Deliverables
Publications
2011
D.J. Brus, M. Knotters, M.J. Metzger and D.J.J. Walvoort, 2011, Towards a European-wide sampling design for statistical monitoring of common habitats, Wageningen, Alterra, Alterra report 2213
M. Ortega, Saura, S., González-Avila,S., Gómez, V., Elena-Rosselló, R. 2011 Landscape vulnerability to wildfires at the forest-agriculture interface: half-century patterns in Spain assessed through the SISPARES monitoring framework. IUFRO Landscape Ecology at http://www.springerlink.com/content/u4617712l5586150/fulltext.html
Adequacy of Biodiversity Observation Systems to support the CBD 2020 Targets, 2011. A report prepared by the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) for the Convention on Biological Diversity
G. Hofer, Bunce, R., Edwards, E.,Szerencsitsa, H. Wagner,H., Herzog, F. 2011. Use of topographic variability for assessing plant diversity in agricultural landscapes.Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (accepted).
Metzger M.J.,Bunce R.G.H., Jongman R.H.G., Sayre R., Trabucco A., Zomer, R. 2011. (submitted) A high resolution bioclimate map of the world: a unifying framework for global biodiversity research Global Ecology and Biogeography (in review).
R.G.H. Bunce, M.M. B. Bogers, P.Roche, M.Walczak, I.R. Geijzendorffer and R.H.G. Jongman, 2011. Manual for Habitat and Vegetation Surveillance and Monitoring: Temperate, Mediterranean and Desert Biomes. First edition. Wageningen, Alterra report 2154 . 106 pp.; 15 fig.; 14 tab.; 35 ref.
Turnhout, E., and S. Boonman-Berson. 2011. Databases, scaling practices, and the globalization of biodiversity. Ecology and Society 16(1): 35. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art35/
Guerra, Carlos; Castro, Pedro; Honrado, João; Bunce, Bob; Jongman, Rob; Alonso, Joaquim. The Rationale behind the Biodiversity Information System for North Portugal: The Path for a Strategic and Collaborative Biodiversity Information System.
Eva Ivits, Graeme Buchanan, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Michael Cherlet. European farmland birds distribution explained 1 by remotely sensed phenological indices. Accepted for publication in Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 22 January 2011
Guerra, Carlos; Castro, Pedro; Honrado, João; Bunce, Bob; Jongman, Rob; Alonso, Joaquim. 2011. The Rationale behind the Biodiversity Information System for North Portugal: The Path for a Strategic and Collaborative Biodiversity Information System. Earthzine online: http://www.earthzine.org/2010/12/22/the-rationale-behind-the-biodiversity-information-system-for-north-portugal-the-path-for-a-strategic-and-collaborative-biodiversity-information-system
Eva Ivits, Graeme Buchanan, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Michael Cherlet. 2011. European farmland birds distribution explained 1 by remotely sensed phenological indices. Accepted for publication in Environmental Modeling and Assessment,
2010
Estreguil, C. and Caudullo, G. 2010. Harmonized measurements of spatialpattern and connectivity: application to forest habitats in the EBONE Project. In: Azevedo J.C et al (Eds.), Book of proceedings of theIUFRO Landscape Ecology WG Int. Conf.: Forest Landscape and Global Change –New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration, September 21-27,2010, Bragança, Portugal. p730-735. ISBN:978-972-745-110-4.
Ortega, M., Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Wrbka, T., Allard, a., Jongman, R.H.G., Elena-Rosselló, R. 2010. The potential for integration of environmental data from regional stratifications into a European monitoring framework. Journal of environmental planning and management (in press)
Mücher, C.A., Roupioz. L., Kramer, H., Bunce, B., 2010. Use of LiDAR to map and monitor habitats. (Paper) European LiDAR Mappping Forum (ELMF), 30 November – 1 December 2010, World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands. Presentation
Metzger, M.J, Bunce, R.G.H., van Eupen, M. and Mirtl, M. (2010) An assessment of long term ecosystem research activities across European socio-ecological gradients, Journal of Environmental Management
Marrs, R.H., Le Duc, M.G., Smart, S.M., Kirby, K.J., Bunce, R.G.H. & Corney, P. M. 2010. Aliens or Natives: who are the ‘Thugs’ in British woods? Q-bulletin. In press.
Marc Metzger, Rob Jongman and Luboš Halada. Set the standard: Coherent, integrated data on biodiversity is crucial for European environmental policy. Research Review, June 2010.
Marc Metzger. More long-term ecosystem research needed in parts of Europe. Science for Environment Policy: European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by SCU, The University of the West of England, Bristol.
Hazeu G.w., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Perez-Soba, M., Renetzeder Ch., Andersen, E. 2010. European environmental stratifications and typologies: An overview. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
Carvalho-Santos, C., Jongman, R., Alonso, J. & Honrado J. 2010. Fine-scale mapping of High Nature Value farmlands: novel approaches to improve the management of rural biodiversity and ecosystem services. IUFRO. Proceedings Landscape Ecology International Conference, Sept. 21-27, 2010 – Bragança, Portugal.
