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Evaluating habitat suitability and spectral heterogeneity models to predict weed species presence

Fotiou, Christina LU (2014) In LUMA-GIS Thesis GISM01 20132
Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze whether the presence of weed species resistant to herbicides is related to landscape heterogeneity and environmental variables. C3 and C4 weed species, such as Chenopodium album, Conyza canadensis, Amaranthus retroflexus, Papaver rhoeas, Sorghum halepense, Echinochloa crus-galli and Lolium rigidum, are studied in two differing bioclimatic countries, Greece and Germany.
Given the difficulties of field-based data collection, the use of remote sensing for estimating spatial patterns is as a powerful tool. To compare species presence with spatial heterogeneity, the Normal Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used. A number of tools were applied such as regression models, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and... (More)
The aim of this study is to analyze whether the presence of weed species resistant to herbicides is related to landscape heterogeneity and environmental variables. C3 and C4 weed species, such as Chenopodium album, Conyza canadensis, Amaranthus retroflexus, Papaver rhoeas, Sorghum halepense, Echinochloa crus-galli and Lolium rigidum, are studied in two differing bioclimatic countries, Greece and Germany.
Given the difficulties of field-based data collection, the use of remote sensing for estimating spatial patterns is as a powerful tool. To compare species presence with spatial heterogeneity, the Normal Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used. A number of tools were applied such as regression models, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Logistic regression, Rank - abundance diagrams and Variograms of NDVI values. Moreover, to relate species distribution with environmental and bioclimatic variables Habitat Suitability (HS) models were produced. To make predictions of species future distribution, based on bioclimatic data, GARP models were used.
Landscape area around species is highly heterogeneous. The species studied are related with low vegetated areas and are neither generalists nor specialists in their environment. The core factors affecting species distribution are mean temperature, and secondarily annual precipitation, in Greece, whereas altitude and bioclimatic conditions, in Germany.
Weeds tend to move to higher altitudes, minimizing their population size, in future climatic conditions. However, C3 summer annual weeds, in Germany, and C3 winter annual weeds, in Greece, seem to be tolerant to climatic changes, and expand to new territories. The response of species range due to climatic changes, seems to be species-specific. Further study is needed to come up with prediction models of weed species future distribution (Less)
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author
Fotiou, Christina LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Mapping and modeling weed risk expansion ; looking into the future
course
GISM01 20132
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
GARP, herbicide resistant weeds, climate change, spatial heterogeneity, habitat, regression, NDVI, Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis, GIS
publication/series
LUMA-GIS Thesis
report number
26
language
English
id
4432001
date added to LUP
2014-05-05 14:15:44
date last changed
2014-05-05 14:15:44
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study is to analyze whether the presence of weed species resistant to herbicides is related to landscape heterogeneity and environmental variables. C3 and C4 weed species, such as Chenopodium album, Conyza canadensis, Amaranthus retroflexus, Papaver rhoeas, Sorghum halepense, Echinochloa crus-galli and Lolium rigidum, are studied in two differing bioclimatic countries, Greece and Germany.
Given the difficulties of field-based data collection, the use of remote sensing for estimating spatial patterns is as a powerful tool. To compare species presence with spatial heterogeneity, the Normal Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was used. A number of tools were applied such as regression models, Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Logistic regression, Rank - abundance diagrams and Variograms of NDVI values. Moreover, to relate species distribution with environmental and bioclimatic variables Habitat Suitability (HS) models were produced. To make predictions of species future distribution, based on bioclimatic data, GARP models were used.
Landscape area around species is highly heterogeneous. The species studied are related with low vegetated areas and are neither generalists nor specialists in their environment. The core factors affecting species distribution are mean temperature, and secondarily annual precipitation, in Greece, whereas altitude and bioclimatic conditions, in Germany.
Weeds tend to move to higher altitudes, minimizing their population size, in future climatic conditions. However, C3 summer annual weeds, in Germany, and C3 winter annual weeds, in Greece, seem to be tolerant to climatic changes, and expand to new territories. The response of species range due to climatic changes, seems to be species-specific. Further study is needed to come up with prediction models of weed species future distribution}},
  author       = {{Fotiou, Christina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUMA-GIS Thesis}},
  title        = {{Evaluating habitat suitability and spectral heterogeneity models to predict weed species presence}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}