Brian Leung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

 

Publications

  

Peer reviewed publications


    1. 2011

      Aukema, J.E., Leung, B., Kovacs, K., Chivers, C., Britton, K.O., Englin, J., Frankel, S.J., Haight, R.G., Holmes, T.P., Liebhold, A., McCullough, D.G., Von Holle, B. 2011. Economic Impacts of Non-Native Forest Insects in the United States. PLoS One 6(9): e24587. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024587 [PDF]
       
      Gertzen, E., Leung, B., Yan, N.D. 2011. Propagule pressure, Allee effects and the probability of establishment of an invasive species (Bythotrephes longimanus). Ecosphere 2: art 30. [PDF]
       
      Gertzen, E., Leung, B. 2011. Predicting the spread of invasive species in an uncertain world: accommodating multiple vectors, and gaps in temporal and spatial data. Biological Invasions (DOI) 10.1007/s10530-011-0082-z [PDF]

    2. Bailey, S.A., M. Deneau, L. Jean, C. Wiley, B. Leung, & H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Has management reduced the risk of ballast-mediated species introductions to the Great Lakes? Environmental Science and Technology 45: 2554-2561 [PDF]

      Yan, N.D, Leung, B., Lewis, M.A., Peacor, S.D. 2011. The spread, establishment and impacts of the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus, in temperate North America: a synopsis of the special issue. DOI 10.1007/s10530-011-0069-9 [PDF]

      Sylvester, F., Kalaci, O., Leung, B., Roussel, A., Murray, C.C, Choi, F.M., Bravo, M.A., Therriault, T.W., MacIsaac, H.J. 2011. Invasion vectors: can simple models explain a complex problem? Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 415-423 [PDF]

    Kulhanek, S.A., Leung, B., Ricciardi, A. 2011. Using ecological niche-based modeling techniques to predict the establishment, abundance and relative impacts of introduced species: application to the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Ecological Applications 21: 203-213 [PDF]

    Kulhanek, S.A., Ricciardi, A., Leung, B. 2011. Is invasion history a useful tool for predicting the impacts of the world's worst aquatic invasive species? Ecological Applications 21:189-202 [PDF]

    1. Capinha, C., Leung, B., Anastacio, P. 2011. Predicting worldwide invasiveness for four major problematic decapods: an evaluation of using different calibration sets. Ecography 33 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06369.x [PDF]

    2. Delaney, D.G., Griffen, B.D. and Leung, B. 2011. Does consumer injury modify invasion impact? Biol Invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-011-9975-0 [PDF]

    3. Delaney, D.G., Edwards, P., Leung, B. 2011. Predicting regional spread of invasive species using oceanographic models – validation and identification of gaps. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-011-1805-5

    1. Refereed Books

    2. Carlton, JT, Ruiz, GM, Byers, JE, Congelosi, A, Dobbs, FC, Grosholz, ED, Leung, B, MacIsaac, HJ, Wonham, MJ, Ehlers, LJ, Guzman, ED. 2011. Assessing the relationship between propagule pressure and invasion risk in ballast water. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington DC.


    4. 2010

      Roche, D., Leung, B., Mendoza-Franco, EF, Torchin, M.E.. 2010. Higher parasite richness, abundance and impact in native versus introduced cichlid fishes. International Journal of Parasitology 40: 1525-1530. [PDF]

    3. Delaney, D.G., Leung, B. 2010. An empirical probability model of detecting species at low densities. Ecological Applications 20: 1162-1172 [PDF]

      Feder, J.L., Powell, T.H.Q., Filchak, K., Leung, B. 2010. The diapause response of Rhagoletis pomonella to varying environmental conditions and its significance for geographic and host plant-related adaptation. Entomologia experimenatalis et applicata 136: 31-44 [PDF]

     

    1. Leung, B., Cacho, O.J., Spring, D. 2010. Searching for biological invaders: rapidly delimiting the invasion boundary. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 451-460 [PDF]

  8. 2009

    Edwards, P. K., Leung, B. 2009. Re-evaluating eradication of nuisance species: Invasion of the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 326-332 [PDF]

  9. Roche, D.G., Torchin, M.E., Leung, B., Binning, S.A. 2009. Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal:  implications for eradication and spread. Biological Invasions 11: 983-993 [PDF]

