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Spatio-temporal point processes as meta-models for population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes

Patrizia Zamberletti, Julien Papaïx, Edith Gabriel, Thomas Opitz
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.04.447081
Patrizia Zamberletti
1Biostatistics and Spatial Processes, INRAE, Avignon, France
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Julien Papaïx
1Biostatistics and Spatial Processes, INRAE, Avignon, France
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Edith Gabriel
1Biostatistics and Spatial Processes, INRAE, Avignon, France
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Thomas Opitz
1Biostatistics and Spatial Processes, INRAE, Avignon, France
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Abstract

Landscape heterogeneity affects population dynamics, which determine species persistence, diversity and interactions. These relationships can be accurately represented by advanced spatially-explicit models (SEMs) allowing for high levels of detail and precision. However, such approaches are characterised by high computational complexity, high amount of data and memory requirements, and spatio-temporal outputs may be difficult to analyse. A possibility to deal with this complexity is to aggregate outputs over time or space, but then interesting information may be masked and lost, such as local spatio-temporal relationships or patterns. An alternative solution is given by meta-models and meta-analysis, where simplified mathematical relationships are used to structure and summarise the complex transformations from inputs to outputs. Here, we propose an original approach to analyse SEM outputs. By developing a meta-modelling approach based on spatio-temporal point processes (STPPs), we characterise spatio-temporal population dynamics and landscape heterogeneity relationships in agricultural contexts. A landscape generator and a spatially-explicit population model simulate hierarchically the pest-predator dynamics of codling moth and ground beetles in apple orchards over heterogeneous agricultural landscapes. Spatio-temporally explicit outputs are simplified to marked point patterns of key events, such as local proliferation or introduction events. Then, we construct and estimate regression equations for multi-type STPPs composed of event occurrence intensity and magnitudes. Results provide local insights into spatio-temporal dynamics of pest-predator systems. We are able to differentiate the contributions of different driver categories (i.e., spatio-temporal, spatial, population dynamics). We highlight changes in the effects on occurrence intensity and magnitude when considering drivers at global or local scale. This approach leads to novel findings in agroecology where the organisation of cultivated fields and semi-natural elements are known to play a crucial role for pest regulation. It aids to formulate guidelines for biological control strategies at global and local scale.

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The authors have declared no competing interest.

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  • Email : patrizia.zamberletti{at}inrae.fr, julien.papaix{at}inrae.fr, edith.gabriel{at}inrae.fr,thomas.opitz{at}inrae.fr

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Spatio-temporal point processes as meta-models for population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes
Patrizia Zamberletti, Julien Papaïx, Edith Gabriel, Thomas Opitz
bioRxiv 2021.06.04.447081; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.04.447081
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Spatio-temporal point processes as meta-models for population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes
Patrizia Zamberletti, Julien Papaïx, Edith Gabriel, Thomas Opitz
bioRxiv 2021.06.04.447081; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.04.447081

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