Predictive Modeling of Kudzu (Pueraria montana) Habitat in the Great Lakes Basin of the United States.

ABSTRACT: Kudzu (Pueraria montana [Lour.] Merr. var. lobata [Willd.] Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep) is an invasive woody vine widespread throughout much of the southeastern United States. New occurrences and recent studies using climatic parameters suggest that the Midwestern region of the United States is at the greatest risk of kudzu invasion. As there are already multiple reports of kudzu within the Great Lakes basin and no previous landscape models exist specifically for the basin, we developed probability models from existing spatial data (forest type, geology, land cover, precipitation, temperature, and known kudzu locations) by using maximum entropy methods at the national, regional, and basin scales. All three models had relatively high accuracy and strong positiv

SUBMITTER: Kovach-Hammons AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9824185 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature