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Automated Feature Extraction and Classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets in the Puck Lagoon via Multisensor Remote Sensing

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a strong framework for the detection and classification of Submerged Cultural Heritage Assets (SCHA) in shallow marine environments using the integration of multibeam echosounder and airborne LiDAR bathymetry with object‐based image analysis and fuzzy logic–based classification.
Łukasz Janowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pyrenean meadows in Natura 2000 network: grass production and plant biodiversity conservation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In semi-natural mountain meadows, yield and forage quality must be reconciled with plant biodiversity conservation. This study was performed to analyze the relationships between these three parameters.
Barrantes, Olivia   +6 more
core   +5 more sources

The Challenges in New Tourist Destination Development within the Area of Ecological Network Natura 2000

open access: yesActa Economica et Turistica, 2016
Natura 2000 is often equated with protected areas where human activities are significantly limited or even excluded in order to preserve biodiversity. However, Natura 2000 is based on other settings. Most of the activities and projects in the Natura area
Pavlović Duško   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Natura 2000 Networks in Sweden and Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper the main differences between Natura 2000 Network in Sweden and Spain are analyzed. Comparing different documents at different levels: European, national and regional, the author aims to understand which strategies have been taken in both ...
Fuente Tomai, Pilar
core   +1 more source

Human appreciation of flower colours as cultural ecosystem service in grasslands: A methodological approach

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
This literature‐based method estimates human appreciation of flower colours on target grasslands. Step 1: search literature sources (floristic surveys, national floras, web datasets and preference studies). Step 2: flower trait extraction (flower colour and area, flowering period and human colour appreciation scale).
Marco Bianchini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Roads and Roadless Areas in Cyprus: Implications For The Natura 2000 Network

open access: yesJournal of Landscape Ecology, 2014
The road network in Cyprus has seen an 88% increase in the last 20 years. This expansion has not been followed by any kind of assessment on the effects of the network on nature conservation.
Zomeni Maria, Vogiatzakis Ioannis. N.
doaj   +1 more source

Characterizing the marine Natura 2000 network for the Atlantic region [PDF]

open access: yesAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2007
Abstract One of the goals for Natura 2000, a key European Community programme of nature conservation, is to produce a network of protected areas. An analysis of the Natura 2000 marine sites proposed in the most recently agreed list for the Atlantic region (northern Portugal to Denmark, n=298) was used to characterize the network in terms of site areas ...
Johnson, Mark   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Contrasted habitat selection among Eurasian curlew populations according to landscape heterogeneity and breeding stage

open access: yesThe Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
This study aimed to quantify the spatio‐temporal use of breeding environments by the Eurasian curlew in 5 contrasting agricultural landscapes. To this end, 64 individuals were tagged with GPS devices to assess their space use according to their breeding stages and define their foraging habitat selection.
Marie Donnez   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging spatial prioritization for biodiversity conservation indicated by climate change velocity

open access: yesEcological Indicators, 2022
Anthropogenic climate change is challenging biodiversity conservation worldwide. Climate change metrics derived from future climate predictions help to assess potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity.
Qi Lai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Back to the Mission. Revisiting Slack in Nonprofits and Introducing Tappable Slack

open access: yesNonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to and develops the previous literature on excess resources (“slack”) in nonprofit organizations through a conceptual analysis of the implications that the organizational distinctiveness of nonprofits carries for our understanding of slack in these organizations.
Marta Reuter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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