Ottar Bjornstad
Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology; Adjunct Professor in Statistics
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Population ecology and population dynamics with particular emphasis on mathematical and computational aspects
Most Recent Papers
Species interactions may help explain the erratic periodicity of whooping cough dynamics
Samit Bhattacharyya, Matthew J. Ferrari, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2018, Epidemics on p. 64-70
Analysis of multi-level spatial data reveals strong synchrony in seasonal influenza epidemics across Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
Sinead E. Morris, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Cécile Viboud, Amy Wesolowski, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2018, PLoS One
Urbanization prolongs hantavirus epidemics in cities
Huaiyu Tian, Shixiong Hu, Bernard Cazelles, Gerardo Chowell, Lidong Gao, Marko Laine, Yapin Li, Huisuo Yang, Yidan Li, Qiqi Yang, Xin Tong, Ru Huang, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Hong Xiao, Nils Chr Stenseth, 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 4707-4712
Geographic variation in forest composition and precipitation predict the synchrony of forest insect outbreaks
Kyle J. Haynes, Andrew M. Liebhold, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Andrew J. Allstadt, Randall S. Morin, 2018, Oikos on p. 634-642
The impact of the introduced Digitonthophagus gazella on a native dung beetle community in Brazil during 26 years
Walter Mesquita Filho, Carlos A.H. Flechtmann, Wesley A.C. Godoy, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2018, Biological Invasions on p. 963-979
Quantitative evolutionary patterns in bipartite networks
Laura Russo, Adam D. Miller, John Tooker, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Katriona Shea, 2018, Methods in Ecology and Evolution on p. 761-772
Differences in the population structure of Neisseria meningitidis in two Australian states
Shakeel Mowlaboccus, Christopher A. Mullally, Peter C. Richmond, Benjamin P. Howden, Kerrie Stevens, David J. Speers, Anthony D. Keil, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Timothy T. Perkins, Charlene M. Kahler, 2017, PloS one
The geography of spatial synchrony
Jonathan A. Walter, Lawrence W. Sheppard, Thomas L. Anderson, Jude H. Kastens, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Andrew M. Liebhold, Daniel C. Reuman, 2017, Ecology Letters on p. 801-814
Essential information
Shou Li Li, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Matthew J. Ferrari, Riley Mummah, Michael C. Runge, Christopher J. Fonnesbeck, Michael J. Tildesley, William J.M. Probert, Katriona Shea, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 5659-5664
The importance of temperature fluctuations in understanding mosquito population dynamics and malaria risk
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, William A. Nelson, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Andrewf Read, Matthew B. Thomas, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2017, Royal Society Open Science
Recent High-Impact Papers
Natural immune boosting in pertussis dynamics and the potential for long-term vaccine failure
Jennie S. Lavine, Aaron A. King, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 7259-7264
The effect of temperature on Anopheles mosquito population dynamics and the potential for malaria transmission
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, William A. Nelson, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2013, PLoS One
Seasonality and comparative dynamics of six childhood infections in pre-vaccination Copenhagen
C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Bryan T. Grenfell, Viggo Andreasen, 2009, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 4111-4118
Short-lived immunity against pertussis, age-specific routes of transmission, and the utility of a teenage booster vaccine
Jennie S. Lavine, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Jann Storsaeter, 2012, Vaccine on p. 544-551
The effect of seasonality, density and climate on the population dynamics of Montana deer mice, important reservoir hosts for Sin Nombre hantavirus
Angela D. Luis, Richard J. Douglass, James N. Mills, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2010, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 462-470
Imperfect vaccine-induced immunity and whooping cough transmission to infants
Jennie Lavine, Hélène Broutin, Eric T. Harvill, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2010, Vaccine on p. 11-16
Partitioning regulatory mechanisms of within-host malaria dynamics using the effective propagation number
C. J.E. Metcalf, A. L. Graham, S. Huijben, V. C. Barclay, G. H. Long, B. T. Grenfell, A. F. Read, O. N. Bjørnstad, 2011, Science on p. 984-988
Recurrent insect outbreaks caused by temperature-driven changes in system stability
William A. Nelson, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Takehiko Yamanaka, 2013, Science on p. 796-799
Spatial Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza in the US
Julia R. Gog, Sébastien Ballesteros, Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Jeffrey Shaman, Dennis L. Chao, Farid Khan, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2014, PLoS Computational Biology
Geographic variation in North American gypsy moth cycles
Ottar N. Bjørnstad, Christelle Robinet, Andrew M. Liebhold, 2010, Ecology on p. 106-118