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Optimal Control For Management In Gypsy Moth Models, Marco Vinisio Martinez
Optimal Control For Management In Gypsy Moth Models, Marco Vinisio Martinez
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The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.), is an invasive species and the most destructive forest defoliator in North America. Gypsy moth outbreaks are spatially synchronized over areas across hundreds of kilometers. Outbreaks can result in loss of timber and other forestry products. Greater losses tend to occur to the ecosystem services that forests provide, such as wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, and nutrient cycling. The United States can be divided in three different areas: a generally infested area (populations established), an uninfested area (populations not established), and a transition zone between the two. There are different management programs matching these different …