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Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T., Odderskær, P. and Aebischer, N.J. (in press) A pattern-oriented modelling approach to simulating populations of grey partridge. Ecological Modelling.

Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T., Olesen, C.R. (in press) Opening the black box – developing, testing and documenting a mechanistically rich agent-based model, Ecological Modelling, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.014.

Dalkvist, T., Topping, C.J., Forbes, V.E. 2009, Population-level impacts of pesticide-induced chronic effects on individuals depend more on ecology than toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 72(6), 1663-1672.

Hendrichsen, D.K., Topping, C.J., Forchhammer, M.C. 2009, Predation and fragmentation portrayed in the statistical structure of prey time series, BMC Ecology, 9(10).

Sibly, R.M., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Forchhammer, M.C., Forbes, V.E., Topping, C.J. 2009, The effects of spatial and temporal heterogeneity on the population dynamics of four animal species in a Danish landscape, BMC Ecology, 9(18).

Topping, C.J., Dalkvist, T., Forbes, V.E., Grimm, V., Sibly, R.M. 2009, The Potential for the use of agent-based models in ecotoxicology, in: Devillers, J. (ed.), Ecotoxicology Modeling, vol. 2, Springer Verlag. pp. 205-235.

Jacobsen, L.-B., Jensen, J.D., Hauch, J., Topping, C.J., Martin, A. 2008, "Pesticide reducing instruments - an interdisciplinary analysis of effectiveness and optimality", i Milne, J., Deketelaere, K., Kreiser, L., Ashiabor, H. (red.) Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, vol. V, Oxford University Press, s. 569-602.

Shore, R.F., Crocker, D.R., Akcakaya, H.R., Bennett, R.S., Chapman, P.F., Clook, M., Crane, M., Dewhurst, I.C., Edwards, P.J., Fairbrother, A., Ferson, S., Fischer, D., Hart, A.D.M., Holmes, M., Hooper, M.J., Lavine, M., Leopold, A., Luttik, R., Mineau, P., Moore, D.R.J., Mortenson, S.R., Noble, D.G., O'Conner, R.J., Roelofs, W., Sibly, R.M., Smith, G.C., Spendiff, M., Springer, T.A., Thompson, H.M., Topping, C.J. 2005, "Case Study Part 1: How to Calculate Appropriate Deterministic Long-Term Toxicity to Exposure Ratios (TERs) for Birds and Mammals", Ecotoxicology, 14(8), 877-893.

Roelofs, W., Crocker, D.R., Shore, R.F., Moore, D.J.M., Smith, G.C., Akcakaya, H.R., Dewhurst, I.C., Edwards, P.J., Fairbrother, A., Ferson, S., Fischer, D., Hart, A.D.M., Holmes, M., Hooper, M.J., Lavine, M., Leopold, A., Luttik, R., Mineau, P., Mortenson, S.R., Noble, D.G., O'Connor, R.J., Sibly, R.M., Spender, M., Springer, T.A., Thompson, H.M., Topping, C.J. 2005, "Case Study Part 2: Probabilistic Modelling of Long-term Effects of Pesticides on Individual Breeding Success in Birds and Mammals", Ecotoxicology, 14(8), 895-923.

Jepsen, J.U., Topping, C.J., Odderskær, P., Andersen, P.N. 2005, "Evaluating consequences of land-use strategies on wildlife populations using multiple-species predictive scenarios", Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 105(4) 581-594.

Sibly, R.M., Akçakaya, H.R., Topping, C.J., O'Conner, R.J. 2005, "Population-level Assessment of Risks of Pesticides to Birds and Mammals in the UK", Ecotoxicology, 14(8), 863-876.

Topping, C.J., Sibly, R.M., Akçakaya, H.R., Smith, G.C., Crocker, D.R. 2005, "Risk Assessment of UK Skylark Populations Using Life-History and Individual-Based Landscape Models", Ecotoxicology, 14(8), 925-936.

