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Predicted distribution of habitat suitability for EUNIS habitat types

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Prod-ID: DAT-140-en
Created 27 Jan 2015 Published 27 Nov 2015 Last modified 23 Aug 2017
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The modelled suitability for the EUNIS habitat types is an indication of where conditions are favourable for each habitat type based on verified sample plot data (Braun-Blanquet database) and the Maxent software package. The modelled suitability maps may be used as a proxy for the potential geographical distribution of the habitat types in given environmental and climatic envelopes. Note however that it is not representing the actual distribution of the habitat types. A first set of habitat suitability maps for forest types is available. Over the next years more suitability maps of habitat types will be provided from this page.

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Predicted habitat suitability model

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Relation:
Parent data set:  EUNIS habitat classification
information.png Geographic accuracy:
1000m resolution
information.png Scale of the data set:
1:10000000
information.png 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 (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
information.png Methodology:

The methodology is described in the report: EEA technical report no 18/2015 ‘Linking in situ vegetation data to the EUNIS habitat classification: results for forest habitats’

information.png Coordinate reference system:
EPSG:3035
information.png Data sources

Vegetation plot data from Braun-Blanquet database, see Braun-Blanquet project: parameterization of European vegetation types (http://euroveg.org/projects).

 

Environmental layers

Source

Potential evapotranspiration (PET)

http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/global-aridity-and-pet-database

Topsoil pH (Soil_pH)

www.isric.org

Solar radiation (Solar)

http://www.worldgrids.org/doku.php?id=wiki:inmsre3

Temperature seasonality (BioClim 4)

http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim

Mean temperature of wettest quarter (BioClim 8)

http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim

Annual precipitation (BioClim 12)

http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim

Precipitation seasonality (BioClim 15)

http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim

Precipitation of warmest quarter (BioClim 18)

http://www.worldclim.org/bioclim

The maximum NDVI (NDVI peak)

Alterra, HANTS, 2012 (Roerink et al., 2000, 2003; Clereci et al., 2012)

Distance to water (i.e rivers, lakes or sea)

Rivers from Bartholomew topographic maps; lakes and sea from Corine Land Cover database, 2006
information.png Owners:
European Environment Agency (EEA)
information.png Processors:
ALTERRA
 

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