Lael Parrott

Membre associé
Modélisation, simulation et analyse de systèmes écologiques complexes

Associate Professor, Sustainability
Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Earth & Environmental Sciences and Biology Units
The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7

Phone 250 807 8122

Page départementale  | Complex Environmental Systems Lab 

FORMATION

• Ph.D. Biosystems Engineering, 2000 (McGill University)
• M.Sc. Biosystems Engineering, 1995 (McGill University)
• B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, 1994 (McGill University)

THÈMES DE RECHERCHE

We study ecosystems and landscapes as complex systems, building models that can help us to better understand the interconnectedness of humans and their environment. We are affiliated with the UBC Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (BRAES).

We typically work at the scale of regional landscapes. We view landscapes as complex mosaics of interacting components, linked via processes occuring across multiple scales of space and time. Our approach is systems oriented, acknowledging that all parts of a landscape are interconnected. We work in marine, coastal and terrestrial environments.

Applications of our research include future scenario building, development of decision-support tools for multi-objective ecosystem management and the creation of new complexity-based ecological indicators. We work in close collaboration with non-academic partners from government and industry sectors. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulter le site web du laboratoire de systèmes complexes à http://complexity.ok.ubc.ca/ 

PUBLICATIONS

Livres

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Chapitres de livre

1. Parrott, L., Lange, H. (2013) An Introduction to Complexity Science. In Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems - Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change. (Messier, C., Puettmann, K.J. and Coates, D.K., Eds.) Routledge
2. Parrott, L. (2008) Ecological Informatics: Adaptive Agents. In Encyclopedia of Ecology. (Jørgensen, S.E. and Fath, B., Eds.) Oxford: Elsevier, pages 47-51

Livres, numéros spéciaux et actes de colloques publiés à titre d'éditeur

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Articles révisés par un comité de lecture

