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GEO BON and EBONE
Context, results and follow-up
Rob Jongman, Wageningen UR
On behalf of the EBONE Consortium
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EBONE - European Biodiversity Observation Network
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EBONE objective (2008-2012):
• To develop and implement a biodiversity
observation network that is spatially and
topically prioritized and a structure for an
institutional framework allowing European
and global monitoring and projections on
trends based on reliable data and
indicators.
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Integrated biodiversity observation system
Core of the biodiversity observation network
gazeteer
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•synonyms
taxonomy
•Species
•Genus
•Family
•Class etc
gene
•Species
•Location
•Date
•Genes
abiotic
climate
•substrate
•Topography
•Disturbance
uses
•product
•offtake
•value
•users
interactions
•type
•intensity
•from
•to
Remotely
sensed
images
models
GIS
Biodiversity
indicators
Change
hotspots
GEO BON portal
•binomial
•authority
specimen
•Species
•Location
•Date
•Source
EBONE: Habitats
species
EBONE:Data warehouse
•Location
•Polygon
EBONE:
Stratification
population
community
ecosystem
•Name
•Species
•Location
Tabula•Polygon
•Location
•Date
tions
•Date
•Species 1
•Date
•Species n
•Abundance
•Attributes
Conservation
plans
Ecosystem
services
Resource
trends
Attribute
maps
Research
outputs
EBONE: RS+LiDAR
Observation
products
EBONE: Time andObservations
Costs
Supporting
information
feedback
User-defined
needs
feedback
Scholes et al., Science 22 Aug 08,
Towards a Global Biodiversity Observing System
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EU Biogeographical regions
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Environmental Strata Europe
Ens_ v8.shp
Alpine North
Boreal
Nemoral
Atlantic North
Alpine South
Continental
Atlantic Central
Pannonian
Lusitanian
Anotolian
Mediteranean Mountains
Mediteranean North
Mediteranean South
Metzger et al, GEB 14: 549-563, 2005
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Gradients: important and tricky
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The Global Environmental Stratification
Metzger et al., in review
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General Habitat Categories
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General Habitat Categories (GHC) are based
on the regression of Life Forms on the
environment;
They are based on classic science as defined
by Raunkiaer (1908) and transcend species;
No biogeographical terms or local names;
Explicit rules for definition and determination in
the field of GHC’s and its qualifiers;
GHC’s allow integration between national
approaches on habitat monitoring.
Bunce et al 2008, Landscape ecology
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Comparison with LCCS (FAO)
• LCCS and GHC use the same principles
• LCCS is focused on land cover and
human induced cover types
• GHC is focused on natural habitats and
ecosystems
• Both legends are exchangeable
• GHC has more detail
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Can GHCs be used to link in situ and
RS observations, such as LiDAR?
Herbaceous
HER
1. Submerged hydrophytes
SHY Plants that grow beneath the water.
2. Emergent hydrophytes
EHY Plants that grow in aquatic conditions, mainly above water.
3. Helophytes
HEL
Plants that plants that grow in waterlogged conditions.
4. Leafy hemi-cryptophytes
LHE
Broad leaved herbaceous species, sometimes termed forbs.
5. Caespitose hemi-cryptophytes
CHE Perennial monocotyledonous grasses and sedges.
6. Therophytes
THE
Annual plants that survive the unfavorable season as seeds.
7. Succulent chamaephytes
SUC
Plants with succulent leaves.
8. Geophytes
GEO Plants with buds below the soil surface.
9. Cryptogams
CRY Bryophytes and lichens, including aquatic bryophytes,
10. Herbaceous chamaephytes
HCH Plants with non-succulent leaves and non-shrubby form.
Shrubs and trees
TRS
11. Dwarf chamaephytes
DCH Dwarf shrubs: below 0.05 m
12. Shrubby chamaephytes
SCH
Under shrubs: 0.05-0.3 m
13. Low phanerophytes
LPH
Low shrubs buds: 0.30-0.6 m.
14. Mid phanerophytes
MPH Mid shrubs buds: 0.6-2.0 m
15. Tall phanerophytes
TPH
Tall shrubs buds: 2.0-5.0 m
16. Forest phanerophytes
FPH
Trees: over 5.0 m
Leaf retention divisions (to be used in conjunction with TRS)
Winter deciduous
DEC
Evergreen
EVR
Coniferous
CON
Etc.
Strict height def.
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Comparison LiDAR- in situ
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
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object
free standing tree
row of shrub
free standing tree
row of shrub
reed
free standing tree
row of pollards
row of shrub with brambles
bramble shrub
free standing tree
woodland with birch
double row oaks
row of trees and shrub
row of oaks
Forbs and ditch
Juncus in ditches
Carpinus row
Needle forest
free standing tree
bramble shrub
row of shrub
field with forbs
conifer hedge
Row of birches
row of oaks
Lidar
fieldwork
height
width
height
11.9
9.8
11.71
4.4 2.5 - 5.3
5.20
11.3
11.54
7 - 7.8 6.8 - 7.8
8.56
2.9
3.6 - 5
2.20
11.1
7.8
12.53
6.7 - 7
2.0 - 3
9.34
1.3 - 5
4.0 - 7
5.20
0.25
0.75
17.2
9.0 - 12
19.53
16.4 - 20
17.45 8.5 - 8.9 4.7 - 6.4
9.57
15.9
7.0 - 8
15.89
14.0 - 16
8
16.00
0.6 0.6 - 2.5
0.75
noise
0.75
1.2 0.3 - 0.5
1.10
10.5
11.10
10.25 8.5 - 10.8
11.28
1.2
3.5 - 4
1.70
3.6 - 4.2
4.1 - 5
4.45
0
1.00 1.6
0.6
1.50
10.6
4.2
11.75
11.4
5-8
12.82
width
8
2.5
6
5
4
8
2
4
4
10
5
10
8
2
7
35
36
5
4
4
0
3
6
Regression Statistics
Multiple R
R Square
Adjusted R Square
Standard Error
Observations
0.99
0.99
0.95
1.00
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Habitat presence query and view habitat map
Tartu, May 2011
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Present applications
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• Stratification
– European projects (DG Env, EEA, FP7)
– projects outside Europe (Himalaya, DOPA)
• Habitat classification
– Monitoring country level (Israel, Switzerland)
– Inclusion in other projects (BioBio, BIO SOS,
FARO, ECO-Change, Habistat)
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The near Future
• Final meeting EBONE 12-13 March 2012,
Brussels, Flemish Parliament building
• Poster presentation in the GEO BON
session of the Planet under Pressure
congress, London 26-29 March 2012
• Reports and deliverables available from
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Thank you
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