Use of ecosystem information derived from forest thematic maps for spatial analysis of ecosystem services in northwestern Spain

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose V. Roces-Díaz ◽  
Benjamin Burkhard ◽  
Marion Kruse ◽  
Felix Müller ◽  
Emilio R. Díaz-Varela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Northwestern Spain

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness of dryland forest restoration evaluated by spatial analysis of ecosystem services

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (50) ◽  
pp. 21925-21930 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Birch ◽  
A. C. Newton ◽  
C. A. Aquino ◽  
E. Cantarello ◽  
C. Echeverria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Forest Restoration

scholarly journals National Set of MAES Indicators in Greece: Ecosystem Services and Management Implications

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis P. Kokkoris ◽  
Georgios Mallinis ◽  
Eleni S. Bekri ◽  
Vassiliki Vlami ◽  
Stamatis Zogaris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
National Level ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Food Material ◽  
Data Gaps ◽  
Condition Indicator ◽  
The Eu

Research Highlights: The developed National Set of Indicators for the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES) implementation in Greece at the national level sets the official, national basis on which future studies will be conducted for MAES reporting for the achievement of targets within the National and the European Union (EU) biodiversity Strategy. Background and Objectives: Greece is currently developing and implementing a MAES nation-wide program based on the region’s unique characteristics following the proposed methodologies by the European Commission, in the frame of the LIFE-IP 4 NATURA project (Integrated actions for the conservation and management of Natura 2000 sites, species, habitats and ecosystems in Greece). In this paper, we present the steps followed to compile standardized MAES indicators for Greece that include: (a) collection and review of the available MAES-related datasets, (b) shortcomings and limitations encountered and overcome, (c) identification of data gaps and (d) assumptions and framework setting. Correspondence to EU and National Strategies and Policies are also examined to provide an initial guidance for detailed thematic studies. Materials and Methods: We followed the requirements of the EU MAES framework for ecosystem services and ecosystem condition indicator selection. Ecosystem services reported under the selected indicators were assigned following the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services. Spatial analysis techniques were applied to create relevant thematic maps. Results: A set of 40 MAES indicators was drafted, distributed in six general indicator groups, i.e., Biodiversity, Environmental quality, Food, material and energy, Forestry, Recreation and Water resources. The protocols for the development and implementation of an indicator were also drafted and adopted for future MAES studies in Greece, providing guidance for adaptive development and adding extra indicators when and where needed. Thematic maps representing ecosystem services (ES) bundles and ES hotspots were also created to identify areas of ES importance and simultaneously communicate the results at the national and regional levels.

scholarly journals Indigenous livestock breeds as indicators for cultural ecosystem services: A spatial analysis within the Alpine Space

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Marsoner ◽  
Lukas Egarter Vigl ◽  
Frederick Manck ◽  
Günter Jaritz ◽  
Ulrike Tappeiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Cultural Ecosystem Services ◽  
Alpine Space

scholarly journals Assessing local trends in indicators of ecosystem services with a time series of forest resource maps

Silva Fennica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Katila ◽  
Tuomas Rajala ◽  
Annika Kangas
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Forest Resource ◽  
Pixel Size ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Map Data

Since the 1990’s, forest resource maps and small area estimates have been produced by combining national forest inventory (NFI) field plot data, optical satellite images and numerical map data using a non-parametric -nearest neighbour method. In Finland, thematic maps of forest variables have been produced by the means of multi-source NFI (MS-NFI) for eight to ten times depending on the geographical area, but the resulting time series have not been systematically utilized. The objective of this study was to explore the possibilities of the time series for monitoring the key ecosystem condition indicators for forests. To this end, a contextual Mann-Kendall (CMK) test was applied to detect trends in time-series of two decades of thematic maps. The usefulness of the observed trends may depend both on the scale of the phenomena themselves and the uncertainties involved in the maps. Thus, several spatial scales were tested: the MS-NFI maps at 16 × 16 m pixel size and units of 240 × 240 m, 1200 × 1200 m and 12 000 × 12 000 m aggregated from the MS-NFI map data. The CMK test detected areas of significant increasing trends of mean volume on both study sites and at various unit sizes except for the original thematic map pixel size. For other variables such as the mean volume of tree species groups, the proportion of broadleaved tree species and the stand age, significant trends were mostly found only for the largest unit size, 12 000 × 12 000 m. The multiple testing corrections decreased the amount of significant -values from the CMK test strongly. The study showed that significant trends can be detected enabling indicators of ecosystem services to be monitored from a time-series of satellite image-based thematic forest maps.k22222p

scholarly journals Cost-benefit analysis of ecological networks assessed through spatial analysis of ecosystem services

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian C. Newton ◽  
Kathy Hodder ◽  
Elena Cantarello ◽  
Lorretta Perrella ◽  
Jennifer C. Birch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Ecological Networks ◽  
Benefit Analysis

scholarly journals A MAPPING METHOD OF INTEGRATING MULTI-SCALE RIVER THEMATIC MAPS

2017 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W7 ◽  
pp. 573-577
Author(s):  
W. Zhang ◽  
C. Yue ◽  
C. Cui ◽  
L. Meng
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Fast Calculation ◽  
Thematic Map ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Scale Line

Small-scale maps are generally used in spatial analysis for fast calculation, but part of important features are missing due to its generalization level, which makes the analysis results less accurate. Therefore, it is necessary to improve feature completeness of smallscale maps. The goal of this paper is to put forward a mapping method of integrating the existing multi-scale river thematic maps. In order to achieve this goal, this paper proposed an algorithm for multi-scale line features matching by calculating the distance from node to polyline and an integrating algorithm by simplifying, shortening and merging the features from the original multi-scale thematic maps. The experimental results proved that the new map produced by the method proposed in this paper keeps the same scale as the original small-scale map and it is consistent with the original large-scale map in terms of feature completeness. The strategy proposed in this paper can be used to produce a new river thematic map concluding all the features that users need; moreover, the new map not only expresses features completely but also takes up less storage.

scholarly journals Spatial analysis of damage caused by strong winds and gales in the Czech lands since ad 1500

Geografie ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-69
Author(s):  
Petr Dobrovolný ◽  
Kateřina Keprtová
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Historical Climatology ◽  
Strong Winds ◽  
Czech Lands

The aim of this article is an analysis of the spatial distribution of places with damage done by gales and windstorms in Czechia in the course of the last 500 years. Descriptive documentary data derived from historical climatology are used for this analysis and the specific features contained within these data are mentioned. Using ArcGIS tools, thematic maps of the locations damaged by gales for each century are presented and the spatial distribution of the places is characterized. This spatial distribution is connected to a large degree with the quantity and quality of available historical sources. However, spatial analysis enables the characterization of the most affected localities and also the most significant cases, "the windstorms of the century".

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