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1. Identifying and characterizing extrapolation in multivariate response data

Author

Bartley, Meridith L, Hanks, Ephraim M, Schliep, Erin M, Soranno, Patricia A, and Wagner, Tyler

Subjects
Statistics - Applications
Abstract

Extrapolation is defined as making predictions beyond the range of the data used to estimate a statistical model. In ecological studies, it is not always obvious when and where extrapolation occurs because of the multivariate nature of the data. Previous work on identifying extrapolation has focused on univariate response data, but these methods are not directly applicable to multivariate response data, which are more and more common in ecological investigations. In this paper, we extend previous work that identified extrapolation by applying the predictive variance from the univariate setting to the multivariate case. We illustrate our approach through an analysis of jointly modeled lake nutrients and indicators of algal biomass and water clarity in over 7000 inland lakes from across the Northeast and Mid-west US. In addition, we illustrate novel exploratory approaches for identifying regions of covariate space where extrapolation is more likely to occur using classification and regression trees., Comment: 28 pages, 2 supplementary files, 6 main figures, 2 supplementary figures, 2 supplementary tables

Published
2019
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2. Spatially Constrained Spectral Clustering Algorithms for Region Delineation

Author

Yuan, Shuai, Tan, Pang-Ning, Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence, Collins, Sarah M., and Soranno, Patricia A.

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Statistics - Machine Learning
Abstract

Regionalization is the task of dividing up a landscape into homogeneous patches with similar properties. Although this task has a wide range of applications, it has two notable challenges. First, it is assumed that the resulting regions are both homogeneous and spatially contiguous. Second, it is well-recognized that landscapes are hierarchical such that fine-scale regions are nested wholly within broader-scale regions. To address these two challenges, first, we develop a spatially constrained spectral clustering framework for region delineation that incorporates the tradeoff between region homogeneity and spatial contiguity. The framework uses a flexible, truncated exponential kernel to represent the spatial contiguity constraints, which is integrated with the landscape feature similarity matrix for region delineation. To address the second challenge, we extend the framework to create fine-scale regions that are nested within broader-scaled regions using a greedy, recursive bisection approach. We present a case study of a terrestrial ecology data set in the United States that compares the proposed framework with several baseline methods for regionalization. Experimental results suggest that the proposed framework for regionalization outperforms the baseline methods, especially in terms of balancing region contiguity and homogeneity, as well as creating regions of more similar size, which is often a desired trait of regions.

Published
2019

3. Knowing your limits: Patterns and drivers of nutrient limitation and nutrient–chlorophyll relationships in US lakes.

Author

McCullough, Ian M., Sun, Xinyu, Hanly, Patrick J., and Soranno, Patricia A.

Subjects
LAKES, LIMNOLOGY, CHLOROPHYLL, WATERSHEDS, PLAINS
Abstract

Although understanding nutrient limitation of primary productivity in lakes is among the oldest research priorities in limnology, there have been few broad‐scale studies of the characteristics of phosphorus (P)‐, nitrogen (N)‐, and co‐limited lakes and their environmental context. By analyzing 3342 US lakes with concurrent P, N, and chlorophyll a (Chl a) samples, we showed that US lakes are predominantly co‐limited (43%) or P‐limited (41%). Majorities of lakes were P‐limited in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, and Southeast, and co‐limitation was most prevalent in the interior and western United States. N‐limitation (16%) was more prevalent than P‐limitation in the Great Basin and Central Plains. Nutrient limitation was related to lake, watershed, and regional variables, including Chl a concentration, watershed soil, and wet nitrate deposition. N and P concentrations interactively affected nutrient–chlorophyll relationships, which differed by nutrient limitation. Our study demonstrates the value of considering P, N, and environmental context in nutrient limitation and nutrient–chlorophyll relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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5. Ecological prediction at macroscales using big data : Does sampling design matter?

