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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00854.x
Titel (primär) Equilibrium or not? Modelling potential distribution of invasive species in different stages of invasion
Autor Václavík, T.; Meentemeyer, R.K.
Quelle Diversity and Distributions
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
Department CLE
Band/Volume 18
Heft 1
Seite von 73
Seite bis 83
Sprache englisch
Keywords Ecological-niche factor analysis; invasive species; landscape epidemiology; model performance; non-equilibrium; Phytophthora ramorum; potential distribution; species distribution model; virtual species
Abstract

Aim  The assumption of equilibrium between organisms and their environment is a standard working postulate in species distribution models (SDMs). However, this assumption is typically violated in models of biological invasions where range expansions are highly constrained by dispersal and colonization processes. Here, we examined how stage of invasion affects the extent to which occurrence data represent the ecological niche of organisms and, in turn, influences spatial prediction of species’ potential distributions.

Location  Six ecoregions in western Oregon, USA.

Methods  We compiled occurrence data from 697 field plots collected over a 9-year period (2001–09) of monitoring the spread of invasive forest pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Using these data, we applied ecological-niche factor analysis to calibrate models of potential distribution across different years of colonization. We accounted for natural variation and uncertainties in model evaluation by further investigating three hypothetical scenarios of varying equilibrium in a simulated virtual species, for which the ‘true’ potential distribution was known.

Results  We confirm our hypothesis that SDMs calibrated in early stages of invasion are less accurate than models calibrated under scenarios closer to equilibrium. SDMs that are developed in early stages of invasion tend to underpredict the potential range compared to models that are built in later stages of invasion.

Main conclusions  A full environmental niche of invasive species cannot be effectively captured with data from a realized distribution that is restricted by processes preventing full occupancy of suitable habitats. If SDMs are to be used effectively in conservation and management, stage of invasion needs to be considered to avoid underestimation of habitats at risk of invasion.

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Václavík, T., Meentemeyer, R.K. (2012):
Equilibrium or not? Modelling potential distribution of invasive species in different stages of invasion
Divers. Distrib. 18 (1), 73 - 83 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00854.x