Assessment of ecosystem functioning from space: Advancements in the Habitats Directive implementation
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.036
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.036
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Requena Mullor, Juan Miguel; Reyes Díez, Andrés; Escribano Velasco, Paula; Cabello Piñar, Francisco JavierFecha
2018Resumen
The Habitats Directive (HD) and the Natura 2000 network establish a common framework for maintaining European natural habitats in a favourable conservation status and represent the main instrument used by conservation decision makers in the European Union. Habitat conservation status depends on the sum of the influences acting upon the habitat and its typical species that may affect its long-term natural distribution, structure and functions. Thus, ecosystem functioning is influenced by the diversity, number and functional traits
of the species occurring in a habitat. Although the HD establishes that representative species should be selected to reflect favourable structure and functioning of the habitat type, it would not be realistic to associate species with all aspects of structure and functioning given the variability of Annex I habitats. This constraint led us to seek new approaches that allow a more direct assessment of the ecosystem functioning for natural habitats in space and...
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Vegetation index
Natura 2000 network
Remote sensing
Conservation
Essential biodiversity variable
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