Brian Aukema

Professor
BrianAukema@umn.edu
+1 612 624 1847
432A Hodson Hall

1980 Folwell
St Paul, MN 55108
United States

The Aukema Lab
Education

Ph.D. – Entomology, University of Wisconsin (2003)
M.S. - Entomology, University of Wisconsin (1999)
M.S. – Biometry (Statistics), University of Wisconsin (2003)
B.C.S. - Biology, Redeemer University College (1996)

Areas of Interest

Forest entomology including invasive species and climate change; ecological statistics

Teaching

ENT 4251: Forest Entomology (every fall)
ENT 5126: Spatial and Temporal Analysis (spring, even years)

Explore the Program

The Aukema Lab website

Select Publications

Mech, A., Rosenberger, D., Fanning, P., Riggins, J.J., Aukema, B.H., and J. Hartshorn. (2022) There’s an app for that: teaching entomology in the online age. Natural Science Education. 51: e20081
 
McDowell, N.G., Allen, C.D., Anderson-Teixeira, K., Aukema, B.H., Bond-Lamberty, B., Chini, L., Clark, J.S., Dietze, M., Grossiord, C., Hanbury-Brown, A., Hurtt, G.C., Jackson, R.B., Johnson, D.J., Kueppers, L., Lichstein, J.W., Ogle, K., Poulter, B., Pugh, T.A.M., Seidl, R., Turner, M.G., Uriarte, M., Walker, A.P., and C. Xu. (2020) Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world (review). Science 368(6494): eaaz9463
 
Ward, S.F. and B.H. Aukema. (2019) Anomalous landscape-scale outbreaks by an invasive defoliator and a native, tree-killing bark beetle facilitated by warm temperatures, changes in precipitation and interspecific interactions. Ecography 42: 1-11.
 
Rosenberger, D.W., R.C. Venette, and B.H. Aukema. (2018) Development of an aggressive bark beetle on novel hosts: implications for outbreaks in an invaded range. Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 1526-1537.
 
Aukema, B.H., Dahlsten, D.L., and K.F. Raffa. (2000) Improved population monitoring of bark beetles and predators by incorporating disparate behavioral responses to semiochemicals. Environmental Entomology. 29: 618-629.