I examine the processes driving fluctuations in population abundance across time and space. I am particularly interested in factors that operate over broad spatial scales and/or are the result of human activities. Much of my research focuses on forest defoliating insects, trying to glean an understanding of their population dynamics and how their populations impact forest health. I am also interested in applying population ecology theory to conservation. My approach blends analysis of spatiotemporal data and field experiments.
Selected Publications
- Rodenberg, C.A. , J.A. Walter, and K.J. Haynes. 2025. Evidence of spatial synchrony in the spread of an invasive forest pest. Ecology Letters 28: e70140.
- Haynes, K.J., and B.A. Robertson. 2021. A transdisciplinary research agenda for understanding insect responses to ecological light pollution informed by evolutionary trap theory. Current Opinion in Insect Science 45: 91-96.
- Haynes, K.J., A.J. Allstadt§, and D. Klimetzek. 2014. Forest defoliator outbreaks under climate change: effects on the frequency and severity of outbreaks of five pine insect pests. Global Change Biology 20: 2004-2018.
- Haynes, K.J., O.N. Bjørnstad, A. Allstadt§, and A.M. Liebhold. 2013. Geographical variation in the spatial synchrony of a forest-defoliating insect: isolation of spatial and environmental drivers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280: 20130112.