Frank H Koch

Works (23)

Updated: November 25th, 2025 12:55

2025 article

Forest demographic changes across Texas associated with hot drought

Lawal, S., Koch, F. H., Scheller, R. M., & Costanza, J. (2025, February 1). Ecological Indicators, Vol. 171.

By: S. Lawal n, F. Koch*, R. Scheller n  & J. Costanza* 

author keywords: Disturbance; Drought; Demographic shifts; Signalling pathway; Resilience; Forests
topics (OpenAlex): Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics; Tree-ring climate responses; Hydrology and Drought Analysis
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 24, 2025

2025 article

Recent multilevel demographic and compositional shifts in North Carolina Piedmont forests

Goodall, L. A. N., Koch, F. H., & Scheller, R. M. (2025, November 6). Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

By: L. Goodall n, F. Koch* & R. Scheller n 

topics (OpenAlex): Fire effects on ecosystems; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Seedling growth and survival studies
Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries
Added: November 22, 2025

2023 article

Denser forests across the USA experience more damage from insects and pathogens

Asaro, C., Koch, F. H., & Potter, K. M. (2023, March 4). Scientific Reports, Vol. 13.

By: C. Asaro *, F. Koch* & K. Potter n 

Contributors: C. Asaro *, F. Koch* & K. Potter n 

MeSH headings : Animals; Forests; Insecta; Records; Trees
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect and Pesticide Research; Forest ecology and management; Fire effects on ecosystems
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 5, 2023

2022 article

Hotspots of pest‐induced US urban tree death, 2020–2050

Hudgins, E. J., Koch, F. H., Ambrose, M. J., & Leung, B. (2022, March 13). Journal of Applied Ecology.

By: E. Hudgins *, F. Koch*, M. Ambrose n & B. Leung *

author keywords: economic impact; emerald ash borer; forest ecology; invasive insects; invasive species; scenario modelling; street trees
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Plant and animal studies; Plant responses to elevated CO2
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15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: March 28, 2022

2021 journal article

Recent Immigrant Insect Fauna—Another Look at a Classic Analysis

Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 12(1).

By: Y. Takeuchi n , F. Koch* & S. Nelson n 

Ed(s): J. Green

author keywords: invasive species; phytosanitary; immigrant fauna; invasive trend; trade
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect and Pesticide Research; Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
TL;DR: Although the diversity of alien species’ origins has increased through time, there has not been a corresponding change in the rate of introductions of species of phytosanitary importance, which is inconsistent with the original assumption of a positive nonlinear relationship with international trade imports. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 1, 2021

2013 article

A New Multicriteria Risk Mapping Approach Based on a Multiattribute Frontier Concept

Yemshanov, D., Koch, F. H., Ben‐Haim, Y., Downing, M., Sapio, F., & Siltanen, M. (2013, January 22). Risk Analysis.

By: D. Yemshanov *, F. Koch n, Y. Ben‐Haim *, M. Downing*, F. Sapio* & M. Siltanen*

author keywords: pest risk mapping; multicriteria aggregation; robustness to uncertainty; Agrilus biguttatus; nondominant set; multiattribute efficient frontier
MeSH headings : Algorithms; Animals; Canada; Coleoptera; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Geographic Information Systems; Geography; Introduced Species; Models, Statistical; Risk Assessment / methods; Trees; Uncertainty; United States
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Forest Management and Policy; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
TL;DR: Overall, aggregation based on a delineation of multiattribute efficient frontiers can be a useful tool to prioritize risks for anticipated invasive pests, which usually have an extremely poor prior knowledge base. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2012 article

Dispersal of Invasive Forest Insects via Recreational Firewood: A Quantitative Analysis

Koch, F. H., Yemshanov, D., Magarey, R. D., & Smith, W. D. (2012, April 1). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 105, pp. 438–450.

