DocumentCode
3347923
Title
Notice of Retraction
The Potential Geographic Distribution of the Invasive Weed Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng in China
Author
Yongqin Tan ; Xingmiao Zhou ; Yongmo Wang ; Guoan Zhang ; Bing Hu
Author_Institution
Hubei Insect Resources Utilization & Sustainable Pest Manage. Key Lab., Huazhong Agric. Univ., Wuhan, China
fYear
2011
fDate
10-12 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Eupatorium adenophorum is a multi-stemmed erect perennial that has become highly invasive in more than 30 countries around the world, including China where it has been declared a weed of national significance. Currently, the presence of E. adenophorum is limited to the Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet, Guangxi and Taiwan Provinces. Predicting the future distribution of this weed under current climate scenarios will enable policy makers and land managers to prepare appropriate control strategies, and to estimate the ecological consequence such as drastic decrease or loss of biodiversity. In the present study, CLIMEX was used to model the extent and geographical distribution of the possible future invasion of E. adenophorum so as to gain insights into the climatic factors affecting its range of expansion. Using the mean value of the meteorological parameters from 1950-2009 of 758 locations, we tested the predictability of E. adenophorum distribution by CLIMEX model. Our results indicate that many areas, such as Central Region, Southeastern Coastlands, Hainan Island, Hongkong and Macao are under threat of imminent break out of E. adenophorum. These results indicate that the potential distribution of E. adenophorum in China promoted by current climatic conditions is vast, and far greater than its current distribution. These results can assist in developing and implementing early detection measures to minimize the ecological impacts of E. adenophorum invasion in China.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
Eupatorium adenophorum is a multi-stemmed erect perennial that has become highly invasive in more than 30 countries around the world, including China where it has been declared a weed of national significance. Currently, the presence of E. adenophorum is limited to the Chongqing, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Tibet, Guangxi and Taiwan Provinces. Predicting the future distribution of this weed under current climate scenarios will enable policy makers and land managers to prepare appropriate control strategies, and to estimate the ecological consequence such as drastic decrease or loss of biodiversity. In the present study, CLIMEX was used to model the extent and geographical distribution of the possible future invasion of E. adenophorum so as to gain insights into the climatic factors affecting its range of expansion. Using the mean value of the meteorological parameters from 1950-2009 of 758 locations, we tested the predictability of E. adenophorum distribution by CLIMEX model. Our results indicate that many areas, such as Central Region, Southeastern Coastlands, Hainan Island, Hongkong and Macao are under threat of imminent break out of E. adenophorum. These results indicate that the potential distribution of E. adenophorum in China promoted by current climatic conditions is vast, and far greater than its current distribution. These results can assist in developing and implementing early detection measures to minimize the ecological impacts of E. adenophorum invasion in China.
Keywords
climatology; ecology; vegetation; AD 1950 to 2009; CLIMEX model; Central Region; China; Chongqing Province; E. adenophorum invasion; Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng; Guangxi Province; Guizhou Province; Hainan Island; Hongkong; Macao; Sichuan Province; Southeastern Coastlands; Taiwan Province; Tibet Province; Yunnan Province; biodiversity; biological invasion; climate scenarios; climatic conditions; climatic factors; control strategies; ecological consequence; ecological impacts; invasive weed; land managers; meteorological parameters; policy makers; potential geographic distribution; Biological system modeling; Geographic Information Systems; Indexes; Meteorology; Moisture; Predictive models; Stress;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
ISSN
2151-7614
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5088-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781660
Filename
5781660
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