Publications

Taimur Khan, Koen de Koning, Dag Endresen, Desalegn Chala Gelete, Erik Kusch
July 2024 TBD

TwinEco - A Unified Framework for Dynamic Data-Driven Digital Twins in Ecology

Design framework for digital twins in ecological applications.
PDF Project
Desalegn Chala, Erik Kusch, Claus Weiland, Carrie Andrew, Jonas Grieb, Tuomas Rossi, Tomas Martinovic, Dag Endresen
June 2024 Research Ideas and Outcomes

Prototype biodiversity digital twin - crop wild relatives genetic resources for food security

Early-stage outcome of my contributions to the BioDT project.
PDF Code Project
Aud H. Halbritter, Vigdis Vandvik, Sehoya H. Cotner, William Farfan-Rios, Brian S. Maitner, Sean T. Michaletz, Imma Oliveras Menor, Richard J. Telford, Adam Ccahuana, Rudi Cruz, Jhonatan Sallo-Bravo, Paul Efren Santos-Andrade, Lucely L. Vilca-Bustamante, Matiss Castorena, Julia Chacón-Labella, Casper Tai Christiansen, Sandra M. Duran, Dagmar D. Egelkraut, Ragnhild Gya, Siri Vatsø Haugum, Lorah Seltzer, Miles R. Silman, Tanya Strydom, Marcus P. Spiegel, Agustina Barros, Kristine Birkeli, Mickey Boakye, Fernanda Chiappero, Adam Chmurzynski, Josef C. Garen, Joseph Gaudard, Tasha-Leigh J. Gauthier, Sonya R. Geange, Fiorella N. Gonzales, Jonathan J. Henn, Kristýna Hošková, Anders Isaksen, Laura H. Jessup, Will Johnson, Erik Kusch, Kai Lepley, Mackenzie Lift, Trace E. Martyn, Miguel Muñoz Mazon, Sara L. Middleton, Natalia L. Quinteros Casaverde, Jocelyn Navarro, Verónica Zepeda, Korina Ocampo-Zuleta, Andrea Carmeli Palomino-Cardenas, Samuel Pastor Ploskonka, Maria Elisa Pierfederici, Verónica Pinelli, Jess Rickenback, Ruben E. Roos, Hilde Stokland Rui, Eugenia Sanchez Diaz, Andrea Sánchez-Tapia, Alyssa Smith, Erickson Urquiaga-Flores, Jonathan von Oppen, Brian J. Enquist
February 2024 Nature Scientific Data

Plant trait and vegetation data along a 1314m elevation gradient with fire history in Puna grasslands, Perú

Plant Functional Trait Campaign Dataset from the Peruvian Andes.
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Erik Kusch, Alejandro Ordonez
August 2023 TBD

Ecological Network Resilience & Extinction Proxies - Updating Projections of Ecological Networks

Exploration of biodiversity scenarios of 81 mutualistic networks following extinction simulations according to different primary extinction risk proxies, ecological network resilience characteristics, and extinction cascade directionalities.
PDF Code Project
Erik Kusch, Anna C. Vinton
August 2023 TBD

A Novel Simulation Framework for Validation of Ecological Network Inference

Simulation framework for generation of data ready for ecological network inference and validation of network inference approaches.
PDF Project
Erik Kusch, Malyon Bimler, James A. Lutz, Alejandro Ordonez
August 2023 TBD

Ecological Network Inference is not Consistent Across Scales or Approaches

Comparison of ecological network inferred with contemporary methodology across ecologically relevant scales.
PDF Code Project
M.Isidora Ávila-Thieme, Erik Kusch, Derek Corcoran, Simón P. Castillo, Fernanda S. Valdovinos, Sergio A. Navarrete, Pablo A. Marquet
June 2023 Methods in Ecology and Evolution

NetworkExtinction - An R Package to Simulate Extinction Propagation and Rewiring Potential in Ecological Networks

R package for exploration of extinction and rewiring processes in ecological networks.
PDF Project
Connor Bernard, Gabriel Silva Santos, Jacques Deere, Roberto Rodriguez-Caro, Pol Capdevila, Erik Kusch, Samuel J L Gascoigne, John Jackson, Roberto Salguero-Gómez
June 2023 Nature Scientific Data

