Brian Leung, PhD
Assistant Professor

Peer reviewed Publications

  1. Edwards, P. K., Leung, B. 2009. Re-evaluating eradication of nuisance species: Invasion of the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI: 10.1890/070218 [PDF]
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. Roche, D.G., Torchin, M.E., Leung, B., Binni, S.A. 2008. Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal:  implications for eradication and spread. Biological invasions DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9310-6 [PDF]
  5. 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.
  6. 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]
  7. 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)
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
  10. 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]
  11. Loo, S.E., Keller, R.P., Leung, B. 2007. Freshwater invasions: using historical data to analyze spread. Diversity and distributions 13: 23-32. [PDF]
  12. 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.
  13. 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]
  14. Leung, B. and Delaney, D. 2006. Managing sparse data in biological invasions: a simulation study. Ecological modeling 198:229-239. [PDF]
  15. 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]
  16. 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]
  17. 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]
  18. 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.
  19. Finnoff, D., Shogren, J.F., Leung, B., Lodge, D.M. 2005. Risk and nonindigenous species management. Review of Agricultural Economics 27: 475-482 [PDF]
  20. 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]
  21. Leung, B., Drake, J.M., Lodge, D.M. 2004. Predicting invasions: propagule pressure and the gravity of Allee effects. Ecology 85:1651-1660 [PDF]
  22. 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.
  23. 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]
  24. 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.
  25. 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]
  26. 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]
  27. 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.
  28. Leung, B., Forbes, M.R., and Baker, R.L. 2001. Nutritional stress and behavioural immunity of damselflies. Animal Behaviour 61: 1093-1099.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. Leung, B. 1998. Aggregated parasite distributions in a homogeneous environment: examining the Poisson null model. International Journal For Parasitology 28:1709-1712.
  34. 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
  35. Leung, B. and Forbes, M.R. 1997. Modelling fluctuating asymmetry in relation to stress and fitness.  Oikos 78: 397-405.
  36. 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.
  37. 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
  38. 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.
  39. 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

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