Estimates of Habitat Suitability of Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) in Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Forest Understories
Description
A better understanding of where in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain and invasive grass may occur.
Detailed example
Probability of habitat suitability for an invasive wetland grass called reed canarygrass.
AI / analytics pattern
Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.
Automation level / stage
c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
Expected benefit
This will help managers and researchers prioritize areas for restoration and further research.
Controls / human review
ATO: No; PIA: Not published
Data needed
We used a variety of remotely sensed and derived datasets developed by the USGS Lont-Term Resource Monitoring program at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (landcover and inundation), and forest inventory data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.