By: F. Koch*, D. Yemshanov, R. Magarey*  & W. Smith*

author keywords: biological invasion; firewood; invasive forest pest; human-mediated dispersal; long-distance dispersal
MeSH headings : Animal Migration; Animals; Camping; Insecta / physiology; Introduced Species; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics; Species Specificity; Travel; United States; Wood
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies; Fire effects on ecosystems
TL;DR: The risk of forest insect spread with firewood and related dispersal parameters for application in geographically explicit invasion models is analyzed and found to be strongly leptokurtic (fat-tailed) and fairly well fit by the unbounded Johnson and lognormal distributions. (via Semantic Scholar)
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 article

A dominance‐based approach to map risks of ecological invasions in the presence of severe uncertainty

Yemshanov, D., Koch, F. H., Lyons, D. B., Ducey, M., & Koehler, K. (2011, October 17). Diversity and Distributions.

By: D. Yemshanov *, F. Koch n, D. Lyons*, M. Ducey* & K. Koehler*

author keywords: Agrilus planipennis; epistemic uncertainty; human-assisted spread; invasive species; pathway model; stochastic dominance
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Forest Management and Policy; Horticultural and Viticultural Research
TL;DR: This work presents a model‐based approach to map risk of ecological invasions that combines two potentially conflicting goals: estimating the likelihood of a new organism being established at a given locale and quantifying the uncertainty of that prediction. (via Semantic Scholar)
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 article

Detection capacity, information gaps and the design of surveillance programs for invasive forest pests

Yemshanov, D., Koch, F. H., Ben-Haim, Y., & Smith, W. D. (2010, August 3). Journal of Environmental Management.

By: D. Yemshanov *, F. Koch n, Y. Ben-Haim * & W. Smith *

author keywords: Info-gap; Sirex noctilio; Robustness; Opportuneness; Invasion model; Spatial simulation; Pareto frontier; Multi-criteria ranking
MeSH headings : Animals; Introduced Species; Models, Statistical; Pinus / parasitology; Population Dynamics; Uncertainty; United States; Wasps
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Forest Management and Policy; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
TL;DR: An alternative approach in which these outputs are combined via the Pareto ranking technique into a single priority map that outlines the survey regions with the best trade-offs between both surveillance strategies. (via Semantic Scholar)
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14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 article

Pest Risk Maps for Invasive Alien Species: A Roadmap for Improvement

Venette, R. C., Kriticos, D. J., Magarey, R. D., Koch, F. H., Baker, R. H. A., Worner, S. P., … Pedlar, J. (2010, May 1). BioScience, Vol. 60, pp. 349–362.

By: R. Venette *, D. Kriticos *, R. Magarey n , F. Koch n, R. Baker *, S. Worner*, N. Raboteaux*, D. McKenney * ...

author keywords: biological invasions; biosecurity; ecological niche models; climate change; pest risk assessment
topics (OpenAlex): Species Distribution and Climate Change; Plant and animal studies; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
TL;DR: The need for pest risk maps is described, a comparison of pest risk mapping methods is compared, and future research to improve such important decision-support tools is recommended. (via Semantic Scholar)
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 article

Potential establishment of alien-invasive forest insect species in the United States: where and how many?

Koch, F. H., Yemshanov, D., Colunga-Garcia, M., Magarey, R. D., & Smith, W. D. (2010, September 30). Biological Invasions, Vol. 13, pp. 969–985.

By: F. Koch n, D. Yemshanov *, M. Colunga-Garcia*, R. Magarey n  & W. Smith*

author keywords: Alien-invasive species; Forest pests; Human-mediated dispersal; Commodity flow; Global trade; Establishment rates
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect behavior and control techniques; Insect and Pesticide Research
TL;DR: This national-scale assessment provides a realistic depiction of human-assisted establishment potential in the US as well as functional inputs for quantitative models of invasion and support broad-scale biosecurity and management strategies. (via Semantic Scholar)
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 conference paper

Predicting climate change extirpation risk for central and southern Appalachian forest tree species

Proceedings from the Conference on Ecology and Management of High-Elevation Forests of the Central and Southern Appalachian Mountains, 179–189.

By: K. Potter , W. Hargrove & F. Koch

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 article

Southern pine beetle regional outbreaks modeled on landscape, climate and infestation history

Duehl, A. J., Koch, F. H., & Hain, F. P. (2010, November 22). Forest Ecology and Management.

By: A. Duehl, F. Koch n & F. Hain n

author keywords: Classification and Regression Tree; Insect infestation; Logistic regression; Dendroctonus frontalis; Pinus taeda
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect and Pesticide Research; Plant and fungal interactions
TL;DR: This analysis suggested that there are predisposing and inciting factors at the large scale but the driving factors leading to individual infestations operate at smaller scales, and climatic variables are stronger indicators of outbreak likelihood than landscape structure and cover variables. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2009 article

Evaluating Critical Uncertainty Thresholds in a Spatial Model of Forest Pest Invasion Risk

Koch, F. H., Yemshanov, D., McKenney, D. W., & Smith, W. D. (2009, June 24). Risk Analysis.

By: F. Koch n, D. Yemshanov *, D. McKenney * & W. Smith *

author keywords: Invasive species; parametric uncertainty; pest risk mapping; stochastic modeling; sensitivity analysis
MeSH headings : Animals; Risk Assessment; Stochastic Processes; Trees; Uncertainty; Wasps
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Forest Management and Policy
TL;DR: A sensitivity analysis of the mapped risk estimates to variation in key model parameters for Sirex noctilio, a nonnative woodwasp recently detected in the United States and Canada, suggests that the maximum annual spread distance was by far the most sensitive parameter. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 article

Mapping Invasive Species Risks with Stochastic Models: A Cross‐Border United States‐Canada Application for Sirex noctilio Fabricius

Yemshanov, D., Koch, F. H., McKenney, D. W., Downing, M. C., & Sapio, F. (2009, February 10). Risk Analysis.

By: D. Yemshanov *, F. Koch n, D. McKenney *, M. Downing* & F. Sapio*

author keywords: Binary entropy; global entry potential; host resource; marine imports; ports of entry; risk mapping; Sirex noctilio; stochastic model
MeSH headings : Animals; Canada; Hymenoptera; Risk Assessment; Stochastic Processes; United States
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies; Fire effects on ecosystems
TL;DR: A stochastic simulation approach is presented to quantify S. noctilio risks and uncertainties in a single integrated product and should be appealing to decisionmakers, since it accounts for projected flows of commodities that may serve as conduits for pest entry. (via Semantic Scholar)
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15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 article

Robustness of Risk Maps and Survey Networks to Knowledge Gaps About a New Invasive Pest

Yemshanov, D., Koch, F. H., Ben-Haim, Y., & Smith, W. D. (2009, August 28). Risk Analysis.

By: D. Yemshanov *, F. Koch n, Y. Ben-Haim * & W. Smith *

author keywords: Decision theory; info-gap; robustness to uncertainty; Sirex noctilio; survey network
MeSH headings : Animals; Communication; Data Collection; Humans; Hymenoptera; North America; Plague; Population Groups; Probability; Risk; Risk Assessment; Trees; Uncertainty
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Species Distribution and Climate Change; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
TL;DR: It is illustrated how the dependency between the extent of uncertainties and the degree of robustness of a risk map can be used to select a surveillance network design that is most robust to knowledge gaps about the pest. (via Semantic Scholar)
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15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2009 article

Towards an integrated approach to modelling the risks and impacts of invasive forest species

Yemshanov, D., McKenney, D. W., Pedlar, J. H., Koch, F. H., & Cook, D. (2009, December 1). Environmental Reviews.

