Digital map of european ecological regions

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Created : Nov 13, 2009 Published : Mar 20, 2003 Last modified : Nov 29, 2012 11:56 AM

The Digital Map of European Ecological Regions DMEER- delineates and describes ecological distinct areas in Europe, on the basis of updated knowledge of climatic, topographic and geobotanical European data, together with the judgement of a large team of experts from several European nature related Institutions and the WWF

GIS data

Digital Map of European Ecological Regions

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Methodology

Annex 2 to Technical report

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Technical report

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Additional information

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Last upload:: 21 Sep 2000
Geographical coverage:
Tags:: Natlan | DISMED | land cover | geospatial data | vector data | EEA owned data sets
Scale of the data set:: 1:2500000
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Methodology:: The DMEER maps draw on information sources of potential vegetation Map of Natural Vegetation of Europe (Bonn, 1994)- and topographic and climate data The European Land (Bunce, 1995). The cluster analysis model was used to place similar samples into clusters, which are arranged in a hierarchical treelike structure called a dendrogram. These clusters or classes of sorting objects represent different ecological regions, and depending on their position on the dendrogram, or the level of aggregation, they represent homogenous sub-ecological regions, inside the primary ecological regions. Subsequently, an agreement between EEA, ETC/NC and WWF to come to two compatible maps of ecological regions for Europe, by EEA and by WWF, made necessary a series of compromises from both initiatives comprise the acceptance of DMEER lines and units on the WWF map, and the acceptance of WWF units on DMEER
Data sources: The Map of Natural Vegetation of Europe: Bonn, U. 1994. International project for the construction of a map of the natural vegetation of Europe at a scale of 1:2.5 million - its concept, problems of harmonisation and application for nature protection. Working text, Bundesamt fur Naturschutz (BfN). The Map of European Land Classification: Bunce, R G H, 1995 A European land Classification, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood. WWF Terrestrial Ecoregions Map: http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/global200/pages/mapdownload.htm#map4
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity (ETC/NPB)

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Additional information

The objective of the map of ecological regions in Europe is to show the extent of areas with relatively homogeneous ecological conditions, within which, comparisons and assessments of different expressions of biodiversity are meaningful.
Geographical coverage: Turkey and Russian Federation are partly covered. Israel and Lebanon are covered. Small parts of Iran, Syria, Jordan and Egypt are covered.