1. Puettmann, K.J., Parrott, L., Messier, C. (2016) Teaching Complex Adaptive Systems Science in Natural Resource Management: Examples from Forestry. Natural Sciences Education, 45(1)
2. Messier, C., Puettmann, K., Chazdon, R., Andersson, K.P., Angers, V.-A., Brotons, L., Filotas, E., Tittler, R., Parrott, L., Levin, S.A. (2015) From Management to Stewardship: Viewing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems in an Uncertain World. Conservation Letters, 8(5):368-377
3. Filotas, E., Parrott, L., Burton, P.J., Chazdon, R.L., Coates, D.K., Coll, L., Haeussler, S., Martin, K., Nocentini, S., Puettmann, K.J. et al. (2014) Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science. Ecosphere, 5(1):art1-
4. Gonzales, R., Parrott, L. (2012) Network Theory in the Assessment of the Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems. Geography Compass, 6(2):76-88
5. Mellin, C., Parrott, L., Andrefouet, S., Bradshaw, C.J.A., MacNeil, M.A., Caley, M.J. (2012) Multi-scale marine biodiversity patterns inferred efficiently from habitat image processing. Ecological Applications, 22(3):792-803
6. Parrott, L. (2012) The Ubiquitous Dynamics of Complex Systems. BioScience, 62(6):607-608
7. Parrott, L., Meyer, W.S. (2012) Future landscapes: Managing within complexity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(7):382-389
8. Parrott, L., Chion, C., Gonzales, R., Latombe, G. (2012) Agents, individuals, and networks: Modeling methods to inform natural resource management in regional landscapes. Ecology and Society, 17(3):--32
9. Latombe, G., Parrott, L., Fortin, D. (2011) Levels of emergence in individual based models: Coping with scarcity of data and pattern redundancy. Ecological Modelling, 222(9):1557-1568
10. Parrott, L., Chion, C., Martins, C.C.A., Lamontagne, P., Turgeon, S., Landry, J.A., Zhens, B., Marceau, D.J., Michaud, R., Cantin, G. et al. (2011) A decision support system to assist the sustainable management of navigation activities in the St. Lawrence River Estuary, Canada. Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(12):1403-1418
11. Andersen, J.V., Nowak, A., Rotundo, G., Parrott, L., Martinez, S. (2011) "Price-quakes" shaking the world's stock exchanges. PLOS ONE, 6(11):e26472
12. Chion, C., Lamontagne, P., Turgeon, S., Parrott, L., Landry, J.-A., Marceau, D.J., Martins, C.C.A., Michaud, R., Menard, N., Cantin, G. et al. (2011) Eliciting cognitive processes underlying patterns of human-wildlife interactions for agent-based modelling. Ecological Modelling, 222(14):2213-2226
13. Kulkarni, A., Marwan, N., Parrott, L., Proulx, R., Webber Jr, C.L. (2011) Editorial. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 21(4):997-1001
14. Parrott, L. (2011) Hybrid modelling of complex ecological systems for decision support: Recent successes and future perspectives. Ecological Informatics, 6(1):44-49
15. Anand, M., Gonzalez, A., Guichard, F., Kolasa, J., Parrott, L. (2010) Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science. Diversity, 2(3):395-410
16. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2010) The effect of positive interactions on community structure in a multi-species metacommunity model along an environmental gradient. Ecological Modelling, 221(6):885-894
17. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2010) Positive interactions and the emergence of community structure in metacommunities. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 266(3):419-429
18. Parrott, L. (2010) Measuring ecological complexity. Ecological Indicators, 10(6):1069-1076
19. Botin, Z.T., David, L.T., del Rosario, R.C.H., Parrott, L. (2010) Spatio-temporal complexity analysis of the sea surface temperature in the Philippines. Ocean Science, 6(3):933-947
20. Proulx, R., Cote, P., Parrott, L. (2009) Multivariate recurrence plots for visualizing and quantifying the dynamics of spatially extended ecosystems. Ecological Complexity, 6(1):37-47
21. Proulx, R., Parrott, L. (2009) Structural complexity in digital images as an ecological indicator for monitoring forest dynamics across scale, space and time. Ecological Indicators, 9(6):1248-1256
22. Juge, C., Champagne, A., Coughlan, A.P., Juge, N., Parrott, L., Piche, Y. (2009) Quantifying the growth of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: usefulness of the fractal dimension. Botany, 87(4):387-400
23. Gonzales, R., Cardille, J.A., Parrott, L., Gaudreau, C., Deest, G. (2009) SFMN GeoSearch: An interactive approach to the visualization and exchange of point-based ecological data. Ecological Informatics, 4(4):196-205
24. Proulx, R., St-Laurent, M.-H., Parrott, L. (2008) Emergent phenotypes: Association between morphology and coloration in fish. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 10(7):1037-1050
25. Proulx, R., Parrott, L. (2008) Measures of structural complexity in digital images for monitoring the ecological signature of an old-growth forest ecosystem. Ecological Indicators, 8(3):270-284
26. Parrott, L., Proulx, R., Thibert-Plante, X. (2008) Three-dimensional metrics for the analysis of spatiotemporal data in ecology. Ecological Informatics, 3(6):343-353
27. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2008) Community-driven dispersal in an individual-based predator-prey model. Ecological Complexity, 5(3):238-251
28. Proulx, R., Cote, P., Parrott, L. (2008) Use of recurrence analysis to measure the dynamical stability of a multi-species community model. European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 164:117-126
29. Anwar, M., Jeanneret, C., Parrott, L., Marceau, D. (2007) Conceptualization and implementation of a multi-agent model to simulate whale-watching tours in the St. Lawrence estuary in Quebec, Canada. Environmental Modelling and Software, 22(12):1775-1787
30. Cote, P., Parrott, L., Sabourin, R. (2007) Multi-objective optimization of an ecological assembly model. Ecological Informatics, 2:23-31
31. Thibert-Plante, X., Parrott, L. (2007) Prisoner’s Dilemma and Clusters on Small-World Networks. Complexity, 12:22-36
32. Arii, K., Derome, R., Parrott, L. (2007) Examining the potential effects of species aggregation on the network structure of food webs. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 69(1):119-133
33. MacVicar, B. J., Parrott, L., Roy, A.G. (2006) A two-dimensional discrete particle model of gravel bed river systems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 111(F3):-
34. Arii, K., Parrott, L. (2006) Examining the colonization process of exotic species varying in competitive abilities using a cellular automaton model. Ecological Modelling, 199(3):219-228
35. Cote, P., Parrott, L. (2006) Controlling food web structure by optimization of a community assembly model. Ecological Informatics, 1(2):125-131
36. Parrott, L. (2005) Quantifying the complexity of simulated spatiotemporal population dynamics. Ecological Complexity, 2(2):175-184
37. Arii, K., Parrott, L. (2004) Emergence of non-random structure in local food webs generated from randomly structured regional webs. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 227(3):327-333
38. Parrott, L., Lange, H. (2004) Use of interactive forest growth simulation to characterise spatial stand structure. Forest Ecology and Management, 194(1-3):29-47
39. Parrott, L. (2004) Analysis of simulated long-term ecosystem dynamics using visual recurrence analysis. Ecological Complexity, 1(2):111-125
40. Parrott, L., Lacroix, R., Wade, K.M. (2003) Design considerations for the implementation of multi-agent systems in the dairy industry. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 38(2):79-98
41. Parrott, L. (2002) Complexity and the limits of ecological engineering. Transactions of the ASAE, 45(5):1697-1702
42. Parrott, L., Kok, R. (2002) A generic, individual-based approach to modelling higher trophic levels in simulation of terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Modelling, 154(1-2):151-178
43. Parrott, L., Kok, R. (2001) A generic primary producer model for use in ecosystem simulation. Ecological Modelling, 139(1):75-99
44. Parrott, L., Kok, R. (2000) Incorporating complexity in ecosystem modelling. Complexity International, 7:19
45. Parrott, L., Kok, R., Lacroix, R. (1996) Daily average temperatures: Modeling and generation with a Fourier transform approach. Transactions of the ASAE, 39(5):1911-1922

