SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification

Abstract EFSA pest categorisations and pest risk assessments include the assessment of the potential establishment of plant pests. Together with the presence of host plants, climate suitability analysis is an important element to analyse the likelihood of potential establishment of a pest in an area...

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Main Authors: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Andrea Maiorano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-02-01
Series:EFSA Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7104
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Andrea Maiorano
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description Abstract EFSA pest categorisations and pest risk assessments include the assessment of the potential establishment of plant pests. Together with the presence of host plants, climate suitability analysis is an important element to analyse the likelihood of potential establishment of a pest in an area. One of the main approaches used in EFSA plant health risk assessment is the analysis based on climate classifications i.e. evidencing the occurrence of climates enhancing pest development and persistence in a specific area. SCAN‐Clim is a tool designed to support climate suitability analysis based on climate classifications. The current version is the first prototype of the tool, developed in the R language, currently used to support EFSA climate suitability analysis for pest categorisation and for quantitative pest risk assessment. Tested on over 34 EFSA works, SCAN‐Clim significantly improved the speed of climate suitability maps generation guaranteeing a standardised map format and providing documentation on input/outputs. Further improvements will include the development of an interactive web app accessible through the EFSA R4EU Portal (expected to be delivered in 2022).
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spelling doaj.art-309e56cf036648f29748ce8ec27aef162022-12-22T03:00:29ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322022-02-01202n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7104SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classificationEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Andrea MaioranoAbstract EFSA pest categorisations and pest risk assessments include the assessment of the potential establishment of plant pests. Together with the presence of host plants, climate suitability analysis is an important element to analyse the likelihood of potential establishment of a pest in an area. One of the main approaches used in EFSA plant health risk assessment is the analysis based on climate classifications i.e. evidencing the occurrence of climates enhancing pest development and persistence in a specific area. SCAN‐Clim is a tool designed to support climate suitability analysis based on climate classifications. The current version is the first prototype of the tool, developed in the R language, currently used to support EFSA climate suitability analysis for pest categorisation and for quantitative pest risk assessment. Tested on over 34 EFSA works, SCAN‐Clim significantly improved the speed of climate suitability maps generation guaranteeing a standardised map format and providing documentation on input/outputs. Further improvements will include the development of an interactive web app accessible through the EFSA R4EU Portal (expected to be delivered in 2022).https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7104Climate suitabilityKöppen–Geiger classificationSCAN‐Climpest categorisationpest risk assessment
spellingShingle European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Andrea Maiorano
SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
EFSA Journal
Climate suitability
Köppen–Geiger classification
SCAN‐Clim
pest categorisation
pest risk assessment
title SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
title_full SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
title_fullStr SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
title_full_unstemmed SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
title_short SCAN‐Clim: a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
title_sort scan clim a tool to support pest climate suitability analysis based on climate classification
topic Climate suitability
Köppen–Geiger classification
SCAN‐Clim
pest categorisation
pest risk assessment
url https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7104
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