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            Species distribution modeling of Pests and diseases
                           Beatriz Vanessa Herrera
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) -Decision and Policy Analysis-2012
Methodology
• Occurrence records
related with knowledge
about pests behaviour and
epidemiology of pathogens

•Variable selection

•Evaluation of niche
models
                            CLASSIFICATION
•Consensus distribution
maps
Presence records
Environmental variables




                                   Limiting Factors



Worldclim (current) (30 seconds, 10, 5 and 2.5 arc minutes) http://worldclim.org
Climate change downscaled data http://www.ccafs-climate.org/data/
Climate data for DIVA-GIS http://www.diva-gis.org/climate
Non-climatic variables




                                                                Thematic variables




         Spatial Production Allocation Model- SPAM -
               http://mapspam.info/download
http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/~nramankutty/Datasets/Datasets.html
Dataset selection
•All climatic variables
•PCA- Principal component analysis
•Spatial correlation
 •Expert criteria
Several niche approximations
                                    CSM- Climate Space Model




                               ED- Environmental Distance




                              GARP- Genetic Algorithm for
                                      Rule-Set Production
A ∩ B ∩ M = RN
RN = Realized niche
Soberón & Peterson, 2005, 3




                              SVM- Support Vector Machines



                                Maxent- Maximum Entropy
                                species distribution model
Evaluation of model performance




ArcGis setnull


                             Values above 75%
EVALUATION METRICS
                                                          EVALUATION SAMPLE

                                      REAL PRESENCE (+)                       PSEUDOABSENCES (-)



                                                                                      Negative false
                                           True positive
                PRESENCE (+)    a                                      b            COMISION ERRROR
                                        CORRECT PREDICTION
                                                                                     OVERPREDICTION
    MODEL
  PREDICTION

                                           Negative false
                  ABSENCE                                                              True false
                                 c        OMISION ERROR                d
                     (-)                                                          CORRECT PREDICTION
                                         UNDERPREDICTION



Sensibilidad= (A/A + C)                             A y D: correct prediction
1-Especificidad= (D/B + D)                          B: Comission error (POSITIVE FALSE) (overprediction)
                                                    C: Omission error (NEGATIVE FALSE) (underprediction)
Error de clasificación= (B +C)/N
Kappa= [(a+d) – (((a +c)(a+b) + (b+d)(c+d)/ N)]
           [N – (((a+c) (a+b) + (b+d) (c+d))/N)]
Evaluation metrics and selection criteria




                                 Commission error:
Omission error:
                                 (pseudo) absence records
records in non-predicted areas
                                 in predicted areas
Potential distribution mapping
                   Final result




                                               New values
                                              classification
Weighted overlay


Weight assignment
Whitefly- expert criteria
                                                                                   Some results and comparisons of
                                                                                  Kappa/ thresholdvariable datasets
                                                                              Specificity/ error rate
                                                                              Climate Space Model
                                                                            0.83/8-                                                            Whitefly- COR
                                                                             0.269–0.96



                                                                            Environmental distance
                                                                            0.802/63.1 - 0.357/90
                                                                            0.826 0.902


                                                                                     Maxent
                                                                               0.842/23 - 0.5/1

                                                                             0.442 0.995


                                                                                      Garp
                                                                             0.806/30 - 0.632/30
                                                                             0.903 0.844



                                                                          Support vector Machines
                                                                           0.823/25.1 - 0.73/56
                                                                            0.596 0.956
Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
Problems
                                                                                                                       Whitefly

                                                                                               Model         sensitivity      Error rate       Weight

                                                                                             GARP All          0.904              0.16          26.1

                                                                                               ED All          0.942              0.05          27.23

                                                                                               ED Exp          0.826              0.09          23.8

                                                                                              CSM all          0.788              0.03          22.7

                                                                                                               0.865              0.0825         99.8




                                                                                                                 Maxent- COR
Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
Realized vs potential distribution




Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
Model comparisons
                                        CMD
                                               Error
                Model        sensitivity                   Weight
                                               rate
              GARP all          0.722          0.04           50

                ED all          0.833          0.02           50                                        Examples of Underprediction
                               0.7775          0.03          100




Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
Cassava Mosaic Disease




Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
What about the global change?
Climate change scenarios
Steps towards
                                        adaptation pathways




Whitefly   Cassava brown streak virus     Cassava mosaic geminivirus   Cassava mealybug
Cassava pests and their natural enemies




                    Bellotti et al, 2012. Cassava in a changing environment.
How did we get this knowledge?
Cassava pest complex
Prospective cassava pests




Mononychellus mcgregori
Some implications for CWR research

Future research should make full use of the advantages of
several species distribution models for global and regional
studies.

