Comparing stability in random forest models to map Northern Great Plains plant communities in pastures occupied by prairie dogs using Pleiades imagery

Brennan, Jameson R.; Johnson, Patricia S.; Hanan, Niall P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1281-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1281-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1281-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

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11 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 11 Mar 2020

Comparing stability in random forest models to map Northern Great Plains plant communities in pastures occupied by prairie dogs using Pleiades imagery

Jameson R. Brennan, Patricia S. Johnson, and Niall P. Hanan

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Mar 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 20 Jun 2019)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Peer Review For bg-2019-194', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'response to reviewer 1', Jameson Brennan, 15 Oct 2019
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2019
- AC2: 'response to reviewer 2', Jameson Brennan, 15 Oct 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (16 Oct 2019) by Paul Stoy

AR by Jameson Brennan on behalf of the Authors (19 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Nov 2019) by Paul Stoy

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Dec 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 Dec 2019)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Dec 2019) by Paul Stoy

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jan 2020) by Paul Stoy

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Feb 2020)

ED: Publish as is (10 Feb 2020) by Paul Stoy

Short summary

Prairie dogs have been described as a keystone species and are important for grassland conservation, yet concerns exist over the impact of prairie dogs on livestock production. The aim of this study was to classify plant communities on and off prairie dog towns in South Dakota and determine the utility of using remote sensing to identity prairie dog colony extent. The results show that remote sensing is effective at determining prairie dog colony boundaries.