MOSAIC - A Unified Trait Database to Complement Structured Population Models

Integration of multiple demographic data bases into one easily accessible one-stop-shop for your demographic needs.
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M.Isidora Ávila-Thieme, Derek Corcoran, Erik Kusch, Simón P. Castillo, Fernanda S. Valdovinos, Sergio A. Navarrete, Pablo A. Marquet
December 2022 TBD

NetworkExtinction - an R package to simulate extinction’s propagation and rewiring potential in ecological networks

R package for exploration of exctinction and rewiring processes in ecological networks.
PDF Project
Erik Kusch, Malyon Bimler, James A. Lutz, Alejandro Ordonez
August 2022 TBD

Ecological network inference is not consistent across sales or approaches

Comparison of ecological network inferred with contemporary methodology across ecologically relevant scales.
Erick Lundgren, Daniel Ramp, Owen Middleton, Eamonn Wooster, Erik Kusch, Mairin Balisi, William Ripple, Chris Hasselerharm, Jessica Sanchez, Mystyn Mills, Arian Wallach
May 2022 Journal of Animal Ecology

A novel trophic cascade between cougars and feral donkeys shapes desert wetlands

Analysis of spatio-temporal behaviour of donkeys and other grazers in response to predation by cougars.
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Erick Lundgren, Daniel Ramp, Owen Middleton, Eamonn Wooster, Erik Kusch, Mairin Balisi, William Ripple, Chris Hasselerharm, Jessica Sanchez, Mystyn Mills, Arian Wallach
May 2022 Journal of Animal Ecology

A novel trophic cascade between cougars and feral donkeys shapes desert wetlands

Analysis of spatio-temporal behaviour of donkeys and other grazers in response to predation by cougars.
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Erik Kusch, Richard Davy, Alistair Seddon
April 2022 Journal of Ecology

Vegetation memory effects and their association with vegetation resilience in global drylands

Expanding on my M.Sc. thesis by applying my vegetation memory framework to global drylands.
PDF Code Project
Erik Kusch, Richard Davy, Alistair Seddon
April 2022 Journal of Ecology

Vegetation memory effects and their association with vegetation resilience in global drylands

Expanding on my M.Sc. thesis by applying my vegetation memory framework to global drylands.
PDF Code Project
Connor Bernard, Gabriel Silva Santos, Jacques Deere, Roberto Rodriguez-Caro, Pol Capdevila, Erik Kusch, Samuel J L Gascoigne, John Jackson, Roberto Salguero-Gómez
March 2022 TBD

MOSAIC - A Unified Trait Database to Complement Structured Population Models

Integration of multiple demographic data bases into one easily accessible one-stop-shop for your demographic needs.
PDF
Erik Kusch, Richard Davy
January 2022 Environmental Research Letters

KrigR – A tool for downloading and statistically downscaling climate reanalysis data

An R Package aimed at end-users of state-of-the-art climate reanalysis data to streamline retrieval, pre-processing, and statistical interpolation of ERA5(-Land) data.
PDF Project
Erik Kusch, Richard Davy
January 2022 Environmental Research Letters

KrigR – A tool for downloading and statistically downscaling climate reanalysis data

An R Package aimed at end-users of state-of-the-art climate reanalysis data to streamline retrieval, pre-processing, and statistical interpolation of ERA5(-Land) data.
PDF Project
Richard Davy, Erik Kusch
November 2021 Environmental Research Letters

Reconciling high resolution climate datasets using KrigR

Exploration of the usage of KrigR and implications for the wider field of climate data products for the use in Life Science research.
PDF Project
Richard Davy, Erik Kusch
November 2021 Environmental Research Letters

Reconciling high resolution climate datasets using KrigR

Exploration of the usage of KrigR and implications for the wider field of climate data products for the use in Life Science research.
PDF Project
May 2019 University of Bergen

Inferring Vegetation Memory from Remote Sensing Data using novel Climate Reconstruction Products

My M.Sc. thesis at the University of Bergen.
PDF Code Project
May 2019 University of Bergen

Inferring Vegetation Memory from Remote Sensing Data using novel Climate Reconstruction Products

My M.Sc. thesis at the University of Bergen.
PDF Code Project
March 2017 Technical University of Dresden

Remote Sensing And Predicting Shifts In Biome Distribution And Resilience Using NDVI Data

My B.Sc. thesis at the Technical University of Dresden and University of Bergen.
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March 2017 Technical University of Dresden

Remote Sensing And Predicting Shifts In Biome Distribution And Resilience Using NDVI Data

My B.Sc. thesis at the Technical University of Dresden and University of Bergen.
PDF Code