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
Publication Tags
Population Dynamics Immunity Infection Whooping Cough Vaccines Temperature Human Influenza Influenza Incidence Vaccination Climate Disease Outbreaks Norway Culicidae Malaria Insects Temporal Variation Humidity Weather Population Density Hantavirus Sweden Synchrony Urbanization Pandemics
Most Recent Papers
Geographic transmission hubs of the 2009 influenza pandemic in the United States
Stephen M. Kissler, Julia R. Gog, Cécile Viboud, Vivek Charu, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Lone Simonsen, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2019, Epidemics on p. 86-94
Climate-driven variation in mosquito density predicts the spatiotemporal dynamics of dengue
Ruiyun Li, Lei Xu, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Keke Liu, Tie Song, Aifang Chen, Bing Xu, Qiyong Liu, Nils C. Stenseth, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3624-3629
Asymmetric interactions and their consequences for vital rates and dynamics
W. A. Nelson, B. Joncour, D. Pak, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2019, Ecology
Quantifying spatio-temporal variation of invasion spread
Joshua Goldstein, Jaewoo Park, Murali Haran, Andrew Liebhold, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2019, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Spatial synchrony in sub-arctic geometrid moth outbreaks reflects dispersal in larval and adult life cycle stages
Ole Petter Laksforsmo Vindstad, Jane Uhd Jepsen, Nigel Gilles Yoccoz, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Michel d.S. Mesquita, Rolf Anker Ims, 2019, Journal of Animal Ecology
Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in U.S. cities
Benjamin D. Dalziel, Stephen Kissler, Julia R. Gog, Cecile Viboud, Ottar N. Bjornstad, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2018, Science on p. 75-79
Species interactions may help explain the erratic periodicity of whooping cough dynamics
Samit Bhattacharyya, Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2018, Epidemics on p. 64-70
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
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. Bjornstad, Bryan T. Grenfell, 2018, PloS one
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
Recent High-Impact Papers
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 Fraser Read, Matthew Brian Thomas, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2013, PloS one
Natural immune boosting in pertussis dynamics and the potential for long-term vaccine failure
Jennie S. Lavine, Aaron A. King, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 7259-7264
Seasonality and comparative dynamics of six childhood infections in pre-vaccination Copenhagen
C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Bryan T. Grenfell, Viggo Andreasen, 2009, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 4111-4118
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
Short-lived immunity against pertussis, age-specific routes of transmission, and the utility of a teenage booster vaccine
Jennie S. Lavine, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 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. Bjornstad, 2010, Journal of Animal Ecology on p. 462-470
Recurrent insect outbreaks caused by temperature-driven changes in system stability
William A. Nelson, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Takehiko Yamanaka, 2013, Science on p. 796-799
Imperfect vaccine-induced immunity and whooping cough transmission to infants
Jennie Lavine, Hélène Broutin, Eric Thomas Harvill, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 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, Andrew Fraser Read, Ottar N. Bjornstad, 2011, Science on p. 984-988
Geographical variation in the spatial synchrony of a forest-defoliating insect
Kyle J. Haynes, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Andrew J. Allstadt, Andrew M. Liebhold, 2013, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences