Amanda K Edgar, Susie Macfarlane, Elissa J Kiddell, James A Armitage, Ryan J Wood-Bradley
The perceived value and impact of virtual simulation-based education on students' learning: a mixed methods study
BMC medical education
artificial structures influence wetland topology sediment properties thereby shaping plant distribution composition macrobenthos composition correlated plant cover previous studies impact artificial structures plant distribution scarce incorporating timeseries data extended field surveys study machinelearningbased species distribution model decadelong observation analyzed investigate correlation shift distribution b planiculmis artificial structureinduced elevation changes expansion plants well connection soil properties crab composition dynamics plants gaomei wetland long shortterm memory model lstm shapley additive explanations shap employed predicting distribution b planiculmis explaining feature importance results indicated wetland topology influenced artificial structures plants areas initially colonized b planiculmis replaced species soil properties showed significant differences among plant patches however principal component analysis pca sediment properties niche similarity analysis showed niche plants overlapped crab composition different different plants presence probability b planiculmis near woody paths decreased according lstm field survey data shap analysis suggested distribution plants historical distribution b planiculmis sediment properties significantly contributed presence probability b planiculmis sharp decrease shap values increasing ndvi suitable elevations overlap pca sediment properties niche similarity indicated potential competition among plants decadelong timeseries field survey revealed joint effects artificial structure vegetation topology soil properties dynamics changes influenced plant distribution potential plant competition lstm shap provided valuable insights underlying mechanisms artificial structure effects plant zonation process