1. Land cover change in Europe between 1950 and 2000 determined employing aerial photography
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A. Halabuk, Sandrine Petit, J. Sustera, Matej Mojses, G. Bugar, Gerard Hazeu, Monica Wachowicz, Martin Boltiziar, Ján Feranec, Caspar A. Mücher, H. Huitu, František Petrovič, Amanda Thomson, K. Olschofsky, Ferran Rodà, Richard A. Wadsworth, Joan Pino, S. Tuominen, Peter Bezák, Lubos Halada, Xavier Pons, N. J. Brown, Sandra Luque, H. Ziese, Geoff Smith, M. Roscher, M. Gregor, S. J. Manchester, F. Gerard, R. Kohler, J. Kolar, E. De badts, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology [Bangor] (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), GIM NV HEVERLEE BEL, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), METLA FINNISH FOREST INSTITUT FIN, UNIVERSITY HAMBURG DEU, GISAT PRAHA CZE, Ecosystèmes montagnards (UR EMGR), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF), CREAF BELLATERRA ESP, and INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCE BRATISLAVA SVK
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CGI - Spatial Models and Knowledge Systems ,EUROPE ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Alterra - Centrum Geo-informatie ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Forest management ,Land cover ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,Ecology and Environment ,landscapes ,Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing ,Aerial photography ,CGI - Ruimtelijke Modellen en Kennissystemen ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Laboratorium voor Geo-informatiekunde en Remote Sensing ,Wageningen Environmental Research ,CGI - Earth Observation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,CGI - Aardobservatie ,Land use ,Ecology ,Centre Geo-information ,15. Life on land ,PE&RC ,Geography ,Boreal ,13. Climate action ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Spatial ecology ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Spatial variability ,Physical geography ,Natura 2000 - Abstract
International audience; BIOPRESS (Linking Pan-European land cover change to pressures on Biodiversity'), a European Commission funded Global Monitoring for Environment and Security' project, produced land cover change information (19502000) for Europe from aerial photographs and tested if this information is suitable for monitoring habitats and biodiversity. The methods and results related to the land cover change work are summarised. Changes in land cover were established through 73 window and 59 transect samples distributed across Europe. Although the sample size was too small and biased to represent the spatial variability observed in Europe, the work highlighted the importance of method consistency, the choice of nomenclature and spatial scale. The results suggest different processes are taking place in different parts of Europe: the Boreal and Alpine regions are dominated by forest management; abandonment and intensification are mainly encountered in the Mediterranean; urbanisation and drainage are more characteristic of the Continental and Atlantic regions.
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- 2010
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