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Soranno, Patricia A., Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence, Liu, Boyang, Wang, Qi, Tan, Pang-Ning, Zhou, Jiayu, King, Katelyn B. S., Mccullough, Ian M., Stachelek, Joseph, Bartley, Meridith, Filstrup, Christopher T., Hanks, Ephraim M., Lapierre, Jean-Francaois, Lottig, Noah R., Schliep, Erin M., Wagner, Tyler, and E. Webster, Katherine

Published
2020

13. Missing the Mark: A New Form of Honorary Authorship Motivated by Desires for Inclusion

Author

Settles, Isis H., Brassel, Sheila T., Montgomery, Georgina M., Elliott, Kevin C., Soranno, Patricia A., and Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence

Abstract

As scientific teams in academia have become increasingly large, interdisciplinary, and diverse, more attention has been paid to honorary authorship (i.e., giving authorship to those not making a significant contribution). Our study examined whether honorary authorship occurs because of the desire to include all or many team members. Interviews with project principal investigators (n = 6) and early-career project members (n = 6) from 6 interdisciplinary environmental science research teams revealed that principal investigators frequently employed inclusion-motivated honorary authorship but that this practice had some negative impacts on early-career team members with less power and status, thereby undermining true inclusion of those from underrepresented groups. We believe our findings are of import not only for environmental scientists, but also for scholars who are interested in issues of authorship decision-making regardless of disciplinary affiliation.

Published
2018
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32. Macrosystems ecology: understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

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Heffernan, James B, Soranno, Patricia A, Angilletta, Michael J, Buckley, Lauren B, Gruner, Daniel S, Keitt, Tim H, Kellner, James R, Kominoski, John S, Rocha, Adrian V, Xiao, Jingfeng, Harms, Tamara K, Goring, Simon J, Koenig, Lauren E, McDowell, William H, Powell, Heather, Richardson, Andrew D, Stow, Craig A, Vargas, Rodrigo, and Weathers, Kathleen C

Published
2014

38. A continuous classification of the 476,697 lakes of the conterminous USbased on geographic archetypes

Author

Lapierre, Jean‐Francois, Webster, Katherine E., Hanks, Ephraim M., Wagner, Tyler, Soranno, Patricia A., McCullough, Ian M., Reinl, Kaitlin L., Domka, Marcella, and Lotting, Noah R.

Abstract

A variety of classification approaches are used to facilitate understanding, prediction, monitoring, and the management of lakes. However, broad‐scale applicability of current approaches is limited by either the need for in situ lake data, incompatibilities among approaches, or a lack of empirical testing of approaches based on ex situ data. We developed a new geographic classification approach for 476,697 lakes ≥ 1 ha in the conterminous U.S. based on lake archetypes representing end members along gradients of multiple geographic features. We identified seven lake archetypes with distinct combinations of climate, hydrologic, geologic, topographic, and morphometric properties. Individual lakes were assigned weights for each of the seven archetypes such that groups of lakes with similar combinations of archetype weights tended to cluster spatially (although not strictly contiguous) and to have similar limnological properties (e.g., concentrations of nutrients, chlorophyll a(Chl a), and dissolved organic carbon). Further, archetype lake classification improved commonly measured limnological relationships (e.g., between nutrients and Chl a) compared to a global model; a discrete archetype classification slightly outperformed an ecoregion classification; and considering lakes as continuous mixtures of archetypes in a more complex model further improved fit. Overall, archetype classification of US lakes as continuous mixtures of geographic features improved understanding and prediction of lake responses to limnological drivers and should help researchers and managers better characterize and forecast lake states and responses to environmental change.

Published
2023
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39. Improving Student Discussions in Graduate and Undergraduate Courses: Transforming the Discussion Leader

Author

Soranno, Patricia A.

Abstract

Student discussions are a common teaching approach in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses because of their benefits to student learning, and to future professional development for natural resources professionals. However, traditional student-led discussions often are ineffective at meeting course and learning objectives and suffer from many common pitfalls, such as dominance by a few vocal students. I present the "student facilitator approach" to student-led discussions that changes the roles of all students in the discussion classroom, particularly the leader, and provides students clear guidelines about preparing for and participating in classroom discussions. A key feature of the approach is the replacement of the student discussion leader (who has control over both discussion content and process) with a student facilitator (who has control over only the discussion process). Using this approach, I found that students responded very positively, that it tended to encourage student participation, and that it created an environment where students took more ownership of the discussion. (Contains 2 tables.)

Published
2010
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