INHABIT: A web-based decision support tool for invasive plant species habitat visualization and assessment across the contiguous United States.

ABSTRACT: Narrowing the communication and knowledge gap between producers and users of scientific data is a longstanding problem in ecological conservation and land management. Decision support tools (DSTs), including websites or interactive web applications, provide platforms that can help bridge this gap. DSTs can most effectively disseminate and translate research results when producers and users collaboratively and iteratively design content and features. One data resource seldom incorporated into DSTs are species distribution models (SDMs), which can produce spatial predictions of habitat suitability. Outputs from SDMs can inform management decisions, but their complexity and inaccessibility can limit their use by resource managers or policy makers. To overcome these limitations, we present the

SUBMITTER: Engelstad P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8824347 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature