Translating land cover/land use classifications to habitat taxonomies for landscape monitoring: A Mediterranean assessment

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 905-930

  Tomaselli, Valeria ^a   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^b   Marangi, Carmela ^c   Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^b   Adamo, Maria ^d   Tarantino, Cristina ^d   Panitsa, Maria ^b   Terzi, Massimo ^a   Veronico, Giuseppe ^a   Lovergine, Francesco ^d   Nagendra, Harini ^e   Lucas, Richard ^f   Mairota, Paola ^g   Mücher, Caspar A ^h   Blonda, Palma ^d  

^a Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^e ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^f ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification schemes; Earth observation; Habitat; Land cover; Land use; Mapping; Natura 2000; Taxonomies

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERT SYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84876965944     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9863-3     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Ahlqvist O (2004) A parameterized representation of uncertain conceptual spaces. Trans GIS 8(4): 493-514.
2. Ahlqvist O (2005) Using uncertain conceptual spaces to translate between land cover categories. Int J Geogr Inf Sci 19(7): 831-857.
3. Ahlqvist O (2008) Extending post classification change detection using semantic similarity metrics to overcome class heterogeneity: a study of 1992 and 2001 National land Cover Database changes. Remote Sens Environ 112(3): 1226-1241.
4. Amoruso N, Baraldi A, Tarantino C, Blonda P (2009) Spectral rules and geostatistic features for characterizing olive groves in QuickBird images. Proc IEEE Trans Geosci Conf South Africa July 2009, IEEE Cat. No. 078-1-4244-3395-7/09, IV 228-IV 231.
5. Belward AS (ed) (1996) The IGBP-DISGlobal1 km Land Cover Data Set 'DISCOVER': Proposal and implementation plans. Report WP No. 13, IGBP-DIS. Stockholm, Sweden.
6. Bossard M, Feranec J, Otahel J (2000) CORINE land cover technical guide-addendum 2000. Technical Report, 40, EEA.
7. Boteva D, Griffiths G, Dimopoulos P (2004) Evaluation and mapping of the conservation significance of habitats using GIS: an example from Crete, Greece. J Nat Conserv 12: 237-250.
8. Bruzzone L, Cossu R, Vernazza G (2004) Detection of land-cover transitions by combining multidate classifiers. Pattern Recogn Lett 25(13): 1491-1500.
9. Bunce RGH, Metzger MJ, Jongman RHG, Brandt J, de Blust G, Elena-Rossello R, Groom GB, Halada L, Hofer G, Howard DC, Kovàř P, Mücher CA, Padoa Schioppa E, Paelinx D, Palo A, Perez Soba M, Ramos IL, Roche P, Skånes H, Wrbka T (2008) A standardized procedure for surveillance and monitoring European habitats and provision of spatial data. Landscape Ecol 23: 11-25.
10. Bunce RGH, Bogers MMB, Evans D (2010) D 4. 2: Rule based system for Annex I habitats. Version 3. Doc. Ref.: EBONE-D4. 2, 2. 6. http://www. ebone. wur. nl/NR/rdonlyres/90F1C718-8F31-447D-BEF1-CBBC3A61D4E7/106197/EBONED42KeyAnnex1. pdf).
11. Bunce RGH, Bogers MMB, Roche P, Walczak M, Geijzendorffer IR, Jongman RHG (2011) Manual for habitat surveillance and monitoring and vegetation in temperate, Mediterranean and desert biomes. Alterra-EBONE_Handbook_v20110131. http://www. ebone. wur. nl/NR/rdonlyres/DADAAB1E-F07C-4AA3-8621-20548A9B7DE6/135332/report2154. pdf.
12. Congalton RG, Green K (2009) Assessing the accuracy of remotely sensed data: Principles and practices, 2nd edn. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
13. Council of the European Union (2007) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, version 1. 1. 2007. http://ec. europa. eu/environment/nature/legislation/habitatsdirective/index_en. htm.
14. Davies CE, Moss D (2002) EUNIS habitat classification. Final report to the European topic centre of nature protection and biodiversity, European Environment Agency, Swindon.
15. Di Gregorio A, Jansen LJM (1998) Land Cover Classification System (LCCS): Classification concepts and user manual. GCP/RAF/287/ITA Africover-East Africa Project in cooperation with AGLS and SDRN. Nairobi, Rome.
16. Di Gregorio A, Jansen LJM (2005) Land Cover Classification System (LCCS): Classification concepts and user manual. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
17. Dimopoulos P, Bergmeier E, Fisher P (2005) Monitoring and conservation status assessment of habitat types in Greece: Fundamentals and exemplary cases. Ann Bot 5: 7-20.
18. Feng C-C, Flewelling DM (2004) Assessment of semantic similarity between land use/land cover classification systems. Comput Environ Urban Syst 28: 229-246.
19. Feola S, Carranza ML, Schaminée JHJ, Janssen JAM, Acosta ATR (2011) EU habitats of interest: an insight into Atlantic and Mediterranean beach and foredunes. Biodivers Conserv 20: 1457-1468.
20. Fisher DL (1966) Data, documentation and decision tables. Comm ACM 9(1): 26-31. doi: 10. 1145/365153. 365163.
21. Fritz S, See L (2008) Identifying and quantifying uncertainty and spatial disagreement in the comparison of Global Land Cover for different applications. Glob Change Biol 14(5): 1057-1075.
22. GOFC-GOLD report n. 21 (2004) http://www. fao. org/gtos/gofc-gold/docs/GOLD_20. pdf.
23. Heller NE, Zavaleta ES (2009) Biodiversity management in the face of climate change: a review of 22 years of recommendations. Biol Conserv 142: 14-32.
24. Herold M, Mayaux P, Woodcock CE, Baccini A, Schmullius C (2008) Some challenges in global land cover mapping: an assessment of agreement and accuracy in existing 1 km datasets. Remote Sens Environ 112: 2538-2556.
25. Jansen LJM, Di Gregorio A (2002) Parametric land cover and land-use classifications as tools for environmental change detection. Agric Ecosyst Environ 91: 89-100.
26. Kosmidou V, Petrou Z, Lucas R, Tomaselli V, Petrou M, Bunce RGH, Bogers MMB, Mücher CA, Tarantino C, Blonda P, Baraldi A (2012) Software for habitat maps production. BIO_SOS Biodiversity Multisource Monitoring System: From Space TO Species (BIO_SOS) Deliverable D6. 10. http://www. biosos. eu.
27. Lechner AM, Langford WT, Bekessy SA, Jones SD (2012) Are landscape ecologists addressing uncertainty in their remote sensing data? Landscape Ecol. doi: 10. 1007/s10980-012-9791-7.
28. Lengyel S, Kobler S, Kutnar L, Framstad E, Henry PY, Babij V, Gruber B, Schmeller D, Henle K (2008) A review and a framework for the integration of biodiversity monitoring at the habitat level. Biodivers Conserv 17: 3341-3356.
29. Moss D, Wyatt BK (1994) The CORINE Biotopes Project: a database for conservation of nature and wildlife in the European Community. Appl Geogr 14: 327-349.
30. Mücher CA, Hennekens SM, Bunce RGH, Schaminée JHJ, Schaepman ME (2009) Modelling the spatial distribution of Natura 2000 habitats across Europe. Landsc Urban Plan 92(2): 148-159.
31. Nagendra H (2001) Using remote sensing to assess biodiversity. Int J Remote Sens 22: 2377-2400.
32. Neumann K, Herold M, Hartley A, Schmullius C (2007) Comparative assessment of CORINE2000 and GLC2000: spatial analysis of land cover data for Europe. Int J Appl Earth Obs 9: 425-437.
33. Perera AH, Drew CA, Johnson CJ (eds) (2012) Expert knowledge and its application in landscape ecology. Springer, New York. doi: 10. 1007/978-1-4614-1034-8.
34. Petermann J, Ssymank A (2007) Natura 2000 and its implications for the protection of plant syntaxa in Germany with a case study on grasslands. Ann Bot 7: 5-18.
35. Pooch UW (1974) Translation of decision tables. ACM Comput Surv 6(2): 125-151. doi: 10. 1145/356628. 356630.
36. Raunkiaer C (1934) The life forms of plants and statistical plant geography, being the collected papers of C. Raunkiaer, Clarendon.
37. Salafsky N, Salzer D, Ervin J, Boucher T, Ostlie W (2003) Conventions for defining, naming, measuring, combining, and mapping threats in conservation: an initial proposal for a standard system. Conservation Measures Partnership, Washington, DC.
38. Tchuenté ATK, Roujean JL, De Jomg SM (2011) Comparison and relative quality assessment of the GLC2000, GLOBCOVER, MODIS and ECOCLIMAP land cober data sets at the African continental scale. Int J Appl Earth Obs 13: 207-219.
39. Tomaselli V, Blonda P, Marangi C, Lovergine F, Baraldi A, Mairota P, Terzi M, Muncher S (2011) Report on relations between vegetation types derived from land cover maps and habitats. BIO_SOS Biodiversity Multisource Monitoring System: From Space TO Species (BIO_SOS) Deliverable D6. 1. http://www. biosos. eu.
40. Tomaselli V, Tenerelli P, Sciandrello S (2012) Mapping and quantifying habitat fragmentation in small coastal areas: a case study of three protected wetlands in Apulia (Italy). Environ Monit Assess 184(2): 693-713.
41. Townsend PA, Lookingbill TR, Kingdon CC, Gardner RH (2009) Spatial patter analysis for monitoring protected areas. Remote Sens Environ 113: 1410-1420.
42. Turner MG, Gardner RH, O'Neill RV (2001) Landscape ecology in theory and practice: Pattern and process. Springer, New York.
43. Vačkář D, Chobot K, Orlitová E (2012) Spatial relationship between human population density, land use intensity and biodiversity in the Czech Republic. Landscape Ecol. doi: 10. 1007/s10980-012-9779-3.
44. Vanden Borre J, Paelinckxa D, Mücher CA, Kooistra L, Haest B, De Blust G, Schmidt AM (2011) Integrating remote sensing in Natura 2000 habitat monitoring: Prospects on the way forward. J Nat Conserv 19: 116-125.
45. Williams JW, Jackson ST (2007) Novel climates, no-analog communities, and ecological surprises. Front Ecol Environ 5: 475-482.