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EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

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Authors
Chytry, Milan
Tichy, Lubomir
Hennekens, Stephan M.
Knollova, Ilona
Janssen, John
Rodwell, John S.
Peterka, Tomas
Marceno, Corrado
Landucci, Flavia
Danihelka, Jiri
Hajek, Michal
Dengler, Juergen
Novak, Pavel
Zukal, Dominik
Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja
Mucina, Ladislav
Abdulhak, Sylvain
Aćić, Svetlana
Agrillo, Emiliano
Attorre, Fabio
Bergmeier, Erwin
Biurrun, Idoia
Boch, Steffen
Boloni, Janos
Bonari, Gianmaria
Braslavskaya, Tatiana
Bruelheide, Helge
Campos, Juan Antonio
Carni, Andraz
Casella, Laura
Cuk, Mirjana
Custerevska, Renata
De Bie, Els
Delbosc, Pauline
Demina, Olga
Didukh, Yakiv
Dite, Daniel
Dziuba, Tetiana
Ewald, Joerg
Gavilan, Rosario G.
Gegout, Jean-Claude
del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso
Golub, Valentin
Goncharova, Nadezhda
Goral, Friedemann
Graf, Ulrich
Indreica, Adrian
Isermann, Maike
Jandt, Ute
Jansen, Florian
Jansen, Jan
Jaskova, Anni
Jirousek, Martin
Kacki, Zygmunt
Kalnikova, Veronika
Kavgaci, Ali
Khanina, Larisa
Korolyuk, Andrey Yu
Kozhevnikova, Mariya
Kuzemko, Anna
Kuzmić, Filip
Kuznetsov, Oleg L.
Laivins, Maris
Lavrinenko, Igor
Lavrinenko, Olga
Lebedeva, Maria
Lososova, Zdenka
Lysenko, Tatiana
Maciejewski, Lise
Mardari, Constantin
Marinsek, Aleksander
Napreenko, Maxim G.
Onyshchenko, Viktor
Perez-Haase, Aaron
Pielech, Remigiusz
Prokhorov, Vadim
Rasomavicius, Valerijus
Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar
Rusina, Solvita
Schrautzer, Joachim
Sibik, Jozef
Silc, Urban
Skvorc, Željko
Smagin, Viktor A.
Stancić, Zvjezdana
Stanisci, Angela
Tikhonova, Elena
Tonteri, Tiina
Uogintas, Domas
Valachović, Milan
Vassilev, Kiril
Vynokurov, Denys
Willner, Wolfgang
Yamalov, Sergey
Evans, Douglas
Lund, Mette Palitzsch
Spyropoulou, Rania
Tryfon, Eleni
Schaminee, Joop H.J.
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Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnost...ic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.

Keywords:
coastal habitat / diagnostic species / distribution map / dune vegetation / European Nature Information System (EUNIS) / European Vegetation Archive (EVA) / expert system / forest / grassland / habitat classification / man-made habitat / shrubland / vegetation database / vegetation plot / wetland
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Applied Vegetation Science, 2020, 23, 4, 648-675
Publisher:
  • Wiley, Hoboken
Funding / projects:
  • Czech Science FoundationGrant Agency of the Czech Republic [19-28491X]
  • Basque GovernmentBasque Government [T936-16]
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [AAAA-A18-118052590019-7, AAAA-A19-119012490096-2]

DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12519

ISSN: 1402-2001

WoS: 000560187300001

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85089447474
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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chytry, Milan
AU  - Tichy, Lubomir
AU  - Hennekens, Stephan M.
AU  - Knollova, Ilona
AU  - Janssen, John
AU  - Rodwell, John S.
AU  - Peterka, Tomas
AU  - Marceno, Corrado
AU  - Landucci, Flavia
AU  - Danihelka, Jiri
AU  - Hajek, Michal
AU  - Dengler, Juergen
AU  - Novak, Pavel
AU  - Zukal, Dominik
AU  - Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja
AU  - Mucina, Ladislav
AU  - Abdulhak, Sylvain
AU  - Aćić, Svetlana
AU  - Agrillo, Emiliano
AU  - Attorre, Fabio
AU  - Bergmeier, Erwin
AU  - Biurrun, Idoia
AU  - Boch, Steffen
AU  - Boloni, Janos
AU  - Bonari, Gianmaria
AU  - Braslavskaya, Tatiana
AU  - Bruelheide, Helge
AU  - Campos, Juan Antonio
AU  - Carni, Andraz
AU  - Casella, Laura
AU  - Cuk, Mirjana
AU  - Custerevska, Renata
AU  - De Bie, Els
AU  - Delbosc, Pauline
AU  - Demina, Olga
AU  - Didukh, Yakiv
AU  - Dite, Daniel
AU  - Dziuba, Tetiana
AU  - Ewald, Joerg
AU  - Gavilan, Rosario G.
AU  - Gegout, Jean-Claude
AU  - del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso
AU  - Golub, Valentin
AU  - Goncharova, Nadezhda
AU  - Goral, Friedemann
AU  - Graf, Ulrich
AU  - Indreica, Adrian
AU  - Isermann, Maike
AU  - Jandt, Ute
AU  - Jansen, Florian
AU  - Jansen, Jan
AU  - Jaskova, Anni
AU  - Jirousek, Martin
AU  - Kacki, Zygmunt
AU  - Kalnikova, Veronika
AU  - Kavgaci, Ali
AU  - Khanina, Larisa
AU  - Korolyuk, Andrey Yu
AU  - Kozhevnikova, Mariya
AU  - Kuzemko, Anna
AU  - Kuzmić, Filip
AU  - Kuznetsov, Oleg L.
AU  - Laivins, Maris
AU  - Lavrinenko, Igor
AU  - Lavrinenko, Olga
AU  - Lebedeva, Maria
AU  - Lososova, Zdenka
AU  - Lysenko, Tatiana
AU  - Maciejewski, Lise
AU  - Mardari, Constantin
AU  - Marinsek, Aleksander
AU  - Napreenko, Maxim G.
AU  - Onyshchenko, Viktor
AU  - Perez-Haase, Aaron
AU  - Pielech, Remigiusz
AU  - Prokhorov, Vadim
AU  - Rasomavicius, Valerijus
AU  - Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar
AU  - Rusina, Solvita
AU  - Schrautzer, Joachim
AU  - Sibik, Jozef
AU  - Silc, Urban
AU  - Skvorc, Željko
AU  - Smagin, Viktor A.
AU  - Stancić, Zvjezdana
AU  - Stanisci, Angela
AU  - Tikhonova, Elena
AU  - Tonteri, Tiina
AU  - Uogintas, Domas
AU  - Valachović, Milan
AU  - Vassilev, Kiril
AU  - Vynokurov, Denys
AU  - Willner, Wolfgang
AU  - Yamalov, Sergey
AU  - Evans, Douglas
AU  - Lund, Mette Palitzsch
AU  - Spyropoulou, Rania
AU  - Tryfon, Eleni
AU  - Schaminee, Joop H.J.
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5255
AB  - Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.
PB  - Wiley, Hoboken
T2  - Applied Vegetation Science
T1  - EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats
EP  - 675
IS  - 4
SP  - 648
VL  - 23
DO  - 10.1111/avsc.12519
ER  - 
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Wiley, Hoboken., 23(4), 648-675.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519
