Connected Species Distribution Models: Plantago and Powdery Mildew

Carlos O. Byrd
Dr. R. Drew Sieg, Faculty Mentor

Plantago is a genus of flora that is incredibly common throughout Europe and North America. It can become host to a specific fungal infection called powdery mildew. Me and a team of researchers utilized community science observations of Plantago along with publicly available climate and environment data to create a geographic distribution model of both Plantago and powdery mildew. The Plantago model was used as an input variable for the powdery mildew model, mirroring their actual host-parasite relationship. This project explores two major concepts: how changes in climate affect extremely prolific plants like Plantago as well as utilizing a host model to model the distribution of a hosted species.

Keywords: SDM, GIS , Powdery Mildew, Plantago, Community Science, Fungal Plant Infection, Data Analysis

Topic(s):Biology
Geography
Statistics

Presentation Type: Oral Presentation

Session: TBA
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