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Insect distribution in response to climate change based on a model: Review of function and use of CLIMEX
Author(s) -
Jung JaeMin,
Lee WangHee,
Jung Sunghoon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/1748-5967.12171
Subject(s) - pest analysis , climate change , distribution (mathematics) , ecology , agriculture , insect pest , productivity , habitat , function (biology) , biology , environmental resource management , environmental science , agronomy , economics , macroeconomics , evolutionary biology , mathematical analysis , botany , mathematics
The significant dependence of agricultural productivity on pest control requires pest distribution predictions at an early stage of pest invasion. Because pest cycles are critically affected by climate, climate is one of the most important factors for predicting an invasive pest. CLIMEX is a highly effective tool that can predict potential geographical species distributions, and test the regional suitability for a target species' habitat based on data including climate change scenarios. CLIMEX has been recently used in Europe, North America, China and Australia, among others. However, for modeling species distributions in Korea, the use of the model has been limited to date. This study aimed to first introduce the function and application of CLIMEX by reviewing important studies using this model. Second, we investigated previous studies using the model simulation to demonstrate the practical applicability of CLIMEX for the agricultural sector, and its use in forecasting.