Chytry M, Tichy L, Hennekens SM, Knollova I, Janssen J, Rodwell JS, Peterka T, Marceno C, Landucci F, Danihelka J, Hajek M, Dengler J, Novak P, Zukal D, Jimenez-Alfaro B, Mucina L, Abdulhak S, Aćić S, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Boch S, Boloni J, Bonari G, Braslavskaya T, Bruelheide H, Campos JA, Carni A, Casella L, Cuk M, Custerevska R, De Bie E, Delbosc P, Demina O, Didukh Y, Dite D, Dziuba T, Ewald J, Gavilan RG, Gegout J, del Galdo GPG, Golub V, Goncharova N, Goral F, Graf U, Indreica A, Isermann M, Jandt U, Jansen F, Jansen J, Jaskova A, Jirousek M, Kacki Z, Kalnikova V, Kavgaci A, Khanina L, Korolyuk AY, Kozhevnikova M, Kuzemko A, Kuzmić F, Kuznetsov OL, Laivins M, Lavrinenko I, Lavrinenko O, Lebedeva M, Lososova Z, Lysenko T, Maciejewski L, Mardari C, Marinsek A, Napreenko MG, Onyshchenko V, Perez-Haase A, Pielech R, Prokhorov V, Rasomavicius V, Rodriguez Rojo MP, Rusina S, Schrautzer J, Sibik J, Silc U, Skvorc Ž, Smagin VA, Stancić Z, Stanisci A, Tikhonova E, Tonteri T, Uogintas D, Valachović M, Vassilev K, Vynokurov D, Willner W, Yamalov S, Evans D, Lund MP, Spyropoulou R, Tryfon E, Schaminee JH. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. in Applied Vegetation Science. 2020;23(4):648-675.
doi:10.1111/avsc.12519 .
Chytry, Milan, Tichy, Lubomir, Hennekens, Stephan M., Knollova, Ilona, Janssen, John, Rodwell, John S., Peterka, Tomas, Marceno, Corrado, Landucci, Flavia, Danihelka, Jiri, Hajek, Michal, Dengler, Juergen, Novak, Pavel, Zukal, Dominik, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Mucina, Ladislav, Abdulhak, Sylvain, Aćić, Svetlana, Agrillo, Emiliano, Attorre, Fabio, Bergmeier, Erwin, Biurrun, Idoia, Boch, Steffen, Boloni, Janos, Bonari, Gianmaria, Braslavskaya, Tatiana, Bruelheide, Helge, Campos, Juan Antonio, Carni, Andraz, Casella, Laura, Cuk, Mirjana, Custerevska, Renata, De Bie, Els, Delbosc, Pauline, Demina, Olga, Didukh, Yakiv, Dite, Daniel, Dziuba, Tetiana, Ewald, Joerg, Gavilan, Rosario G., Gegout, Jean-Claude, del Galdo, Gian Pietro Giusso, Golub, Valentin, Goncharova, Nadezhda, Goral, Friedemann, Graf, Ulrich, Indreica, Adrian, Isermann, Maike, Jandt, Ute, Jansen, Florian, Jansen, Jan, Jaskova, Anni, Jirousek, Martin, Kacki, Zygmunt, Kalnikova, Veronika, Kavgaci, Ali, Khanina, Larisa, Korolyuk, Andrey Yu, Kozhevnikova, Mariya, Kuzemko, Anna, Kuzmić, Filip, Kuznetsov, Oleg L., Laivins, Maris, Lavrinenko, Igor, Lavrinenko, Olga, Lebedeva, Maria, Lososova, Zdenka, Lysenko, Tatiana, Maciejewski, Lise, Mardari, Constantin, Marinsek, Aleksander, Napreenko, Maxim G., Onyshchenko, Viktor, Perez-Haase, Aaron, Pielech, Remigiusz, Prokhorov, Vadim, Rasomavicius, Valerijus, Rodriguez Rojo, Maria Pilar, Rusina, Solvita, Schrautzer, Joachim, Sibik, Jozef, Silc, Urban, Skvorc, Željko, Smagin, Viktor A., Stancić, Zvjezdana, Stanisci, Angela, Tikhonova, Elena, Tonteri, Tiina, Uogintas, Domas, Valachović, Milan, Vassilev, Kiril, Vynokurov, Denys, Willner, Wolfgang, Yamalov, Sergey, Evans, Douglas, Lund, Mette Palitzsch, Spyropoulou, Rania, Tryfon, Eleni, Schaminee, Joop H.J., "EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats" in Applied Vegetation Science, 23, no. 4 (2020):648-675,
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519 . .

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