Entomology Spatial Analysis Laboratory
Welcome to the E.S.A.L.
The Entomology Spatial Analysis Laboratory (ESAL) is located
in room 235B of the Natural Science building at Michigan State
University. The laboratory provides the capability to manage,
process, and analyze temporal and spatial information related to
the biological disciplines. The ESAL works with the technology
associated with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze,
model, and interpret a combination of biological and physical
aspects of landscapes.
ESAL funding sources include: the Agricultural Experiment
Station (AES), MSU Research Excellence Fund, Cooperative State
Research Service (CSRS): Regional Research NC94, the National
Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Long Term Ecological Research
Program (LTER), Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA), the
Consortium for International Earth Sciences Information Network
(CIESIN), United States Department of Agriculture- Agricultural
Research Service (USDA-ARS), Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA).
Active Research Areas
- Application of spatial analysis technology to assess the effects
of landscape structure on the distribution, abundance, and
movement of insects: an approach toward pest stable agro-
ecosystems.
- Assessment of episodic atmospheric events that regulate movement
of economically important migratory pests: a preventative pest
management strategy.
- Development of methods toward sustainable crop production:
animal-crop interactions. Use of stable isotopes to characterize
trophic dynamics and spatial distributions of insects.
- Design of ecological risk assessment methods: The gypsy moth in
Michigan as a case study.
- Michigan Gypsy Moth Defoliation (1984-1992):
- Michggan Gypsy Moth Abundance (1985-1992):
- Alliance for Aerobiology Research (AFAR): Movement of biotic
agents in long range dispersal systems.
- Variables in agricultural weather information systems:
determining the effects of climatic variability on biological
systems and agricultural sustainability.
- Sustainability of human-ecological systems: Land use, water, and
human resources data for global change analysis.
- Crop productivity dynamics at regional and national scales as
they relate to climate, land use, and socio-economic trends.
- National Wheat Productivity (1972-1988):
- Modeling local land use as it affects environmental and human
resources.
- Providing watershed level decision enhancing information about
biological, social, and geophysical features.
E.S.A.L. Personnel and Associated Faculty
Lab Personnel
For more information about the Entomology Spatial Analysis Laboratory
and research projects, contact:
- Dr. Staurt H. Gage
- 243 Natural Science Building
- Department of Entomology
- Michigan State University
- East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- USA
Phone:
- (517) 355-4561
- (517) 355-2135
Fax:
- (517) 353-4354
Entomology Spatial Analysis Laboratory / ESAL / sg1410@esalsun10.ent.msu.edu
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