Articles publiés dans des actes de colloque (proceedings)

1. Rikvold, P.A., Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L. (2011) Mutualistic Interactions and Community Structure in Biological Metacommunities. In APS Meeting Abstracts. Page 44014
2. Latombe, G., Parrott, L., Fortin, D. (2011) Système d’aide à la décision pour étudier les effets de la structure du paysage sur la dynamique des populations du caribou forestier, de l’orignal et du loup en forêt boréale. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 121-123. Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
3. McClure, M., Gervais, D.J., Morcos, L., Parrott, L., Despland, E. (2009) Individual interactions to collective cooperation in the forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria). In Proceedings of Cognitio 2007. (Cambridge Scholar Press Ltd, Eds.)
4. Parrott, L. (2009) Understanding and managing the landscape as a complex system: What can bottom-up modelling approaches contribute? In Proceedings of the Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute Biennial International Conference. Adelaide. (Ostendorf, B., Baldock, P., Bruce, D., Burdett, M. and Corcoran, P., Eds.) Pages 1095-1111. Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute
5. Parrott, L., R. Kok. (2000) Use of an object-based model to represent complex features of ecosystems. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH, May 21-26. New England Complex System Institute

Rapports scientifiques, manuels et autres

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Thèses, mémoires et essais

1. Parrott, L. (2000) Learning to Engineer Life: A generally configurable model for the simulation of artificial ecosystems. Thèse de doctorat, McGill University
2. Parrott, L. (1995) The EcoCyborg Project: A model of an artificial ecosystem. Mémoire de maîtrise, McGill University

Thèses, mémoires et essais supervisés

1. Filotas, E. (2009) Structure et dynamique des communautés multi-espèces : le rôle de l’espace. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Montréal
2. Proulx, R. (2007) Structure et dynamique des écosystèmes forestiers par l'imagerie, à de multiples échelles spatiales et temporelles. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Montréal
3. Meloche, F. (2006) Caractérisation de l'auto-organisation et de la complexité des écosystèmes. Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Montréal

Articles non révisés par un comité de lecture

1. Kulkarni, A., Marwan, N., Parrott, L., Proulx, R., Webber, C. (2011) Recurrence plots at the crossroad between theory and application. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 21(4):997-1001
2. Vitting Andersenn, J., Nowak, A., Rotundo, G., Parrott, L. (2009) Tremor price dynamics in the world's network of stock exchanges. ArXiv e-prints
3. Banos, A., Parrott, L. (2009) Agent-based spatial simulation (Editorial). International Journal of Geomatics, 19(4):381-384

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