TY - JOUR
KW - benchmarking
KW - Biomod
KW - Climate envelope
KW - ecological niche model
KW - invasive alien species
KW - Maxent
KW - pest risk assessment
KW - presence–absence
KW - presence-background
KW - presence-only
AU - Chapman Daniel
AU - Pescott Oliver L.
AU - Roy Helen E.
AU - Tanner Rob
AB - Abstract Aim We present a novel strategy for species distribution models (SDMs) aimed at predicting the potential distributions of range-expanding invasive non-native species (INNS). The strategy combines two established perspectives on defining the background region for sampling ?pseudo-absences? that have hitherto only been applied separately. These are the accessible area, which accounts for dispersal constraints, and the area outside the environmental range of the species and therefore assumed to be unsuitable for the species. We tested an approach to combine these by fitting SDMs using background samples (pseudo-absences) from both types of background. Location Global. Taxon Invasive non-native plants: Humulus scandens, Lygodium japonicum, Lespedeza cuneata, Triadica sebifera, Cinnamomum camphora. Methods Presence-background (or presence-only) SDMs were developed for the potential global distributions of five plant species native to Asia, invasive elsewhere and prioritised for risk assessment as emerging INNS in Europe. We compared models where the pseudo-absences were selected from the accessible background, the unsuitable background (defined using biological knowledge of the species? key limiting factors) or from both types of background. Results Combining the unsuitable and accessible backgrounds expanded the range of environments available for model fitting and caused biological knowledge about ecological unsuitability to influence the fitted species-environment relationships. This improved the realism and accuracy of distribution projections globally and, generally, within the species? ranges. Main conclusions Correlative SDMs remain valuable for INNS risk mapping and management, but are often criticised for a lack of biological underpinning. Our approach partly addresses this concern by using prior knowledge of species? requirements or tolerances to define the unsuitable background for modelling, while also accommodating dispersal constraints through considerations of accessibility. It can be implemented with current SDM software and results in more accurate and realistic distribution projections. As such, wider adoption has potential to improve SDMs that support INNS risk assessment.
BT - Journal of Biogeography
DA - 2019/05/01
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13555
IS - 5
M3 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13555
N1 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13555
N2 - Abstract Aim We present a novel strategy for species distribution models (SDMs) aimed at predicting the potential distributions of range-expanding invasive non-native species (INNS). The strategy combines two established perspectives on defining the background region for sampling ?pseudo-absences? that have hitherto only been applied separately. These are the accessible area, which accounts for dispersal constraints, and the area outside the environmental range of the species and therefore assumed to be unsuitable for the species. We tested an approach to combine these by fitting SDMs using background samples (pseudo-absences) from both types of background. Location Global. Taxon Invasive non-native plants: Humulus scandens, Lygodium japonicum, Lespedeza cuneata, Triadica sebifera, Cinnamomum camphora. Methods Presence-background (or presence-only) SDMs were developed for the potential global distributions of five plant species native to Asia, invasive elsewhere and prioritised for risk assessment as emerging INNS in Europe. We compared models where the pseudo-absences were selected from the accessible background, the unsuitable background (defined using biological knowledge of the species? key limiting factors) or from both types of background. Results Combining the unsuitable and accessible backgrounds expanded the range of environments available for model fitting and caused biological knowledge about ecological unsuitability to influence the fitted species-environment relationships. This improved the realism and accuracy of distribution projections globally and, generally, within the species? ranges. Main conclusions Correlative SDMs remain valuable for INNS risk mapping and management, but are often criticised for a lack of biological underpinning. Our approach partly addresses this concern by using prior knowledge of species? requirements or tolerances to define the unsuitable background for modelling, while also accommodating dispersal constraints through considerations of accessibility. It can be implemented with current SDM software and results in more accurate and realistic distribution projections. As such, wider adoption has potential to improve SDMs that support INNS risk assessment.
PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
PY - 2019
SN - 0305-0270
SP - 1029
EP - 1040
EP - 
T2 - Journal of Biogeography
TI - Improving species distribution models for invasive non-native species with biologically informed pseudo-absence selection
UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13555
VL - 46
Y2 - 2022/05/10
ER -