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The essentiality of Essential Biodiversity Variables: implementation in nature conservation policies

, 2022
Biological diversity on Earth is in decline. The current decline in biodiversity has been called (the onset of) the sixth mass extinction. Land cover change causes deforestation and loss of other ecosystems, such as wetlands, resulting in a lossof crucial habitats for various species. The importance of biodiversity for life on Earth, valued for its own
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BIODIVERSITY MAPPING VIA NATURA 2000 CONSERVATION STATUS AND EBV ASSESSMENT USING AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING IN ALKALI GRASSLANDS [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
Biodiversity is an ecological concept, which essentially involves a complex sum of several indicators. One widely accepted such set of indicators is prescribed for habitat conservation status assessment within Natura 2000, a continental-scale ...
A. Zlinszky, B. Deák, B. Deák, A. Kania, A. Schroiff, N. Pfeifer   +5 more
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Integrated Observations and Informatics Improve Understanding of Changing Marine Ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Marine ecosystems have numerous benefits for human societies around the world and many policy initiatives now seek to maintain the health of these ecosystems.
Abigail Benson, Cassandra M. Brooks, Gabrielle Canonico, Emmett Duffy, Frank Muller-Karger, Heidi M. Sosik, Patricia Miloslavich, Patricia Miloslavich, Eduardo Klein   +8 more
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Essential Variables for Environmental Monitoring: What Are the Possible Contributions of Earth Observation Data Cubes?

Data, 2020
Environmental sustainability is nowadays a major global issue that requires efficient and effective responses from governments. Essential variables (EV) have emerged in different scientific communities as a means to characterize and follow environmental ...
Gregory Giuliani, Elvire Egger, Julie Italiano, Charlotte Poussin, Jean-Philippe Richard, Bruno Chatenoux   +5 more
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Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables at the Species Level [PDF]

, 2016
The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) is developing a monitoring framework around a set of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) which aims at facilitating data integration, spatial scaling and contributing to the filling of gaps.
Pereira, HM, Belnap, J, Bohm, M, Brummitt, N, Garcia-Moreno, J, Gregory, R, Martin, L, Peng, C, Proença, V, Schmeller, D, Van Swaay, C   +10 more
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Towards global data products of Essential Biodiversity Variables on species traits [PDF]

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018
AbstractEssential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) allow observation and reporting of global biodiversity change, but a detailed framework for the empirical derivation of specific EBVs has yet to be developed. Here, we re-examine and refine the previous candidate set of species traits EBVs and show how traits related to phenology, morphology, reproduction,
W. Daniel Kissling, Ramona Walls, Anne Bowser, Matthew Jones, Jens Kattge, Donat Agosti, Josep Amengual, Alberto Basset, Peter M. van Bodegom, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Ellen G. Denny, Salud Deudero, Willi Egloff, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Enrique Alonso García, Katherine D. Jones, Owen R. Jones, Sandra Lavorel, Dan Lear, Laetitia M. Navarro, Samraat Pawar, Rebecca Pirzl, Nadja Rüger, Sofía Sal, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez, Dmitry Schigel, Katja Schulz, A.K. Skidmore, Robert P. Guralnick   +28 more
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Conserving Ecosystem Diversity in the Tropical Andes

Remote Sensing, 2022
Documenting temporal trends in the extent of ecosystems is essential to monitoring their status but combining this information with the degree of protection helps us assess the effectiveness of societal actions for conserving ecosystem diversity and ...
Patrick J. Comer, Jose Valdez, Henrique M. Pereira, Cristina Acosta-Muñoz, Felipe Campos, Francisco Javier Bonet García, Xavier Claros, Lucia Castro, Franciscio Dallmeier, Enrique Yure Domic Rivadeneira, Mike Gill, Carmen Josse, Indyra Lafuente Cartagena, Roberto Langstroth, Daniel Larrea-Alcázar, Annett Masur, Gustavo Morejon Jaramillo, Laetitia Navarro, Sidney Novoa, Francisco Prieto-Albuja, Gustavo Rey Ortíz, Marcos F. Teran, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Miguel Fernandez   +23 more
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A laboratory for conceiving Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)—The ‘Data pool initiative for the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem’ [PDF]

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Abstract Effects of climate change‐induced events on forest ecosystem dynamics of composition, function and structure call for increased long‐term, interdisciplinary and integrated research on biodiversity indicators, in particular within strictly protected areas ...
Hooman Latifi, Stefanie Holzwarth, Andrew Skidmore, Josef Brůna, Jaroslav Červenka, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Martin Hais, Uta Heiden, Lucie Homolová, Peter Krzystek, Thomas Schneider, Martin Starý, Tiejun Wang, Jörg Müller, Marco Heurich   +14 more
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Essential Biodiversity Variables for measuring change in global freshwater biodiversity

Biological Conservation, 2017
A critical requirement in assessing progress towards global biodiversity targets is improving our capacity to measure changes in biodiversity. Global biodiversity declined between 2000 and 2010, and there are indications that the decline was greater in freshwater than in terrestrial or marine systems.
Eren Turak, Ian Harrison, David Dudgeon, Robin Abell, Alex Bush, William Darwall, C. Max Finlayson, Simon Ferrier, Jörg Freyhof, Virgilio Hermoso, Diego Juffe-Bignoli, Simon Linke, Jeanne Nel, Harmony C. Patricio, Jamie Pittock, Rajeev Raghavan, Carmen Revenga, John P. Simaika, Aaike De Wever   +18 more
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Semantic Interoperability Solutions for the Essential Variables: Focus on biodiversity [PDF]

Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 2019
The Earth system is enduring multiple, interacting stressors causing immense and irreversible change to its biosphere. The unprecedented magnitude of human influence on the planet is a cause for much concern, but also an opportunity to mitigate undesirable impact by instituting socio-ecological management strategies and monitoring their effectiveness ...
Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Ramona Walls, Anne Thessen   +2 more
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