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ferrari et al 2010 supplement

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Generation Separation in Simple Structured Life Cycles: Models and 48 Years of Field Data on a Tea Tortrix Moth.

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Appendix A from T. Yamanaka et al., “Generation Separation in Simple Structured Life Cycles: Models and 48 Years of Field Data on a Tea Tortrix Moth”

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Short-lived immunity against pertussis, age-specific routes of transmission, and the utility of a teenage booster vaccine

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Supplementary figures for: Short-lived immunity against pertussis, age-specific routes of transmission, and the utility of a teenage booster vaccine

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Structured models of infectious disease: Inference with discrete data

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Recurrent Insect Outbreaks Caused by Temperature-Driven Changes in System Stability

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Supplementary Materials for Recurrent Insect Outbreaks Caused by Temperature-Driven Changes in System Stability

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The effect of seasonality, density and climate on the population dynamics of Montana deer mice, important reservoir hosts for Sin Nombre hantavirus

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Angela D. Luis, Richard J. Douglass, James N. Mills and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Settlement in empty versus occupied habitats: an experimental study on bank voles

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Petter Glorvigen • Ottar N. Bjørnstad • Harry P. Andreassen • Rolf A. Ims

Sin Nombre hantavirus decreases survival of male deer mice

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Angela D. Luis, Richard J. Douglass, Peter J. Hudson, James N. Mills, Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles: subharmonics, generalist predators, and spatial coupling

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OTTAR N. BJØRNSTAD, CHRISTELLE ROBINET, AND ANDREW M. LIEBHOLD

Partitioning Regulatory Mechanisms of Within-Host Malaria Dynamics Using the Effective Propagation Number

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Metcalf, et al.

Supporting Online Material for Partitioning Regulatory Mechanisms of Within-Host Malaria Dynamics Using the Effective Propagation Number

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Persistence in Epidemic Metapopulations: Quantifying the Rescue Effects for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Whooping Cough

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C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Katie Hampson, Andrew J. Tatem, Bryan T. Grenfell, Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Implications of spatially heterogeneous vaccination coverage for the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in South Africa

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C. J. E. Metcalf, C. Cohen, J. Lessler, J. M. McAnerney, G. M. Ntshoe, A. Puren, P. Klepac, A. Tatem, B. T. Grenfell and O. N. Bjørnstad

Optimizing Reactive Responses to Outbreaks of Immunizing Infections: Balancing Case Management and Vaccination

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Petra Klepac1, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell

Revealing mechanisms underlying variation in malaria virulence: effective propagation and host control of uninfected red blood cell supply

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C. J. E. Metcalf, G. H. Long, N. Mideo, J. D. Forester, O. N. Bjørnstad and A. L. Graham

Pathogens, Social Networks, and the Paradox of Transmission Scaling

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Matthew J. Ferrari, Sarah E. Perkins, Laura W. Pomeroy, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico: seasonality, stochasticity and regional variation

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C. J. E. METCALF1, O. N. BJØRNSTAD1, M. J. FERRARI1, P. KLEPAC, N. BHARTI, H. LOPEZ-GATELL AND B. T. GRENFELL

Rubella metapopulation dynamics and importance of spatial coupling to the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Peru

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C. J. E. Metcalf, C. V. Munayco, G. Chowell, B. T. Grenfell and O. N. Bjørnstad

Identifying the Age Cohort Responsible for Transmission in a Natural Outbreak of Bordetella bronchiseptica

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Gra ́inne H. Long, Divya Sinha, Andrew F. Read, Stacy Pritt, Barry Kline, Eric T. Harvill, Peter J. Hudson, Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Supplement - Identifying the Age Cohort Responsible for Transmission in a Natural Outbreak of Bordetella bronchiseptica

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Imperfect vaccine-induced immunity and whooping cough transmission to infants

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Jennie Lavinea, Hélène Broutin, Eric T. Harville, Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Synchrony and geographical variation of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) during a non-epidemic period

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Bjørn Økland Æ Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Synchrony and geographical variation of the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) during a non-epidemic period

B. Økland & O.N. Bjørnstad

Rural−urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger

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Matthew J. Ferrari, Ali Djibo, Rebecca F. Grais, Nita Bharti, Bryan T. Grenfell and Ottar N. Bjornstad

Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity

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N. BHARTI, A. DJIBO, M. J. FERRARI, R. F. GRAIS, A. J. TATEM, C. A. MCCABE, O. N. BJORNSTAD AND B. T. GRENFELL

Decreasing stochasticity through enhanced seasonality in measles epidemics

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N. B. Mantilla-Beniers, O. N. Bjørnstad, B. T. Grenfell and P. Rohani

Multivariate Statistical Analyses Demonstrate Unique Host Immune Responses to Single and Dual Lentiviral Infection

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Sunando Roy, Jennie Lavine, Francesca Chiaromonte, Julie Terwee, Sue VandeWoude, Ottar Bjornstad, Mary Poss

Seasonality and comparative dynamics of six childhood infections in pre-vaccination Copenhagen

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C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Bryan T. Grenfell and Viggo Andreasen

The role of Allee effects in gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), invasions

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Patrick C. Tobin, Christelle Robinet, Derek M. Johnson, Stefanie L. Whitmire, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Andrew M. Liebhold

Evaluating the relative importance of patch quality and connectivity in a damselfly metapopulation from a one-season survey

