Lab Publications

Publications by theme

(See publications ordered by year)

Publications on ecological complexity in general

Parrott, L., 2012. The ubiquitous dynamics of complex systems (Book review). BioScience, in press.

Parrott, L., Meyer, W. 2012. Future Landscapes: Managing within complexity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in press.

Parrott, L. 2010. Measuring ecological complexity. Ecological Indicators, 10:1069-1076. Download PDF here or go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.014

Anand M., Gonzalez A., Guichard F., Kolasa J., Parrott L. Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science. 2010. Diversity, 2(3):395-410.

Parrott, L. 2002. Complexity and the limits of ecological engineering. Transactions of the ASAE, 45(5): 1697-1702. Pre-print (pdf)

Parrott, L. and R. Kok. 2000. Incorporating complexity in ecosystem modelling. Complexity International 7. Download article here (pdf).

Publications on complex ecological and social-ecological networks

Gonzalès, R. and Parrott, L. 2012. Network theory in the assessment of the sustainability of social-ecological systems. Geography Compass, 6(2): 76-88. Download PDF version here.

Vitting-Andersen, J., Nowak, A., Rotundo, G., Parrott, L. and Martinez, S. 2011. “Price-quakes” shaking the world’s stock exchanges. PloS ONE, 6(11): e26472. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026472

Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., and Rikvold, P. 2010. Positive interactions and the emergence of community structure in meta-communities. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 266: 419-429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.003 Earlier version published on arXiv. arXiv:1001.1111v1

Thibert-Plante, X. and Parrott, L. 2007. Prisoner’s Dilemma and Clusters on Small-World Networks. Complexity, 12(6): 22-36. Pre-print (pdf).

Côté, P., Parrott, L. and Sabourin, R. 2007. Multi-objective optimization of an ecological assembly model. Ecological Informatics, 2: 23-31. Download PDF.

Arii, K., Derome, R., Parrott, L. 2007. Examining the potential effects of species aggregation on the network structure of food webs. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 69: 119-133. (Download published version: DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9065-0. Download a preprint: Pre-print (pdf).)

Côté, P. and Parrott, L. 2006. Controlling food web structure by optimization of a community assembly model. Ecological Informatics, 1(2): 125-131. ( Download PDF or go to: doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2006.03.001)

Arii, K. and Parrott, L. 2004. Emergence of non-random structure in local food webs generated from randomly structured regional webs. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 227(3): 327-333. Published version is available on-line at Science Direct, or download a Pre-print (pdf) here.

Publications on measuring and quantifying ecological complexity

Mellin, C., Parrott, L., Andréfouët, S., Bradshaw, C., MacNeil, M. A. and Caley, M.J. 2012. Multi-scale marine biodiversity patterns inferred efficiently from habitat image processing. Ecological Applications, 22(3): 792-803.

Parrott, L. 2010. Measuring ecological complexity. Ecological Indicators, 10:1069-1076. Download PDF here or go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.03.014

Botin, Z. T., David, L. T., del Rosario, R. C. H., and Parrott, L. 2010. Spatio-temporal complexity analysis of the sea surface temperature in the Philippines, Ocean Science, 6, 933-947. doi:10.5194/os-6-933-2010.

Proulx, R. and Parrott, L. 2009. Structural complexity in digital images as an ecological indicator for monitoring forest dynamics across scale, space and time. Ecological Indicators, 9(6): 1248-1256. Download the published version from ScienceDirect.

Proulx, R., Côté, P. and Parrott, L. 2009. Multivariate recurrence plots for visualizing and quantifying the dynamics of spatially extended natural systems. Ecological Complexity, 6: 37-47. Download the published version from ScienceDirect.

Juge, C., Champagne, A., Coughlan, A.P., Juge, N., Parrott, L., and Piché, Y. 2009. Quantifying the Growth of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Usefulness of the Fractal Dimension. Botany, 87(4): 387-400.

Parrott, L., Proulx, R. and Thibert-Plante, X. 2008. Three-dimensional metrics for the analysis of spatiotemporal data in ecology. Ecological Informatics, 3(6): 343-353. Download PDF here or go to ScienceDirect.

Proulx, R., Côté, P. and Parrott, L. 2008. Use of recurrence analysis to measure the dynamical stability of a multi-species community model. The European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 164: 117-126. Click here to download a copy from EPJ.

Proulx, R., St-Laurent, M.-H. & Parrott, L. 2008. Emergent phenotypes: Association between morphology and coloration in fish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 10: 1037-1050.

Proulx, R. and Parrott, L. 2008. Measures of structural complexity in digital images for monitoring the ecological signature of an old-growth forest ecosystem. Ecological Indicators, 8(3):270-284. Pre-print (pdf). (download the published version via Science Direct)

Parrott, L. 2005. Quantifying the complexity of simulated spatiotemporal population dynamics. Ecological Complexity, 2(2):175-184. Download PDF here.

Parrott, L. 2004. Analysis of simulated long-term ecosystem dynamics using visual recurrence analysis. Ecological Complexity 1(2): 111-125. Pre-print (pdf).

