Frank Koch

Bio

Education

B.A., Duke University (1993)
M.S., North Carolina State University (2001)
Ph.D., North Carolina State University (2005)

Research Interests

Primary research focus on quantitative and spatial analysis of forest health data, with a particular emphasis on invasive forest pests and the modeling of invasion risk at multiple spatial scales.

Area(s) of Expertise

GIS

Publications

• Forest demographic changes across Texas associated with hot drought , ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (2025)
• Denser forests across the USA experience more damage from insects and pathogens , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2023)
• Hotspots of pest-induced US urban tree death, 2020-2050 , JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY (2022)
• Recent Immigrant Insect Fauna—Another Look at a Classic Analysis , Journal of Integrated Pest Management (2021)
• A New Multicriteria Risk Mapping Approach Based on a Multiattribute Frontier Concept , RISK ANALYSIS (2013)
• Dispersal of Invasive Forest Insects via Recreational Firewood: A Quantitative Analysis , JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY (2012)
• A dominance-based approach to map risks of ecological invasions in the presence of severe uncertainty , DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS (2011)
• Detection capacity, information gaps and the design of surveillance programs for invasive forest pests , JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (2010)
• Pest Risk Maps for Invasive Alien Species: A Roadmap for Improvement , BIOSCIENCE (2010)
• Potential establishment of alien-invasive forest insect species in the United States: where and how many? , BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2010)

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