Ortega M, Gomez V., García del Barrio J.M., Elena-Rosselló R. 2010. Monitoring vulnerability of the Spanish forest landscapes: the SISPARES approach. IUFRO. Proceedings Landscape Ecology International Conference, Sept. 21-27, 2010 – Bragança, Portugal.
Parr, T.W. (2010) International Long-Term Ecological Research Network: Scope and future directions in Chile (Red Internacional de Investigación Ecológica a Largo Plazo: Alcances y direcciones futuras en Chile). Special Feature: long-term socio-ecological research: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 83 (1), 13-16. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Diversitas (2009). (T.W.Parr - Contributing author). bioDISCOVERY Science Plan and Implementation Strategy: Assessing, monitoring and predicting biodiversity change. DIVERSITAS Report No7. 40 pp. Diversitas
Raet, J., Sepp, K., Kuusemets, V., Kaasik, A. (2010). EU Impact on Land Use Dynamiics in Estonia. In: Book of Abstracts, International Conference in Landscape Ecology: Landscape structures, functions and management: response to global ecological change. Brno/Prague, 3-6th september 2010. (Eds) I.Machar and P. Kovář. Prague: CZ-IALE, 2010, 64 - 64. CZ- IALE Proceedings.
Renetzeder C., Knoflacher M., Loibl W. , Wrbka T. (2010). Are habitats of Austrian agricultural landscapes sensitive to climate change?. Landscape and Urban Planning 98, 150-159.
Roose, A., Sepp, K. 2010. Monitoring framework for assessing changes of the Estonian rural landscape in adopting European agricultural policies . European Countryside, 2(1), 42 - 59
2009
Bunce, R.G.H., Evans, E. Mucher, C.A. and Hennekens S. 2009.An expert system for identifying the habitats of Annexe 1 of the Habitats Directive. Abstract European IALE conference 2009 Salzburg/Bratislava.
Estreguil C., Mouton C. and Roche P. 2009. Implementation of SEBI2010 Indicator Fragmentation and Connectivity of Ecosystems: Preliminary results over one EBONE regional site. Towards e-Environment international conference in Prague,25-27 March 2009 . European Communities, 2009. JRC Publication 51373.
Halada, L., Jongman, R.H.G., Gerard F., Whittaker, L., Bunce, R.H.G., Bauch, B. and D.S. Schmeller. 2009. European Biodiversity Observation Network – EBONE. Proceedings: European conference of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU Towards eEnvironment.
Jongman R.H.G. Observing genomes, species and habitats in a cost efficient way. 2009. Libro de Resumense de II Jornadas Argentinas de ecología de paisajes. pp99-122
Jongman, R.H.G. and R.G.H Bunce, 2009. Farmland Features in the European Union: A Description and Pilot Inventory of their Distribution. Alterra Report 1936, Wageningen
Mücher, C.A., Hennekens, S. M., Bunce, R.G.H., Schaminée, J.H.J. and Schaepman, M.E. Modelling the spatial distribution of Natura 2000 habitats across Europe. Landscape and Urban Planning 92 (2009) 148-159.
Olsvig-Whittaker, L., Walczak, M., Sabach, A. and Dror, E. Vegetation change in response to grazing and water level decline in the Enot Zukim Nature Reserve (En Fescha), Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences Vol. 57 2009
Sánchez, I., Lassaletta,L., McCollin, D. and Bunce. R.G.H. 2009. The effect of hedgerow loss on microclimate in the Mediterranean region: an investigation in Central Spain. Agroforest Syst.
2008
Bunce, R.G.H.; Metzger, M.J.; Jongman, R.H.G.; Brandt, J.; Blust, G. de; Elena-Rossello, R.; Groom, G.B.; Halada, L.; Hofer, G.; Howard, D.C.; Kovár, P.; Mücher, C.A.; Padoa-Schioppa, E.; Paelinx, D.; Palo, A.; Pérez-Soba, M.; Ramos, I.L.; Roche, P.; Skånes, H.; Wrbka, T. 2008. A Standardized Procedure for Surveillance and Monitoring European Habitats and provision of spatial data. Landscape Ecology, 23:11-25
Bakkestuen, V., Erikstad, L. & Halvorsen, R. 2008 Stepless models for regional environmental variation in Norway. Jounal of Biogeograpfy 35: 1906-1922.
Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., van Eupen, M., Mirtl, M.. (mscr.) 2008: An assessment of long term ecological research activities across European socio-ecological regions. Ecosystems.
Metzger, M. J., Bunce, R. G. H., Leemans, R. & Viner, D. (2008a) Projected environmental shifts under climate change:
European trends and regional impacts. Environmental Conservation, 35, 64-75.
Ivits, E., Cherlet, M., Buchanan, G., Chamberlain, D. (mscr.) 2008: Remote Sensing Derived Phenological Indicators to Explain European Farmland Bird Distribution Patterns. Remote Sensing of Environment
Ortega, M., Bunce, R.G.H., García del Barrio,J.M. and Elena-Rosselló, R. 2008. The relative dependence of Spanish landscape pattern on environmental and geographical variables over time. Investigación Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales