Boreal forest ecosystem forecasts
Working with Eliot McIntire’s group at the Pacific Forestry Centre, we are integrating various simulation models dealing with forest vegetation dynamics, fire, insect disturbance, and wildlife populations, to inform decision making in these management areas.
Dr. Chubaty is an ecologist, simulation modeller, and co-developer of the
open source SpaDES simulation platform. He completed his PhD at Simon
Fraser University modelling host selection in mountain pine beetle (MPB),
and postdoctoral research at Université Laval and Natural Resources Canada
developing forecasting models of MPB spread.
He currently operates FOR-CAST Research & Analytics in Calgary, Canada, which supports the development and integration of models simulating forest vegetation dynamics, wildfire, insect disturbance, and wildlife populations to inform decision making for land management and species at risk. He is an advocate for open source, open data, and reproducible workflows.