  10. 2008

    Hyder, A., Leung, B., Miao, Z. 2008. Integrating data, biology, and decision models for invasive species management: application to leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula). Ecology and Society 13:12 [PDF]

  11. Gertzen, E., Familiar, O., Leung, B. 2008. Quantifying invasion pathways: fish introductions from the aquarium trade. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1265-1273 [PDF]

  12. Cohen, J., Mirotchnick, N., Leung, B. 2008. The aquarium plant trade: missing pieces, the authors reply. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 528-532

  13. Delaney, D.G., Sperling, C.D., Adams, C., Leung, B. 2008. Marine invasive species: validation of citizen science and implications for national monitoring networks. Biological Invasions 10: 117-128 [PDF]

  14. 2007

    Leung, B.    , Mandrak, N.E., 2007. The risk of establishment of aquatic invasive species: joining invasibility and propagule pressure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 274: 2603-2609 [PDF] (Highlighted in Faculty 1000 Biology)

  15. Cohen, J., Mirotchnick, N., Leung, B. 2007. Thousands introduced annually: the aquarium pathway and non-indigenous plants in the St. Lawrence Seaway. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1890/060137 [PDF]

  16. Norstrom, R.J., Clark, T.P., Enright, M., Leung, B., Drouillard, K.G., Macdonald, C.R. 2007. ABAM, a model for bioaccumulation of POPs in birds: validation for adult herring gulls and their eggs in Lake Ontario. Environmental Science and Technology 41: 4339-4347 [PDF]

  17. Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Leung, B., Lodge, D.M. 2007. Take a risk – preferring prevention over control of biological invaders. Ecological Economics 62: 216-222 [PDF]

  18. Loo, S.E., Keller, R.P., Leung, B. 2007. Freshwater invasions: using historical data to analyze spread. Diversity and distributions 13: 23-32 [PDF]

  19. Biddulph, P., Crowther, D., Leung, B., Wilkinson, T ., Hart, B., Oreszczyn, T., Pretlove, S., Ridley, I., Ucci, M.. 2007. Predicting the population dynamics of the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in response to a constant hygrothermal environment using a model of the mite life cycle. Experimental and Applied Acarology 41: 61-86

  20. 2006

    Lodge, D.M., Williams, S., MacIsaac, H., Hayes, K., Leung, B., Reichard, S., Mack, R.N., Moyle, P.B., Smith, M., Andow, D.A., Carlton, J.T., McMichael A.. 2006. Biological Invasions: Recommendations for U.S. Policy and Management. Ecological Applications 16: 2035-2054 [PDF]

  21. Leung, B.     and Delaney, D. 2006. Managing sparse data in biological invasions: a simulation study. Ecological modeling 198:229-239 [PDF]

  22. Leung, B., Bossenbroek, J.M., Lodge, D.M. 2006. Boats, pathways, and biological invasions: Estimating dispersal potential with gravity models. Biological Invasions 8: 241-254 [PDF]

  23. Muirhead, J.R., Leung, B., van Overdijk, C., Kelly, D.W., Kanavillil, N., Marchant, K.R., MacIsaac, H.J. 2005. Modeling local and long-distance dispersal of invasive emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera) in North America. Diversity and distributions 12:71-79 [PDF]

  24. 2005

  25. Leung, B., Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Lodge, D.M. 2005. Managing invasive species: rules of thumb for rapid assessment. Ecological Economics 5: 24-36 [PDF]

  26. Feder, J.L., X. Xie, J. Rull, S. Velez, A. Forbes, B. Leung, H. Dambroski, K.E. Filchak, M. Aluja. 2005. “Mayr, Dobzhansky, and Bush and the complexities of sympatric speciation in Rhagoletis”  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 102: 6573-6580

  27. Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Leung, B., Lodge, D.M. 2005. Risk and nonindigenous species management. Review of Agricultural Economics 27: 475-482 [PDF]

  28. Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Leung, B., Lodge, D.M. 2005. The importance of bioeconomic feedback in nonindigenous species management. Ecological Economics 52: 367-381 [PDF]

  29. 2004

    Leung, B.,     Drake, J.M., Lodge, D.M. 2004. Predicting invasions: propagule pressure and the gravity of Allee effects. Ecology 85:1651-1660 [PDF]

