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Flight plan for the future: floatplane pilots and researchers team up to predict invasive species dispersal in Alaska. Biol Invasions 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-021-02712-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
AbstractAircraft can transport aquatic invasive species (AIS) from urban sources to remote waterbodies, yet little is known about this long-distance pathway. In North America and especially Alaska, aircraft with landing gear for water called floatplanes are used for recreation access to remote, often road-less wilderness destinations. Human-mediated dispersal of AIS is particularly concerning for the conservation of pristine wildlands, yet resource managers are often challenged by limited monitoring and response capacity given the vast areas they manage. We collected pathway data through a survey with floatplane pilots and used a Bayesian hierarchical model to inform early detection in a data-limited situation. The study was motivated by Alaska’s first known AIS, Elodea spp. (Elodea) and its floatplane-related dispersal. For 682 identified floatplane destinations, a Bayesian hierarchical model predicts the chance of flights originating from AIS source locations in freshwater and estimates the expected number of flights from these sources. Model predictions show the potential for broad spread across remote regions currently not known to have Elodea and informed monitoring and early detection efforts. Our result underlines the small window of opportunity for Arctic conservation strategies targeting an AIS free Arctic. We recommend management that focuses on long-distance connectivity, keeping urban sources free of AIS. We discuss applicability of the approach for other data-limited situations supporting data-informed AIS management responses.
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Aurambout JP, Endress A. A model to simulate the spread and management cost of kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) at landscape scale. ECOL INFORM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Pathway models for analysing and managing the introduction of alien plant pestsan overview and categorization. Ecol Modell 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hauser CE, Giljohann KM, Rigby M, Herbert K, Curran I, Pascoe C, Williams NSG, Cousens RD, Moore JL. Practicable methods for delimiting a plant invasion. DIVERS DISTRIB 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Cindy E. Hauser
- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
- School of Ecosystem & Forest Sciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
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- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
- School of Ecosystem & Forest Sciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
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- Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc.; School of Environmental Sciences; Charles Sturt University; Albury NSW 2640 Australia
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- Parks Victoria; Kiewa Valley Highway Tawonga South Vic. 3698 Australia
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- Parks Victoria; 62-68 Ovens St Wangaratta Vic. 3677 Australia
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- School of Ecosystem & Forest Sciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
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- School of BioSciences; University of Melbourne; Melbourne Vic. 3010 Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; Monash University; Clayton Vic. 3800 Australia
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White N, Mengersen K. Predicting health programme participation: a gravity-based, hierarchical modelling approach. J R Stat Soc Ser C Appl Stat 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Nicole White
- Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information; Melbourne Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane Australia
- Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information; Melbourne Australia
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Sullivan MJP, Davies RG, Reino L, Franco AMA. Using dispersal information to model the species-environment relationship of spreading non-native species. Methods Ecol Evol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00219.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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