline of the affected grapevines, until death. Between 1993 and 2015, a survey of the infestation caused by X. arvicola and the symptoms caused by pathogenic wood fungi was performed in a ‘Tempranillo’ variety vineyard in La Rioja region (Spain). Maps showing the overtime spread of the borer and the diffusion of symptoms of grapevine decline and Eutypa dieback were obtained. Results indicated that the borer colonization began in the centre of the plot, followed by the first symptoms caused by the wood fungi a few years later. The statistical analysis showed that the evolution of infestation is characterized by a linear increase of new holes whereas the pattern of their allocation in the vines follows a bimodal distribution which, to some extent, can be simulated by a Poisson’s model. Based on these observations, a methodology to estimate the state of the infestation over time is proposed. The procedure - based on a linear regression of the average number of holes per vine over a set of years - can be applied in a relatively simple way and provides the probability for a grapevine to have a certain number of exit holes in a definite year with a mean error of around 5%.

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“…We created our model using simple rules to find emergent patterns (Wilensky and Rand, 2015) based on refuge types and pyramid BT events that may aid in controlling the resistance of ACB to BT Corn. Following how the Overview, Design concepts, and Details (ODD) protocol was used in presenting a related ABM paper as guide (Anderson and Dragićević, 2015), the following sections are organized as follows: Section 2 covers the typologies of the agents, Section 3 discusses the process overview, and Section 4 highlights our results and emergent patterns.…”

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Agent-based Modeling of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to BT Corn

Jacildo

Rabajante

Alcantara

2019

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1.Overview and PurposeWe present ABM-IRM, an agent-based modeling approach to insect resistance management. ABM-IRM is one of the agent-based models that we have developed to simulate the insect resistance of Asian Corn Borer (ACB) to BT corn. The model was implemented using NetLogo, an agent-based programming environment (Wilensky, 1999). We created our model using simple rules to find emergent patterns (Wilensky and Rand, 2015) based on refuge types and pyramid BT events that may aid in controlling the resistance of ACB to BT Corn. Following how the Overview, Design concepts, and Details (ODD) protocol was used in presenting a related ABM paper as guide (Anderson and Dragićević, 2015), the following sections are organized as follows: Section 2 covers the typologies of the agents, Section 3 discusses the process overview, and Section 4 highlights our results and emergent patterns.

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An agent-based modeling approach to represent infestation dynamics of the emerald ash borer beetle

Cited by 11 publications

References 49 publications

A Geosimulation Approach for Data Scarce Environments: Modeling Dynamics of Forest Insect Infestation across Different Landscapes

A Geosimulation Approach for Data Scarce Environments: Modeling Dynamics of Forest Insect Infestation across Different Landscapes

Spread parameters of the borerXylotrechus Arvicola(Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in a ‘Tempranillo’ vineyard in La Rioja (Spain): A long-term study

Agent-based Modeling of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to BT Corn

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