Collaborative Research: eMB: Weak Form Scientific Machine Learning of Mechanisms in Disease Ecology

The Douglas-fir tussock moth and the spongy moth are insect pests that defoliate forests in North America, causing millions of dollars of damage every year, but damage would be far worse if not for the mortality caused by insect-killing viruses. Models that could predict how and when insect viruses will protect forests from defoliating insects…