In CC research complementary models are required in
order to better explain expected changes in species
responses.

Research in CWR should include pressures due to biotic
constraints.
b.v.herrera@CGIAR.org
Geographer - International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Herrera B - Spatial Epidemiology and Crop Pest and Diseases Mapping 2012

  • 1. Pic:Neil Palmer, CIAT Species distribution modeling of Pests and diseases Beatriz Vanessa Herrera International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) -Decision and Policy Analysis-2012
  • 2. Methodology • Occurrence records related with knowledge about pests behaviour and epidemiology of pathogens •Variable selection •Evaluation of niche models CLASSIFICATION •Consensus distribution maps
  • 4. Environmental variables Limiting Factors Worldclim (current) (30 seconds, 10, 5 and 2.5 arc minutes) http://worldclim.org Climate change downscaled data http://www.ccafs-climate.org/data/ Climate data for DIVA-GIS http://www.diva-gis.org/climate
  • 5. Non-climatic variables Thematic variables Spatial Production Allocation Model- SPAM - http://mapspam.info/download http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/~nramankutty/Datasets/Datasets.html
  • 6. Dataset selection •All climatic variables •PCA- Principal component analysis •Spatial correlation •Expert criteria
  • 7. Several niche approximations CSM- Climate Space Model ED- Environmental Distance GARP- Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Production A ∩ B ∩ M = RN RN = Realized niche Soberón & Peterson, 2005, 3 SVM- Support Vector Machines Maxent- Maximum Entropy species distribution model
  • 8. Evaluation of model performance ArcGis setnull Values above 75%
  • 9. EVALUATION METRICS EVALUATION SAMPLE REAL PRESENCE (+) PSEUDOABSENCES (-) Negative false True positive PRESENCE (+) a b COMISION ERRROR CORRECT PREDICTION OVERPREDICTION MODEL PREDICTION Negative false ABSENCE True false c OMISION ERROR d (-) CORRECT PREDICTION UNDERPREDICTION Sensibilidad= (A/A + C) A y D: correct prediction 1-Especificidad= (D/B + D) B: Comission error (POSITIVE FALSE) (overprediction) C: Omission error (NEGATIVE FALSE) (underprediction) Error de clasificación= (B +C)/N Kappa= [(a+d) – (((a +c)(a+b) + (b+d)(c+d)/ N)] [N – (((a+c) (a+b) + (b+d) (c+d))/N)]
  • 10. Evaluation metrics and selection criteria Commission error: Omission error: (pseudo) absence records records in non-predicted areas in predicted areas
  • 11. Potential distribution mapping Final result New values classification Weighted overlay Weight assignment
  • 12. Whitefly- expert criteria Some results and comparisons of Kappa/ thresholdvariable datasets Specificity/ error rate Climate Space Model 0.83/8- Whitefly- COR 0.269–0.96 Environmental distance 0.802/63.1 - 0.357/90 0.826 0.902 Maxent 0.842/23 - 0.5/1 0.442 0.995 Garp 0.806/30 - 0.632/30 0.903 0.844 Support vector Machines 0.823/25.1 - 0.73/56 0.596 0.956 Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
  • 13. Problems Whitefly Model sensitivity Error rate Weight GARP All 0.904 0.16 26.1 ED All 0.942 0.05 27.23 ED Exp 0.826 0.09 23.8 CSM all 0.788 0.03 22.7 0.865 0.0825 99.8 Maxent- COR Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
  • 14. Realized vs potential distribution Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
  • 15. Model comparisons CMD Error Model sensitivity Weight rate GARP all 0.722 0.04 50 ED all 0.833 0.02 50 Examples of Underprediction 0.7775 0.03 100 Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
  • 16. Cassava Mosaic Disease Source: Herrera et al. 2011. Threats to cassava production: known and potential geographic distribution of four key biotic constraints. Food security: 3:329-345
  • 17. What about the global change?
  • 19. Steps towards adaptation pathways Whitefly Cassava brown streak virus Cassava mosaic geminivirus Cassava mealybug
  • 20. Cassava pests and their natural enemies Bellotti et al, 2012. Cassava in a changing environment.
  • 21. How did we get this knowledge?
  • 24. Some implications for CWR research Future research should make full use of the advantages of several species distribution models for global and regional studies. In CC research complementary models are required in order to better explain expected changes in species responses. Research in CWR should include pressures due to biotic constraints.
