Habitat Suitability for Soybean Aphid and Natural Enemies for Biological Control Planning

An optimized MaxEnt model predicted habitat suitability for the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines), its host plant (Glycine max), and four key natural enemies. The six models achieved AUC values ranging from 0.856 to 0.981 and TSS values from 0.470 to 0.733. The dataset, created by Zhengbing Wang and last updated in June 2026, identifies overlaying suitable ranges to inform regional biological control strategies.

Use Cases

• Identify priority regions for releasing specific natural enemies based on modeled niche overlaps.
• Assess the potential distribution of the soybean aphid under the presence of its host plant.
• Compare the influence of different bioclimatic variables (e.g., BIO04, BIO18) on species habitat suitability.
• Plan regional integrated pest management strategies using spatial distribution maps of pests and predators.

Strengths

• Model performance is quantified with AUC (0.856-0.981) and TSS (0.470-0.733) metrics.
• Identifies the highest contributing bioclimatic variable for each of the six modeled species.
• Results are derived from a MaxEnt parameter optimization approach, which may improve model accuracy.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (143.3 KB), indicating limited scope, likely containing model outputs rather than raw observational data.

Provenance

Source

Zhengbing Wang via figshare

Collection Method

Generated using an optimized MaxEnt species distribution model.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:01:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Modeled ranges include East Asia, with mentions of East China, Korea, Japan, and South China.