  30. Baker, R.L., Leung, B., Forbes, M.R. 2004. Diet of nymphs affects normal wing development in Ischnura verticalis (Coenagrionidae: Odonata). The Canadian Entomologist 136: 749-751

  31. 2003

    Leung, B.     and Grenfell, B.T. 2003. A spatial stochastic model simulating a scabies epidemic and coyote population dynamics. Ecological Modelling 166:41-52 [PDF]

  32. Leung, B., Mineau, P. and Knopper, L. 2003. A critical assessment of fluctuating asymmetry as a bioindicator of environmental stress In Polak, M. (ed.) Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences. Oxford University Press. pp415-426

    Yan, N.D., Leung, B., Keller, B., Arnott, S.E., Gunn, J.M.,  and Raddum, G. 2003. Developing a conceptual framework for the recovery of aquatic biota from acidification: a zooplankton example. Ambio 32: 165-169 [PDF]

  33. 2002

    Leung, B.    ,     Lodge, D.M., Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Lewis, M, Lamberti, G. 2002. An ounce of prevention or a pound of cure: bioeconomic risk analysis of invasive species. Proceedings: Biological Sciences 269:2407-2413 [PDF]

  34. Pretlove, S.E.C., Ridley, I., Horwood, J.A., Leung, B., Cox, P., Thomson, D., Baker, N., Crowther, D., Oreszczyn, T. 2002. A combined transient hygrothermal and population model of House Dust Mites in beds. Proceedings of IAQ 2001: Moisture, Microbes and health Effects: Indoor Air Quality and Moisture in Buildings, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers. ISBN 1-931862-05-2.

  35. 2001

    Leung, B.    , Forbes, M.R., and Baker, R.L. 2001. Nutritional stress and behavioural immunity of damselflies. Animal Behaviour 61: 1093-1099

  36. 2000

    Leung, B.     and Forbes, M.R. and Houle, D. 2000. Fluctuating asymmetry as a bio-indicator of stress: comparing efficacy of analyses involving multiple traits. American Naturalist 155: 101-115

  37. < 2000

    Leung, B.    , Baker, R.L., and Forbes, M.R. 1999. Grooming decisions by damselflies, differential age-specific colonisation by water mites, and the probability of successful parasitism. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 397-402

  38. Drover, S., Leung, B., Forbes, M.R., Mallory, M., and McNicol, D. 1999. lake pH and aluminum concentrations: consequences for developmental stability of the water strider Rheumatobates rileyi (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 157-161

  40. Leung, B. 1998. Controlling for allometry in studies of fluctuating asymmetry and quality. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265:1623-1629

  41. Leung, B. 1998. Aggregated parasite distributions in a homogeneous environment: examining the Poisson null model. International Journal For Parasitology 28:1709-1712

  42. Leung, B. and Forbes, M.R. 1998. The evolution of virulence: A stochastic simulation model examining parasitism at individual and population levels. Evolutionary Ecology 12: 165-177

  43. Leung, B. and Forbes, M.R. 1997. Modelling fluctuating asymmetry in relation to stress and fitness.  Oikos 78: 397-405.

  44. Leung, B.     and Forbes, M.R. 1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in relation to indices of quality and fitness in the damselfly, Enallagma ebrium (Hagen). Oecologia 110:472-477

  45. Forbes, M.R., Leung, B., and Schalk, G. 1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in Coenagrion resolutum (Hagen) in relation to age and male pairing success (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 26: 9-16

  46. Leung, B. and Forbes, M.R. 1996. Fluctuating asymmetry in relation to stress and fitness: effects of trait type as revealed by meta-analysis. Ecoscience 3: 400-413

  47. Forbes, M. R. and Leung, B. 1995. Prefabricated dining shelters as outdoor insectaries: an assessment using Enallagma ebrium (Hagen) (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 24:461-46
   

Other publications
   
Crowther, D., Oreszczyn, T., Pretlove, S., Ridley, I., Horwood, J., Cox, P. and Leung, B. 2001. Controlling house dust mites through ventilation: the development of a model of mite response to varying hygrothermal conditions, Proceedings of  Biocontaminants de l'air intérieur:  Effets sur la santé et prévention, International Society of the Built Environment, Dijon, France, 15 June 2001