ATBI Mapping Program: Species Distribution Models for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Species Distribution Models for Great Smoky Mountains N.P. Tanner Jessel School of Information Sciences The University of Tennessee ATBI Mapping Program
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ATBI Mapping Program: Where Do All These Species Live? – Tanner Jessel The ATBI not only focuses on scientific research and education, but also on conservation stewardship of the national park. One of the most valuable conservation questions it is answering is: Where do the thousands of species that call the Smokies "home" actually live? To date the ATBI not only has dot maps for almost all the species, but for those with enough (>30) point locations our partners at the University of Tennessee can produce "predictive models" of where they occur over the entire 800+ square mile park... an Atlas of Species!
Transcript of ATBI Mapping Program: Species Distribution Models for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Species Distribution Models for Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
Tanner JesselSchool of Information Sciences
The University of Tennessee
ATBI Mapping Program
• Discover Life in America (DLIA)• National Park Service (NPS)• The University of Tennessee (UTK)– College of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
• National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBios)
Collaboration
Source: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Where do all the species live?
274,120 occurrence records
Food ‘Fir’ Thought
Where Does Fraser Fir Live?
Where Does Fraser Fir Live?
Source: LANDSAT program
Remote Sensing
Satellite image of Great Smoky Mountains
Source: ATBI Database
Physical Inventory
Visualization of Fraser fir record locations
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Predictive Modelling
Predictive model of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)
Environmental Variables• Continuous– Digital Elevation
Model– Solar radiation– Topographic
convergence index
• Categorical– Bedrock geology– Soil organic type– Slope in degrees– Terrain shape index– Leaf on canopy cover– Understory density– Vegetation classes
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Digital Elevation Model
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Solar input
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Slope in degrees
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Bedrock Geology
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Soil organic type
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Topographic convergence index
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Terrain shape index
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Vegetation class
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Understory density
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Environmental Variables
Leaf-on canopy cover
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Number Crunching
Contributions of environmental layers to model
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
Red Oak
N. Red Oak (Quercus rubra), 5,606 specimens
Source: Alltaxa Web Interface
White Oak
White Oak (Quercus alba), 2,200 specimens
Source: Raw data, unpublished model output
All Oaks (Quercus spp.)
All oaks (12 species in ATBI database)
Applications
Source: Raw data, unpublished model output
All Ground-nesting birds
All ground-nesting birds
Applications
Source: Raw data, unpublished model output
All wood warblers
All wood warblers (Family Parulidae)
Source: Raw data, unpublished model output
All Trees At-risk to Invasive Beetle
All “preferred” host trees of Asian long-horned beetle
Current Holdings• Existing
– 733 SDMs• 6 Salamanders• 62 Birds• 7 Diatoms• 2 Fishes• 167 Invertebrates• 4 Mammals• 484 Plants• 1 Slime Mold
• Upcoming– 1,420 SDMs– 2 new
environmental variables • Temperature• Soil pH
– New taxa• Reptiles
1024 Cores, can run the MaxEnt Java program (Titan cannot)
Parallel Processing
Nautilus: Single System Image Supercomputer
Next Steps• Workflow– More automation
• Web services
– Engage “Non-traditional” HPC users
• Access– Advanced
• Raw data output
– Intermediate• Map interface• Synthesized data
products
– Casual• Exploratory use
Next Steps
Next Steps
Next Steps?
Questions?
• https://tiny.utk.edu/atbi
