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Change in forest connectivity between 1990 and 2000

Figure Created 12 Nov 2009 Published 02 Sep 2010 Last modified 28 Mar 2022

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Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems

How to read the map: in eastern Spain, there was a high decrease in forest connectivity between 1990 and 2000 for forestdwelling species with 1 km average dispersal distance

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Methodology:

The data derive from Corine Land Cover (CLC) for the years 1990 and 2000 and hence have the same geographical coverage and forest definition as CLC; connectivity derived from Conefor Sensinode software of Saura and Torné 2009, and GIS analysis. Range levels are expressed as % of increase (or decrease) of equivalent connected area in 1990. GIS analysis and results aggregated at provincial units, NUTS level 2 or 3.

Riitters, K. H.; Wickham, J. D. and Wade, T. G., 2009. 'An indicator of forest dynamics using a shifting landscape mosaic'. Ecological Indicators 9:107–117.

Soille, P. and Vogt, P. 2009. Morphological segmentation of binary patterns. Patterns Recognition Letters. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2008.10.015.

Saura, S. and Torné, J., 2009. 'Conefor Sensinode 2.2: A software package for quantifying the importance of habitat patches for landscape connectivity'. Environmental Modelling & Software 2009 24:135–139.

Saura S.; Mouton, C. and Estreguil, C., 2009. European-wide maps of change in forest connectivity in 1990–2000. Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Internal publication Pubsy reference 51278.

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In the period 1990-2000, the decrease of connectivity was significant in Denmark, France, The Iberian Peninsula, Ireland and Lithuania.
The connectivity was stable in approximately half of Europe's territory and increasing or decreasing slightly in another 40 % (EEA, 2009).

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