Matthew P Ayres
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Dartmouth College
United States of America
Biography
There are more than a million species of insects. A very few are notable pests that impact human welfare. What makes a pest? Matthew P. Ayres studies the population ecology of insects, especially forest pests. His lab group seeks to understand the forces that lead to high abundance and dramatic fluctuations in some species, and which stabilize the abundance of most species. Their research is basic, applied, usually collaborative, and sometimes interdisciplinary. His most important research colleagues are Dartmouth undergraduates, graduate students, and post-docs. Teaching at Dartmouth inspires his research and vice versa.
Research Interest
physiological ecology, population ecology, forest insects, forest ecology and management, ecology of climate change
Publications
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Marini L, MP Ayres, A Battisti, M Faccoli (20120 Climate affects severity and altitudinal distribution of outbreaks in an eruptive bark beetle. Climatic Change 115:327-341.
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Valtonen AF, Molleman CA, Chapman JR, Carey MP Ayres, and H Roininen (20130 Tropical phenology: bi-annual rhythms and interannual variation in an Afrotropical butterfly assemblage. Ecography
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SJ Martinson, T Ylioja, BT Sullivan, RF Billings, and MP Ayres (2013) Alternate attractors in the population dynamics of a tree-killing bark beetle. Population Ecology 55:95-106.