By: D. Yemshanov  n, D. McKenney  n, J. Pedlar  n, F. Koch n & D. Cook  n

topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Fire effects on ecosystems; Forest Management and Policy
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UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 article

Invasive forest pest surveillance: survey development and reliability

Coulston, J. W., Koch, F. H., Smith, W. D., & Sapio, F. J. (2008, September 1). Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

By: J. Coulston n, F. Koch n, W. Smith n & F. Sapio n

topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect and Pesticide Research; Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
TL;DR: Worldwide, a large number of potential pest species are introduced to locations outside their native ranges; under the best possible prevention scheme, some are likely to establish one or more loca... (via Semantic Scholar)
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2008 article

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of <I>Xyleborus glabratus</I> (Coleoptera: Circulionidae: Scolytinae) Invasion in Eastern U.S. Forests

Koch, F. H., & Smith, W. D. (2008, April 1). Environmental Entomology.

By: F. Koch n & W. Smith*

author keywords: Xyleborus glabratus; ambrosia beetle; redbay; climate matching; cost-weighted distance
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Insect and Pesticide Research; Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
TL;DR: Key areas with high concentrations of redbay have yet to be invaded, but some are immediately threatened; climatic conditions may serve to constrain X. glabratus to the southeastern U.S. coastal region; and disruption of anthropogenic, long-distance dispersal could reduce the likelihood of this outcome. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2007 article

Forestry Matters: Decline of Oaks Will Impact Wildlife in Hardwood Forests

MCSHEA, W. I. L. L. I. A. M. J., HEALY, W. I. L. L. I. A. M. M., DEVERS, P. A. T. R. I. C. K., FEARER, T. O. D. D., KOCH, F. R. A. N. K. H., STAUFFER, D. E. A. N., & WALDON, J. E. F. F. (2007, July 1). Journal of Wildlife Management.

By: W. Mcshea *, W. Healy *, P. Devers, T. Fearer*, F. Koch n, D. Stauffer*, J. Waldon

author keywords: acorns; deer; fire; forest management; Forest Stewardship Council; foundation species; private forests; oak; Quercus
topics (OpenAlex): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies; Fire effects on ecosystems
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Added: August 6, 2018

2006 article

Landscape-Scale Prediction of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, <I>Adelges tsugae</I> (Homoptera: Adelgidae), Infestation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

Koch, F. H., Cheshire, H. M., & Devine, H. A. (2006, October 1). Environmental Entomology.

By: F. Koch n, H. Cheshire n & H. Devine n

author keywords: hemlock woolly adelgid; southern Appalachians; dispersal; prediction; landscape connectivity
topics (OpenAlex): Forest Insect Ecology and Management; Plant and Fungal Interactions Research; Fire effects on ecosystems
TL;DR: It is suggested that roads, major trails, and riparian corridors provide connectivity enabling long-distance dispersal of A. tsugae in the Great Smoky Mountains, allowing forest managers to better target control efforts. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2006 article

Recommendations for Assessing the Effectiveness of Surrogate Species Approaches

Favreau, J. M., Drew, C. A., Hess, G. R., Rubino, M. J., Koch, F. H., & Eschelbach, K. A. (2006, June 30). Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 15, pp. 3949–3969.

By: J. Favreau n, C. Drew n, G. Hess n, M. Rubino n , F. Koch n & K. Eschelbach*

author keywords: effectiveness; flagship species; focal species; indicator species; keystone species; surrogate species; umbrella species
topics (OpenAlex): Species Distribution and Climate Change; Economic and Environmental Valuation; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
TL;DR: Tests of the effectiveness of surrogate species planning are reviewed to see if research supports the development of generalized rules for determining when and where surrogate species are an effective conservation tool and how surrogate species should be selected such that the resulting conservation plan will effectively protect biodiversity or achieve other conservation goals. (via Semantic Scholar)
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14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 article

Comparing the potential effectiveness of conservation planning approaches in central North Carolina, USA

Hess, G. R., Koch, F. H., Rubino, M. J., Eschelbach, K. A., Drew, C. A., & Favreau, J. M. (2005, November 22). Biological Conservation, Vol. 128, pp. 358–368.

By: G. Hess n, F. Koch n, M. Rubino n , K. Eschelbach*, C. Drew n & J. Favreau n

author keywords: conservation planning; focal species; biological inventory data; reserve design; surrogate species; conservation targets
topics (OpenAlex): Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; Forest Management and Policy; Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

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