eprintid: 13710 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 353 dir: disk0/00/01/37/10 datestamp: 2016-08-12 12:00:06 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:41:33 status_changed: 2016-08-12 12:00:06 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: McNamee, P. J. creators_name: McLeod, J. M. creators_name: Holling, C.S. creators_id: AL0752 title: The structure and behavior of defoliating insect/forest systems ispublished: pub abstract: Using four detailed and complex simulation models we derive a framework for predicting behavior of any defoliating insect/forest system. The framework uses simple and easily gathered biological information on four sets of state variables, each with a characteristic temporal scale, to predict presence, absence or form of key ecological processes acting on or between the variables. The combination of these key processes enables prediction of system equilibrium structure and this structure can be used to derive the temporal behavior of the system. Four qualitatively different classes of system behavior arise from the equilibrium structures. The framework is tested against twelve other systems and field invalidation experiments are outlined. Forest defoliator research and management implications are discussed. date: 1981-12 date_type: published id_number: 10.1007/BF02515631 creators_browse_id: 1962 full_text_status: none publication: Researches on Population Ecology volume: 23 number: 2 pagerange: 280-298 refereed: TRUE issn: 0034-5466 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: no fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: McNamee, P. J., McLeod, J. M., & Holling, C.S. (1981). The structure and behavior of defoliating insect/forest systems. Researches on Population Ecology 23 (2) 280-298. 10.1007/BF02515631 .