Publications on individual and agent-based modelling of ecosystems and regional landscapes

Parrott, L., Chion, C., Martins, C.C.A., Lamontagne, P., Turgeon, S., Landry, J.A., Zhens, B., Marceau, D., Michaud, R., Cantin, G., Menard, N., Dionne, S. 2011. A decision support system to assist management of human activities in the St. Lawrence River Estuary, Canada. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26: 1403 - 1418. Download PDF version here or from Science Direct.

Chion, C., Lamontagne, P., Turgeon, S., Parrott, L., Landry, J.A., Marceau, D., Martins, C.C.A., Michaud, R., Ménard, N., Cantin, G., Dionne, S. 2011. Eliciting cognitive processes underlying patterns of human-wildlife interactions for agent-based modelling. Ecological Modelling, 222(14): 2213-2226. Download PDF from Science Direct.

Parrott, L. 2011. Hybrid modelling of complex ecological systems for decision support: Recent successes and future perspectives. Ecological Informatics, 6: 44-49. Download PDF version or http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.07.001

Latombe, G., Parrott, L. and Fortin, D. 2011. Levels of Emergence in Individual Based Models: Coping with scarcity of data and pattern redundancy. Ecological Modelling 222(9):1557-1568. Download PDF.

Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., and Rikvold, P. 2010. The effect of positive interactions on community structure in a multi-species metacommunity model along an environmental gradient. Ecological Modelling, 221:885-894. PDF or doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.12.005

Banos, A. and Parrott, L. 2009. Agent-based spatial simulation (Editorial). Revue Internationale de Géomatique/International Journal of Geomatics 19(4): 381-384.

Parrott, L. 2009. Understanding and managing the landscape as a complex system: What can bottom-up modelling approaches contribute? Proceedings of the Place & Purpose Symposium, Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference, 30 September - 1 October, 2009. Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia. 15 pp. Download pre-print here.

Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L. and Rikvold, P. 2008. Community-driven dispersal in an individual-based predator-prey model. Ecological Complexity, 5: 238-251. Published on-line on Science Direct at: doi:10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.01.002 (or download a pre-print from q-bio).

Parrott, L. 2008. Ecological Informatics: Adaptive Agents. In: Jørgensen, S.E. and Fath, B. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ecology, vol. 1 of 5, pp. 47-51. Oxford: Elsevier. Pre-print (pdf).

Anwar, M., Jeanneret, C., Parrott, L. and Marceau, D. 2007. Conceptualization and implementation of a multi-agent model to simulate whale-watching tours in the St. Lawrence estuary in Quebec, Canada. Environmental Modeling and Software, 22 (12), p.1775-1787. Pre-print (pdf).

Parrott, L. and Kok, R. 2006. Use of an object-based model to represent complex features of ecosystems. In: Minai, A. and Bar-Yam, Y. (Eds.) Unifying themes in complex systems. Springer: Berlin. pp. 169-179.

MacVicar, B. J., L. Parrott, and A. G. Roy. 2006. A two-dimensional discrete particle model of gravel bed river systems, J. Geophys. Res., 111, F03009, doi:10.1029/2005JF000316.

Arii, K. and Parrott, L. 2006. Examining the colonization process of exotic species varying in competitive abilities using a cellular automaton model. Ecological Modelling, 199(3): 219-228. Pre-print (pdf).

Parrott, L. and Lange, H. 2004. Use of interactive forest growth simulation to characterise spatial stand structure. Forest Ecology and Management 194: 29-47.

Parrott, L., R. Lacroix and K. Wade. 2003. Design considerations for the implementation of multi-agent systems in the dairy industry. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 39(2): 79-98.

Parrott, L. and R. Kok. 2002. A generic, individual-based approach to modelling higher trophic levels in simulation of terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 154: 151-178. PDF.

Parrott, L. and R. Kok. 2001. A generic primary producer model for use in ecosystem simulation. Ecological Modelling 139(1): 75-99.

Parrott, L. and R. Kok. 2000. Use of an object-based model to represent complex features of ecosystems. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Complex Systems, New England Complex System Institute, Nashua, NH, May 21-26, 2000. InterJournal Manuscript #371. Download article here (pdf).

Parrott, L. and R. Kok. 2000. Incorporating complexity in ecosystem modelling. Complexity International 7. Download article here (pdf).

Other

Kulkarni, A., Marwan, N., Parrott, L., Proulx, R. and Webber C. 2011. Recurrence plots at the crossroad between theory and application (Editorial). International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 21(4): 997-1001.

Gonzales, R., Cardille, J., Parrott, L., Gaudreau, C. and Deest, G. 2009. SFMN GeoSearch: An interactive approach to the visualization and exchange of point-based ecological data. Ecological Informatics, 4: 196-205. doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.07.007 Download published version from ScienceDirect or download a pre-print (pdf).

Parrott L., R. Kok and R. Lacroix. 1996. Daily average temperatures: Modeling and generation with a Fourier transform approach. Transactions of the ASAE 39(5): 1911-1922. Download article (pdf).