Ziółkowska, E., Topping, C.J., Bednarska, A., Laskowski, R. 2021. Supporting non-target arthropods in agroecosystems: modelling effects of insecticides and landscape structure on carabids in agricultural landscapes. Science of the Total Environment, 774, 145746 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145746
2020
Mayer, Martin; Duan, Xiaodong; Sunde, Peter; Topping, Christopher J. 2020. European hares do not avoid newly pesticide-sprayed fields: Overspray as unnoticed pathway of pesticide exposure. Science of the Total Environment, 715, 136977 doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136977
2019
Devos, Y., Craig, W., Devlin, R.H., Ippolio, A., Leggatt, R.A., Romeis, J., Shaw, R., Svendsen, C., Topping, C.J. 2019, "Using problem formulation for fit-for-purpose pre-market environmental risk assessments of regulated stressors", EFSA journal, 17(S1): e170708. doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.e170708
Topping, C.J., Dalby, L., Valdez, J.W. 2019, “Landscape-scale simulations as a tool in multi-criteria decision making to support agri-environment schemes”, Agricultural Systems, 176: 102671. doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102671
2018
Williams, J.H., Topping, C.J., Dalby, L., Clausen, K.K., Madsen, J. 2018, "Where to go goose hunting? Using pattern-oriented modeling to better understand human decision processes", Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 23: 533-551. doi.org/10.1080/10871209.2018.1509249
Topping, C.J. & Weyman, G.S. 2018, "Rabbit population landscape-scale simulation to investigate the relevance of using rabbits in regulatory environmental risk assessment", Environmental Modelling & Assessment, 23(4): 415-457. doi.org/10.1007/s10666-017-9581-3
Malakawska, A. & Topping, C.J. 2018, "Applying a biocomplexity approach to modelling farmer decision-making and land use impacts on wildlife", Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(3): 1445-1455. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13024
2017
Topping, C.J. & Luttik, R. 2017, "Simulation to aid in interpreting biological relevance and setting of population-level protection goals for risk assessment of pesticides", Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 89: 40-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2017.07.011
Langhammer, M., Grimm, V., Pütz, S., Topping, C.J. 2017, "A modelling approach to evaluating the effectiveness of Ecological Focus Areas: The case of the European brown hare", Land Use Policy, 61: 63-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.004
2016
Topping, C.J. & Elmeros, M. 2016, "Modeling Exposure of Mammalian Predators to Anticoagulant Rodenticides", Frontiers in Environmental Science, 4: 80. doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2016.00080
Malawska, A. & Topping, C.J. 2016, "Evaluating the role of behavioral factors and practical constraints in the performance of an agent-based model of farmer decision making", Agricultural Systems, 143: 136-146. doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2015.12.014
Topping, C.J., Dalby, L., Skov, F. 2016, "Landscape structure and management alter the outcome of a pesticide ERA: evaluating impacts of endocrine disruption using the ALMaSS European Brown Hare model", Science of The Total Environment, 541: 1477-1488. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.042
Schmitt, W., Auteri, D., Bastiansen, F., Ebeling, M., Liu, C. Luttik, R., Mastisky, S., Nacci, D., Topping, C.J., Wang, M. 2016, "An example of population-level risk assessments for small mammals using individual-based population models", Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 12(1): 46-57. doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1640
2015
Topping, C.J., Craig, P.S., de Jong, F., Klein, M., Laskowski, R., Manachini, B., Pieper, S., Smith, R., Sousa, J.P., Streissi, F., Swarowsky, K., Tiktak, A., van der Linden, T. 2015, "Towards a landscape scale management of pesticides: ERA using changes in modelled occupancy and abundance to assess long-term population impacts of pesticides", Science of The Total Environment, 537: 159-169. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.152
2014
Topping, C.J., Kjær, L.J., Hommen, U., Høye, T.T., Preuss, T.G., Sibly, R.M., van Vliet, P. 2014, "Recovery based on plot experiments is a poor predictor of landscape-level population impacts of agricultural pesticides", Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33(7): 1499-1507. doi.org/10.1002/etc.2388
Malawska, A., Topping, C.J., Nielsen, H.Ø. 2014, "Why do we need to integrate farmer decision making and wildlife models for policy evaluation?", Land Use Policy, 38:732-740. doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.10.025
2013
Dalkvist, T., Sibly, R.M., Topping, C.J. 2013, "Landscape structure mediates the effects of a stressor on field vole populations", Landscape Ecology, 28(10): 1961-1974. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9932-7
Parry, H.R., Topping, C.J., Kennedy, M.C., Boatman, N.D., Murray, A.W.A. 2013, "A Bayesian sensitivity analysis applied to an Agent-based model of bird population response to landscape change", Environmental Modelling & Software, 45: 104-115. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.08.006
Topping, C.J., Odderskær, P., Kahlert, J. 2013, "Modelling skylarks (Alauda arvensis) to predict impacts of changes in land management and policy: development and testing of an agent-based model", PloS one, 8(6): e65803. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065803
Sibly, R.M., Grimm, V., Martin, B.T., Johnston, A.S.A., Kułakowska, K., Topping, C.J., Calow, P., Nabe‐Nielsen, J., Thorbek, P., DeAngelis, D.L. 2013, "Representing the acquisition and use of energy by individuals in agent‐based models of animal populations", Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4(2): 151-161. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12002
Parry, H.R., Topping, C.J., Kennedy, M.C., Boatman, N., Murray, A. 2013, "The use of agent-based models for studying the response of bird populations to landscape change", Environmental Software and Modelling, 45: 104-115. doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.08.006
2012
Topping, C.J., Dalkvist, T. & Grimm, V. 2012, "Post-hoc pattern-oriented testing and tuning of an existing large model: lessons from the field vole", PLoS One, 7(9): e45872. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045872
Høye, T.T., Skov, F., Topping, C.J. 2012, "Evaluating wildlife responses to land-use scenarios with agent-based models", Ecological Indicators, 20(1): 221–227.