  • 25. b.v.herrera@CGIAR.org Geographer - International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. Our basic methodological approach is species distribution modeling, a process for: mapping the known distribution of pests and diseases, analyzing the environment where these pests and diseases have been found, developing ecological niche models by analyzing the environmental characteristics of the known locations of the pest and diseases. Validating the models producing statistic and maps showing the known and predicted distributions of the pests and diseases.On the left side of the diagram, the steps to assess the known distribution of a pest or disease are shown. The first step is to collect information on the known distribution from one of four sources: databases from virology or entomology labs, online databases, such as the global biodiversity information facility, scientific articles and surveys. The known locations should be geographically referenced with latitude and longitude coordinates.On the right side of the diagram, environmental variables that are in some way related to the distribution of pests and diseases are organized. Different sets of variables are tested and methods for reducing collinearity are employed.At the bottom of the diagram, the known distributions are overlaid on related environmental variables to produce a data set for modeling.Ecological niche models are variations on logistic regression. We have been using six different models: Bioclim, environmental distance, climate space model, support vector machine, Garp and Maxent. These models are implemented in three different computer interface environments – DIVA-GIS, open modeler and Maxent. The next step is to assess errors, sensitivity and overall model performance. In this step usually some of the input data is held back to use it for validation.The final maps can be selected according to error and sensitivity statistics or by determining where different models agree.
  2. Typical environmental information for the models are global climate databases such as Worldclim. Another possibility for analysis is to use global circulation model data on climate change. Basically the same methodology is applied but using predicted future climate. Other non-climatic information could be used as well.
  3. Species distributionmodels use climatic and other data to assess the environmental range of a species in multi dimensional space. There is a large bio-geographical literature on this topic.
  4. The error analysis tells us which models performed well.
  5. The models produce a map of the potential distribution of a pest or disease, based on the known occurrence. Numbers closest to one are places where the pest or disease has potential but lower likelihood. Numbers closest to 100 are the most likely places for the pest or disease to find suitable environmental conditions.By applying a weighted overlay analysis maps can be developed that show where different models agree, lending support to the notion that agreement across models is an indicator of the reliability of the predictions.
  6. Same model, same specie, same number of occurrence records. Performance depends on the number of occurrence records but more in the correlation of variables.
  7. Bemisia tabaci- predictionsAnyone of the models show us areas outside the range, where the species actually occurs. One problem in this case, is that if we are looking for variables which better explain the distribution of a species, it should be a different exercise of summarize the models. Which could be the same
  8. Maxent and SVM(left) with few variables underrepresented the realized distribution of the species
  9. As an example, in the case of cassava, climate change predictionssuggest that cassava will not be impacted from abiotic constraints (drought or highest temperatures). …But higher temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns could affect rate development of arthropod pest. the greatest impact on cassava would be from biotic constraints!
  10. In this case the modelling is possible only for key pest for which the information is available. One problem here is that we are modelling species as statics! And they aren’t. Crops could be modified but invasive species not! … and also other species related with cassava could affect the crop under global change.
  11. Here we have a big list of the main pest of cassava and their natural enemies, which have significance and…
  12. Specialist species of cassava. These are successful stories about biological control possible due to the effort and investigation of many years. But we could experiment similar impacts wit emerging pest and we have to be prepared because the demands for food supplies are bigger and increasing.
  13. And the cassava complex is large.
  14. This is an example of an “possible” emerging pest. In this map we use few records to predict the potential distribution in Asia, but it is not enough information because this pest is not a problem here in the Americas. But… this is already happen in Asia.
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