J. Nowosad

Evidence that recent climatic changes have expanded the potential geographical range of the Mediterranean fruit fly

The paper assesses climate change impacts on the Mediterranean fruit fly's range expansion in Europe and California using a CLIMEX model and climate data.

The kinetic Ising model encapsulates essential dynamics of land pattern change

The paper tests the kinetic Ising model's ability to simulate land pattern change dynamics across four sites, finding it matches observed patterns in layout, composition, and texture but has limitations in modeling certain features.

Information theory as a consistent framework for quantification and classification of landscape patterns

The paper demonstrates that information theory provides a consistent framework for quantifying, ordering, and classifying landscape patterns using information-theoretical metrics.