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Robert N. Coulson is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work has been published in a variety of venues, with notable contributions appearing in Insects, Biodiversity and Conservation, and PLoS ONE. Other publication venues include Research Square and the Journal of Cotton Science.

Recent papers include:

  • A Native Bee, Melissodes tepaneca (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Benefits Cotton Production (2020, Insects)
  • Distribution and phenology of monarch butterfly larvae and their milkweed hosts in the South Central US (2022, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Crop and Semi-Natural Habitat Configuration Affects Diversity and Abundance of Native Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a Large-Field Cotton Agroecosystem (2021, Insects)
  • Where the toad crosses the road: multi-method and cross-taxa Texas herpetofauna roadkill modeling for conservation planning (2024, Biodiversity and Conservation)
  • Modelling Red-Crowned Parrot (Psittaciformes: Amazona viridigenalis [Cassin, 1853]) distributions in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas using elevation and vegetation indices and their derivatives (2023, PLoS ONE)

The main research topics associated with Robert N. Coulson's work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Coulson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Isaac L. Esquivel, Michael J. Brewer, James L. Tracy, Katherine A. Parys, and Karen W. Wright.

Best Publications

  • MODELING INSECT DEVELOPMENT RATES: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND APPLICATION OF A BIOPHYSICAL MODEL

    Terence L. Wagner;Hsin-I Wu;Peter J. H. Sharpe;Robert M. Schoolfield

  • Modeling Distributions of Insect Development Time: a Literature Review and Application of the Weibull Function

    Terence L. Wagner;Hsin-I Wu;Peter J. H. Sharpe;R. N. Coulson

  • Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management

    Robert N Coulson;John A Witter

  • Population Dynamics of Bark Beetles

    Robert N. Coulson

  • The Southern Pine Beetle

    Richard O. Flamm;Robert N. Coulson;Thomas L. Payne

  • AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELLING APPROACH TO SIMULATING ANIMAL/HABITAT INTERACTIONS

    H. Saarenmaa;N.D. Stone;L.J. Folse;J.M. Packard

  • Africanization in the United States: Replacement of Feral European Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by an African Hybrid Swarm

    M. Alice Pinto;William L. Rubink;John C. Patton;Robert N. Coulson

  • Role of Southern Pine Beetle and Fire in Maintenance of Structure and Function of the Southeastern Coniferous Forest

    T. D. Schowalter;R. N. Coulson;D. A. Crossley

  • Impacts of silvicultural practices on soil and litter arthropod diversity in a Texas pine plantation

    Simon Bird;Robert N Coulson;D.A Crossley

  • Intelligent geographic information systems for natural resource management

    R. N. Coulson;C. N. Lovelady;R. O. Flamm;S. L. Spradling

  • Changes in soil and litter arthropod abundance following tree harvesting and site preparation in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation

    Simon B. Bird;Robert N. Coulson;Richard F. Fisher

  • The role of lightning in the epidemiology of the Southern Pine Beetle1

    R. N. Coulson;P. B. Hennier;R. O. Flamm;E. J. Rykiel

  • RESOURCE UTILIZATION BY THE SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE, DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE)

    Robert N. Coulson;Adil M. Mayyasi;J. L. Foltz;F. P. Hain

  • Heterogeneity of forest landscapes and the distribution and abundance of the southern pine beetle

    Robert N. Coulson;Bryan A. McFadden;Paul E. Pulley;Clark N. Lovelady

  • Computer-Assisted Decision-Making as Applied to Entomology

    Robert N. Coulson;Michael C. Saunders

  • Interspecific competition between Monochamus titillator and Dendroctonus frontalis.

    Robert N. Coulson;Adil M. Mayyasi;John L. Foltz;Fred P. Hain

  • Landscape ecological planning process for wetland, waterfowl, and farmland conservation

    Laura R. Musacchio;Robert N. Coulson

  • Disturbance propagation by bark beetles as an episodic landscape phenomenon

    Edward J. Rykiel;Robert N. Coulson;Peter J. H. Sharpe;Timothy F. H. Allen

  • Temporal pattern of africanization in a feral honeybee population from Texas inferred from mitochondrial DNA.

    M. Alice Pinto;M. Alice Pinto;William L. Rubink;Robert N. Coulson;John C. Patton

  • Bark beetle olfaction—II. Antennal morphology of sixteen species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera)☆

    Thomas L. Payne;Henry A. Moeck;Clyde D. Willson;Robert N. Coulson

  • Colonization of Disturbed Trees by the Southern Pine Bark Beetle Guild (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

    Richard O. Flamm;Paul E. Pulley;Robert N. Coulson

  • Southern Pine Beetle II

    R. N. Coulson;Kier Klepzig

  • Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management.

    M. B. Usher;R. N. Coulson;J. A. Witter

Frequent Co-Authors

Kier D. Klepzig
Kier D. Klepzig Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Markus Holopainen
Markus Holopainen University of Helsinki
Micky D. Eubanks
Micky D. Eubanks Texas A&M University
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Tetsuro Matsuzawa California Institute of Technology
Sorin C. Popescu
Sorin C. Popescu Texas A&M University
Barbara J. Bentz
Barbara J. Bentz US Forest Service
William E. Grant
William E. Grant Texas A&M University

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