Thorbek, P., Topping, C.J. 2005, "The influence of landscape diversity and heterogeneity on spatial dynamics of agrobiont linyphiid spiders: An individual-based model", BioControl, 50, 1-33.

Jepsen, J.U., Baveco, J.M., Topping, C.J., Verboom, J., Vos, C.C. 2004, "Evaluating the effect of corridors and landscape heterogeneity on dispersal probability: a comparison of three spatially explicit modelling approaches", Ecological Modelling, 181(4), 445-459.

Pertoldi, C., Topping, C.J. 2004, "Impact assessment predicted by means of genetic agent-based modelling", Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 34(6), 487-498.

Bilde, T., Topping, C.J. 2004, "Life history traits interact with landscape composition to influence population dynamics of a terrestrial arthropod: a simulation study", Ecoscience, 11(1) 64-73.

Topping, C.J., Odderskær, P. 2004, "Modeling the influence of temporal and spatial factors on the assessment of impacts of pesticides on Skylarks", Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(2), 509-520.

Jepsen, J.U., Topping, C.J. 2004, "Modelling roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a gradient of forest fragmentation: behavioural plasticity and choice of cover", Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82(9), 1528-1541.

Pertoldi, C., Topping, C.J. 2004, "The use of Agent-based modelling of genetics in conservation genetics studies", Journal for Nature Conservation, 12(2) 111-120.

Topping, C.J., Hansen, T.S., Jensen, T.S., Jepsen, J.U., Nikolajsen, F., Odderskær, P. 2003, "ALMaSS, an agent-based model for animals in temperate European landscapes", Ecological Modelling, 167(1-2), 65-82.

Topping, C.J., Østergaard, S., Pertoldi, C., Bach, A.L. 2003, "Modelling the loss of genetic diversity in vole populations in a spatially and temporally varying environment", Annales Zoologici Fennici, 40(3), 255-267.

Topping, C.J., Rehder, M.J., Mayoh, B.H. 1999, "Viola: A New Visualprogramming Language Designed for the Rapid Development of Interacting Agent Systems", Acta Biotheoretica, 47, 129-140.

Mayoh, B.H., Topping, C.J., Rehder, M.J. 1998, "A Language for Biological, Hydraulic and Ecological Modelling", i Babovic, V., Larsen, L.C., Babovic, V., Larsen, L.C. (red.) Hydroinformatics ´98, A.A. Balkema, s. 657-662.

Other publications

Topping, C.J., Sibly, R., Delorme, P.D., Moller, V., Fritz, A.T., Elmegaard, N., Munns Jr., W.R. 2007, "Application of 2 Modeling Techniques in a Theoretical Assessment for Agricultural Pesticide Registration", i Barnthouse, L.W., Munns, W.R.J., Sorensen, M.T., Barnthouse, L.W., Munns, W.R.J., Sorensen, M.T. (red.) Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment, Brussels: SETAC, 301-306.

Nabe-Nielsen, J., Sibly, R., Topping, C.J., Forchhammer, M.C., Sudharsan, K. 2007, "Effects of landscape complexity in agent-based population models", i Bunce, R.G.H., Jongman, R.H.G., Hojas, L., Weel, S. (red.) 25 years of Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress 8-12 July Wageningen, The Netherlands, IALE, 329-330.

Munns, W.R.J., Gervais, J., Hoffman, A.A., Hommen, U., Nacci, D.E., Nakamaru, M., Sibly, R., Topping, C.J. 2007, "Modeling approaches to population-level ecological risk assessment", i Barnthouse, L.W., Munns, W.R.J., Sorensen, M.T., Barnthouse, L.W., Munns, W.R.J., Sorensen, M.T. (red.) Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment, Brussels: SETAC, 179-210.

Topping, C.J., Jepsen, J.U. 2002, "Simulation Models of Animal Behaviour are Useful Tools in Landscape and Species Management", IALE Bulletin, 20(3), 1-2.

Topping, C.J. 2005, The impact on skylark numbers of reductions in pesticide usage in Denmark, National Environmental Research Institute. NERI Technical Report, 527, 34 pages.

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