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Title: Host-parasite distributions under changing climate: Tsuga heterophylla and Arceuthobium tsugense in Alaska
Author: Barrett, Tara M.; Latta, Greg; Hennon, Paul E.; Eskelson, Bianca N.I.; Temesgen, Hailemariam.;
Source: Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 42: 642-656
Publication Series: Scientific Journal (JRNL)
Description: Dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium species) influence many processes within forested ecosystems, but few studies have examined their distribution in relation to climate. An analysis of 1549 forested plots within a 14.5 million ha region of southeast Alaska provided strong indications that climate currently limits hemlock dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium tsugense (Rosendahl) G.N. Jones) to a subset of the range of its primary tree host, western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.), with infection varying from a high of 20% of trees at sea level to only 5% by 200 m elevation. Three types of modeling approaches (logistic, most similar neighbor, and random forests) were tested for the ability to simultaneously predict abundance and distribution of host and pathogen as a function of climate variables.
Keywords: climate envelope models, species distribution modeling, climate niche, climate change, dispersal
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Barrett, Tara M.; Latta, Greg; Hennon, Paul E.; Eskelson, Bianca N.I.; Temesgen, Hailemariam. 2012. Host-parasite distributions under changing climate: Tsuga heterophylla and Arceuthobium tsugense in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research. 42: 642-656.
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