The effects of urbanization and land use on ragweed distribution

Urbanowicz, Christine; Hutyra, Lucy R.; Stinson, Kristina A.

doi:10.1002/ecs2.2512

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“…Indeed, suitable climatic conditions are spread throughout Europe in all time frames considered, even though with an evident prevalence of higher suitable classes of A. artemisiifolia intersecting (i.e., not potentially controlled by) the ones of O. communa . The control that this leaf beetle exerts over the invasive plant is of primary importance because of the problems that A. artemisiifolia causes to agriculture and human health [81,82,83].…”

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Investigating the Current and Future Co-Occurrence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ophraella communa in Europe through Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Data Analysis

Iannella

Simone

D’Alessandro

et al. 2019

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The common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia has spread throughout Europe since the 1800s, infesting croplands and causing severe allergic reactions. Recently, the ragweed leaf beetle Ophraella communa was found in Italy and Switzerland; considering that it feeds primarily on A. artemisiifolia in its invaded ranges, some projects started biological control of this invasive plant through the adventive beetle. In this context of a ‘double’ invasion, we assessed the influence of climate change on the spread of these alien species through ecological niche modelling. Considering that A. artemisiifolia mainly lives in agricultural and urbanized areas, we refined the models using satellite remote-sensing data; we also assessed the co-occurrence of the two species in these patches. A. artemisiifolia is predicted to expand more than O. communa in the future, with the medium and high classes of suitability of the former increasing more than the latter, resulting in lower efficacy for O. communa to potentially control A. artemisiifolia in agricultural and urbanized patches. Although a future assessment was performed through the 2018 land-cover data, the predictions we propose are intended to be a starting point for future assessments, considering that the possibility of a shrinkage of target patches is unlikely to occur.

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Investigating the Current and Future Co-Occurrence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ophraella communa in Europe through Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Data Analysis

Iannella

Simone

D’Alessandro

et al. 2019

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“…Ragweed presence varied considerably and predictably by land use, land use history, cover type, and the presence of pavement and roads. The analysis captured ragweed’s general habitat preferences ( Smith, Cecchi, Skjøth, Karrer, & Šikoparija, 2013 ) and generally matched previous observations of urban ragweed populations ( Katz, Connor Barrie, & Carey, 2014 ; Urbanowicz, Hutyra, & Stinson, 2018 ; Vincent & Bergeron, 1985 ). In particular, the link between building demolition and ragweed presence is well supported; ragweed germination is highest when seeds are at the soil surface ( Pickett & Baskin, 1973 ).…”

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Allergenic pollen production across a large city for common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

Katz

Batterman

2019

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Predictions of airborne allergenic pollen concentrations at fine spatial scales require information on source plant location and pollen production. Such data are lacking at the urban scale, largely because manually mapping allergenic pollen producing plants across large areas is infeasible. However, modest-sized field surveys paired with allometric equations, remote sensing, and habitat distribution models can predict where these plants occur and how much pollen they produce. In this study, common ragweed ( Ambrosia artemisiifolia ) was mapped in a field survey in Detroit, MI, USA. The relationship between ragweed presence and habitat-related variables derived from aerial imagery, LiDAR, and municipal data were used to create a habitat distribution model, which was then used to predict ragweed presence across the study area (392 km 2 ). The relationship between inflorescence length and pollen production was used to predict pollen production in the city. Ragweed occurs in 1.7% of Detroit and total pollen production is 312 × 10 12 pollen grains annually, but ragweed presence was highly heterogeneous across the city. Ragweed was predominantly found in in vacant lots (75%) and near demolished structures (48%), and had varying associations with land cover types (e.g., sparse vegetation, trees, pavement) detected by remote sensing. These findings also suggest several management strategies that could help reduce levels of allergenic pollen, including appropriate post-demolition management practices. Spatially-resolved predictions for pollen production will allow mechanistic modeling of airborne allergenic pollen and improved exposure estimates for use in epidemiological and other applications.

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“…A. artemisiifolia can forms a persistent soil seed bank as a result of complex germination strategies (Essl et al, 2015). The influence of propagule pressure and disturbances on the distribution of A. artemisiifolia is greater than that of environmental factors (Dullinger et al, 2009;Urbanowicz et al, 2018). Kröel-Dulay et al (2019) found that the invasion probability of A. artemisiifolia increases with increasing propagule pressure in continuously disturbed habitats.…”

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Factors affecting establishment and population growth of the invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Zhao,

Xue,

Liu

et al. 2023

Front. Plant Sci.

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Ambrosia artemisiifolia is a highly invasive weed. Identifying the characteristics and the factors influencing its establishment and population growth may help to identify high invasion risk areas and facilitate monitoring and prevention efforts. Six typical habitats: river banks, forests, road margins, farmlands, grasslands, and wastelands, were selected from the main distribution areas of A. artemisiifolia in the Yili Valley, China. Six propagule quantities of A. artemisiifolia at 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 seeds m-2 were seeded by aggregation, and dispersion in an area without A. artemisiifolia. Using establishment probability models and Allee effect models, we determined the minimum number of seeds and plants required for the establishment and population growth of A. artemisiifolia, respectively. We also assessed the moisture threshold requirements for establishment and survival, and the influence of native species. The influence of propagule pressure on the establishment of A. artemisiifolia was significant. The minimum number of seeds required varied across habitats, with the lowest being 60 seeds m-2 for road margins and the highest being 398 seeds for forests. The minimum number of plants required for population growth in each habitat was 5 and the largest number was 43 in pasture. The aggregation distribution of A. artemisiifolia resulted in a higher establishment and survival rate. The minimum soil volumetric water content required for establishment was significantly higher than that required for survival. The presence of native dominant species significantly reduced the establishment and survival rate of A. artemisiifolia. A. artemisiifolia has significant habitat selectivity and is more likely to establish successfully in a habitat with aggregated seeding with sufficient water and few native species. Establishment requires many seeds but is less affected by the Allee effect after successful establishment, and only a few plants are needed to ensure reproductive success and population growth in the following year. Monitoring should be increased in high invasion risk habitats.

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The effects of urbanization and land use on ragweed distribution

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Investigating the Current and Future Co-Occurrence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ophraella communa in Europe through Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Data Analysis

Investigating the Current and Future Co-Occurrence of Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Ophraella communa in Europe through Ecological Modelling and Remote Sensing Data Analysis

Allergenic pollen production across a large city for common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

Factors affecting establishment and population growth of the invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia

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