Topping, C.J. & Lagisz, M. 2012, "Spatial dynamic factors affecting population-level risk assessment for a terrestrial arthropod: an agent-based modelling approach", Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 18 (1): 168-180. doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2012.632292
2011
Topping, C. J. 2011, "Evaluation of wildlife management through organic farming", Ecological Engineering, 37: 2009-2017. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.08.010
Warren, J., Topping, C.J. & James, P. 2011, "An evolutionary modelling approach to understanding factors behind plant invasiveness and community susceptibility to invasion", Evolutionary Ecology, 24(10): 2099-2109. doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02337.x
Gevers, J., Høye, T.T., Topping, C.J., Glemnitz, M., Schröder, B. 2011, "Biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change through bioenergy: Impacts of increased maize cultivation on abundance of farmland animal species", GCB Bioenergy 3(6): 472-482. doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01104.x
2010
Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T., Odderskær, P., Aebischer, N. 2010, "A pattern-oriented modelling approach to simulating populations of grey partridge", Ecological Modelling, 221: 729-737. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.11.004
Nabe-Nielsen, J., Sibly, R.M., Forchhammer, M.C., Forbes, V.E., Topping, C.J. 2010, "The Effects of Landscape Modifications on the Long-Term Persistence of Animal Populations", PLOS ONE 5(1): e8932. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008932
Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T., Olesen, C.R. 2010, "Opening the Black Box – Development, Testing and Documentation of a Mechanistically Rich Agent-Based Model", Ecological Modelling, 221(2): 245-255. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.014
2009
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.10.002
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). doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-9-10
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). doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-9-18
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.
2008
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, pp. 569-602.
2005
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10646-005-0034-4
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10646-005-0035-3
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2004.08.007
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10646-005-0033-5
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10646-005-0027-3
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. doi.org/10.1007/s10526-004-1114-8
2004
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.11.019
Pertoldi, C., Topping, C.J. 2004, "Impact assessment predicted by means of genetic agent-based modelling", Critical Reviews in Toxicology, 34(6): 487-498. doi.org/10.1080/10408440490519795
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. doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2004.11682810
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. doi.org/10.1897/02-524a
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. doi.org/10.1139/z04-131
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. doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2003.12.001
2003
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. doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00173-X
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.
1999
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. doi.org/10.1023/A:1002070223107
1998
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, pp. 657-662.
Other publications
2019
Ziółkowska, Elżbieta; Topping, Christopher J. 2019. A modelling approach to evaluate the effectiveness of different mitigation strategies to reduce the negative effects of agricultural practices on biodiversity in the Netherlands: Final report within the framework of the project:‘Developing and application of a methodology to assess impacts of pesticides on key ecosystem services’. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.26088.93442
Elmeros, M. & Topping, C.J. 2016, "Rodenticide exposure risk for predators", Vildttemadag 2016.
2015
Elmeros, M., Topping, C.J., Christensen, T.K., Lassen, P., Bossi, R. 2015, "Spredning af antikoagulante rodenticider med mus og eksponeringsrisiko for rovdyr", Bekæmpelsesmiddelsforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen.
2013
Topping, C.J. & Elmeros, M. 2013, "Using agent-based simulation to predict and manage rodenticide resistance development", European Vertebrate Pest Management Conference.
2012
Topping, C.J. 2012, "Why complexity matters: using ALMaSS for risk assessment of wildlife", 6th SETAC World Congress/SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting.
2011
Nielsen, H.Ø., Topping, C.J., Hasler, B., Christensen, T., Jacobsen , L., Pedersen, A.B., Dalgaard, T. & Fonnesbech-Wulff, A. 2011, "Effekter af pesticidpolitiske virkemidler: - en integreret analyse af effekter på økonomi, landbrug og fauna", København, Miljøstyrelsen, 75 pp. (Bekæmpelsesmiddelforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen).
