Department of Environmental Sciences
Department of Environmental Sciences
haynes

Kyle Haynes

Assoc. Dir. Blandy Farm, Research Professor
kjh8w@virginia.edu
540 837-1758, 982-2312
Office Address/Hours
352 Clark Hall
https://uva.theopenscholar.com/haynes-lab

Education

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2004

Research

The central aim of my research is to elucidate the processes driving fluctuations in population abundance across time and space. I address theory that is relevant to conservation of native and beneficial insects as well as management of agricultural and forest pests. My approach blends field experiments, analysis of spatial data, and theoretical modeling.

My current research has four foci: 1) the role of multitrophic interactions and weather in the spatial synchrony and periodicity of forest-insect outbreaks; 2) the effects of climate change on the outbreak dynamics of forest-defoliating insects; 3) the ecological interactions driving the expansion or contraction of species’ range borders; and 4) the influences of landscape structure on plant-herbivore interactions.

 

Publications

  • Geographic variation in forest composition and precipitation predict the synchrony of forest insect outbreaks
    2018; Oikos; Haynes, K.J. | Liebhold, A.M. | Bjørnstad, O.N. | Allstadt, A.J. | Morin, R.S.
  • Light pollution may create demographic traps for nocturnal insects
    2018; Basic and Applied Ecology; Firebaugh, A. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Spatial variation in Allee effects influences patterns of range expansion
    2017; Ecography; Walter, J.A. | Johnson, D.M. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Experimental tests of light-pollution impacts on nocturnal insect courtship and dispersal
    2016; Oecologia; Firebaugh, A. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Invasion in patchy landscapes is affected by dispersal mortality and mate-finding failure
    2016; Ecology; Walter, J.A. | Firebaugh, A.L. | Tobin, P.C. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Population cycles produce periodic range boundary pulses
    2015; Ecography; Walter, J.A. | Johnson, D.M. | Tobin, P.C. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Temporal variation in the synchrony of weather and its consequences for spatiotemporal population dynamics
    2015; Ecology; Allstadt, A.J. | Liebhold, A.M. | Johnson, D.M. | Davis, R.E. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Microbial pesticide application during defoliator outbreaks may reduce loss of regional forest beetle richness
    2015; Ecosphere; Wayland, H. | Manderino, R. | Crist, T.O. | Haynes, K.J.
  • Effects of forest spatial structure on insect outbreaks: Insights from a host-parasitoid model
    2015; American Naturalist; Hughes, J.S. | Cobbold, C.A. | Haynes, K. | Dwyer, G

Teaching

  • Spatial Ecology Seminar (EVSC 7559) (2012)
  • Climate Change Ecology Seminar (EVSC 4559) (2014)