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Takehiko Yamanaka, Koichi Tanaka, Kenji Hamasaki, Yukinobu Nakatani, Nobusuke Iwasaki, David S. Sprague and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Detecting spatial structures and interactions in the ragweed (Ambrosia artemissifolia L.) and the ragweed beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage) populations

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Takehiko Yamanaka, Koichi Tanaka, Akira Otuka, Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Detecting spatial structures and interactions in the ragweed (Ambrosia artemissifolia L.) and the ragweed beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage) populations

2008 Recipient of the ‘Ecological Research Award’ from the Ecological Society of Japan

Invasion speed is affected by geographical variation in the strength of Allee effects

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Patrick C. Tobin, Stefanie L. Whitmire, Derek M. Johnson, Ottar N. Bjørnstad and Andrew M. Liebhold

Aabstract: Invasion speed is affected by geographical variation in the strength of Allee effects

P.C. Tobin , S.L. Whitmire, D.M. Johnson, O.N. Bjørnstad and A.M. Liebhold

Geographical variation in the periodicity of gypsy moth outbreaks

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Derek M. Johnson, Andrew M. Liebhold and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Geographical variation in the periodicity of gypsy moth outbreaks

Ecography (2006) 148: 51-60

Geographic variation in density-dependent dynamics impacts the synchronizing effect of dispersal and regional stochasticity

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Andrew M. Liebhold, Derek M. Johnson, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Geographic variation in density-dependent dynamics impacts the synchronizing effect of dispersal and regional stochasticity

Population Ecology (2005) 48:131-138

Landscape mosaic induces traveling waves of insect outbreaks

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Derek M. Johnson, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, and Andrew M. Liebhold

Abstract: Landscape mosaic induces traveling waves of insect outbreaks

Oecologia (2006) 148: 51-60

A resource depletion model of forest insect outbreaks

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BJøRN ØKLAND AND OTTAR N. BJøRNSTAD

Abstract: A resource depletion model of forest insect outbreaks

Ecology (2006) 87: 283-290.

Roles of dispersal, stochasticity, and nonlinear dynamics in the spatial structuring of seasonal natural enemy–victim populations

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atrick C. Tobin & Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Roles of dispersal, stochasticity, and nonlinear dynamics in the spatial structuring of seasonal natural enemy–victim populations

Population Ecology (2005) 47: 221-227.

Are bark beetle outbreaks less synchronous than forest Lepidoptera outbreaks?

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Bjørn Økland, Andrew M. Liebhold, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Nadir Erbilgin, Paal Krokene

Abstract: Are bark beetle outbreaks less synchronous than forest Lepidoptera outbreaks?

Oecologia (2005) 146: 365-372.

Masting and trophic cascades: interplay between rowan trees, apple fruit moth, and their parasitoid in southern Norway

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Akiko Satake, Ottar N. Bjørnstad and Sverre Kobro

Abstract: Masting and trophic cascades: interplay between rowan trees, apple fruit moth, and their parasitoid in southern Norway

Oikos (1998) 104:540-55

Spatial Dynamics of Specialist Seed Predators on Synchronized and Intermittent Seed Production of Host Plants

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Akiko Satake, and Ottar N. Bjørnstad

Abstract: Spatial Dynamics of Specialist Seed Predators on Synchronized and Intermittent Seed Production of Host Plants

American Naturalist (2004) 163:591-605

Estimation and inference for R0 of an infectious pathogen using a removal method

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Matthew J. Ferrari, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Andrew P. Dobson

Abstract: Estimation and inference of R0 of an infectious pathogen by a removal method

Mathematical Biosciences (2005) 198: 14-26

Population inference from messy data: errors, missing and hidden states, and lagged responses

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JAMES S. CLARK AND OTTAR N. BJØRNSTAD

Appendix: Population inference from messy data: errors, missing and hidden states, and lagged responses

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APPENDIX: GIBBS SAMPLER FOR BAYESIAN STATE-SPACE MODELS

Abstract: Population inference from messy data: errors, missing and hidden states, and lagged responses

Ecology (2004) 85: 3140–3150

A stochastic model for extinction and recurrence of epidemics: estimation and inference for measles outbreaks.

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Finkenstädt, B., Bjørnstad, O.N. & Grenfell, B.T.

Abstract: A stochastic model for extinction and recurrence of epidemics: estimation and inference for measles outbreaks

Biostatistics (2002) 3: 493-510

Hazards, spatial transmission and timing of outbreaks in epidemic metapopulations

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Ottar N. Bjørnstad & Bryan T. Grenfell

Anthropogenic forcing on the spatial dynamics of an agricultural weed: the case of the common sunflower

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Humston, R., Mortensen, D. and Bjørnstad, O.N.

Abstract: Anthropogenic forcing on the spatial dynamics of an agricultural weed: the case of the common sunflower

Journal of Applied Ecology (2005) 42: 863-872

The spatial signature of environmental heterogeneity, dispersal, and competition in successional grasslands.

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Seabloom, E.W., Bjørnstad, O.N., Bolker, B.M. and Reichman, O.J.

Abstract: The spatial signature of environmental heterogeneity, dispersal, and competition in successional grasslands.

Ecological Monographs (2005) 75: 199-214

Curriculum vitae - Ottar Nordal Bjørnstad

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60cities.txt

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60measles.txt

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60measles.xls

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TSIR analysis of measles in England and Wales:

saitoetal1999

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Saitohetal1997

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saitohetal1998a

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fromentinetal1997

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fromentionetal2000

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meps2

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kaneko1998

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lynx

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1 page bio

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