2010
Dalkvist, T., Sibly, R.M., Topping, C.J. 2010, "Har landskabsstrukturen betydning for effekten af et sprøjtemiddel på markmusbestande?", Havpattedyrsymposium & Pattedyrmøde 2010, nr. 7, Aarhus, Danmark, 12th – 13th March, Apodemus, 11: 11-12.
Gevers, J., Høye, T.T., Topping, C.J., Glemnitz, M., Schröder, B. 2010, "Biodiversity and the mitigation of climate change through bioenergy: impacts of increased maize cultivation on abundance of farmland wildlife", The Future of Biodiversity: Genes, Species, Ecosystems, 40th Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Giessen, Tyskland, 30th August – 3rd September, pp. 301.
Høye, T.T., Topping, C.J., Olesen, C.R. 2010," Virtuel vildtbiologi - en simuleringsmodel til forvaltning af harebestande", Conference: Havpattedyrsymposium & Pattedyrmøde 2010, nr. 7, Aarhus, Denmark, 12th – 13th March, Apodemus, 11:19.
Topping, C.J. & Dalkvist, T. 2010, "Short report on simulating Scale-of-Use and toxicity scenarios in ALMaSS : Appendix 3", in Accounting for scale of use in bird and mammal risk assessment PS2347: Report to Chemicals Regulation Directorate by Joe Crocker, FERA, Defra, pp. 60-77.
2009
Høye, T.T. & Topping, C.J. 2009, "The effect of habitat fragmentation on the distribution and abundance farmland wildlife inferred from an individual-based model", in 39th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) University of Bayreuth, Germany, pp. 190-191.
Odderskær, P., Topping, C.J., Høye, T.T. 2009, "Kan haren og agerhønen vende tilbage - hvad skal der til?", in Vildt & Landskab. Resultater af 6 års integreret forskning i Danmark 2003-2008. Eds. N. Kanstrup, T. Asferg, M. Flinterup, B. Jellesmark Thorsen, T. Secher Jensen, Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, pp. 30-35.
2007
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", in 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.
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", in 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, pp. 179-210.
Nabe-Nielsen, J., Sibly, R., Topping, C.J., Forchhammer, M.C., Sudharsan, K. 2007, "Effects of landscape complexity in agent-based population models", in 25 years of Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress 8-12 July Wageningen, The Netherlands. Eds. Bunce, R.G.H., Jongman, R.H.G., Hojas, L., Weel, S. IALE, pp. 329-330 (IALE Publication series; 4).
Odderskær, P., Topping, C.J., Rasmussen, J., Pedersen, M.B., Dalgaard, T., Erlandsen, M. 2007. "Ukrudtsstriglingens effekter på dyr, planter og ressourceforbrug (Mechanical weeding impacts on animals, plants and resource usage)", Plantekongres 2007, Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Landscentret, Århus, pp. 198-199.
2006
Odderskær P., Topping C.J., Rasmussen J., Petersen M.B., Dalgaard T., Erlandsen M. 2006, "Ukrudtsstriglingens effekter på dyr, planter og ressourceforbrug", Bekæmpelsesmiddelforskning rapport no. 105, Miljøstyrelsen, København, 127 pp.
2005
Topping, C.J. 2005, "The impact on skylark numbers of reductions in pesticide usage in Denmark: Predictions using a landscape-scale individual based model", NERI Technical Report, 527: 34 pp.
Tybirk, K., Asferg, T., Odderskær, P., Olesen, C.R., Bertelsen, J.P., Topping, C.J., Noer, H. 2005, "Hvad påvirker harens og agerhønens vilkår i agerlandet? (What affects hare and partridge conditions in agricultural land?)", Plantekongres 2005, Dansk Landbrugsrådgivning, Landscentret, Århus, pp. 320-321.
2004
Odderskær, P. Topping, C.J. Jepsen, J.U. 2004, "ALMaSS simulation of the impact of removing pesticides : ALMaSS simulering af virkningen af at fjerne pesticider", DJF rapport - Markbrug, Danmarks JordbrugsForskning, pp. 57-58.
2003
Topping, C.J., Odderskær, P., Jepsen, J.U., Andersen, P.N., Lange, P., Nikolajsen, F. 2003, "Effekten af landskabsændringer på den vilde fauna (Effects of landscape change on wildlife)", Hansen, J.F. (Ed): Arealanvendelse og landskabsudvikling - Fremtidsperspektiver for natur, jordbrug, miljø og arealforvaltning, pp. 59-68.
Topping, C.J. 2003, "Evaluating the impact of pesticides on populations of terrestrial non-target organisms", Wolffhechel, H. (Ed). DIAS Report, 96: 239-248.
Odderskær, P., Tybirk, K., Topping, C.J., Pedersen, M.B., Axelsen, J.A. 2003, "Effekter af reduceret pesticidanvendelse på planter, insekter og fugle. (Effect of reduced pesticide usage on plants, insects and birds)", DJF rapport - Markbrug, Danmarks Jordbrugsforskning, pp. 199-211.
2002
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.
