biodiversity
; environmental monitoring
; habitat management
; habitat type
; land cover
; nature conservation
; protected area
; remote sensing
; Greece
; India
; Italy
; Netherlands
; Portugal
; United Kingdom
; Wales
英文摘要:
To support decisions relating to the use and conservation of protected areas and surrounds, the EU-funded BIOdiversity multi-SOurce monitoring System: from Space TO Species (BIO_SOS) project has developed the Earth Observation Data for HAbitat Monitoring (EODHaM) system for consistent mapping and monitoring of biodiversity. The EODHaM approach has adopted the Food and Agriculture Organization Land Cover Classification System (LCCS) taxonomy and translates mapped classes to General Habitat Categories (GHCs) from which Annex I habitats (EU Habitats Directive) can be defined. The EODHaM system uses a combination of pixel and object-based procedures. The 1st and 2nd stages use earth observation (EO) data alone with expert knowledge to generate classes according to the LCCS taxonomy (Levels 1 to 3 and beyond). The 3rd stage translates the final LCCS classes into GHCs from which Annex I habitat type maps are derived. An additional module quantifies changes in the LCCS classes and their components, indices derived from earth observation, object sizes and dimensions and the translated habitat maps (i.e., GHCs or Annex I). Examples are provided of the application of EODHaM system elements to protected sites and their surrounds in Italy, Wales (UK), the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal and India. � 2014 The Authors.
Centre for Ecosystem Sciences, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, The University of New South Wales, High Street, Kensington, NSW, Australia; National Research Council - Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation (CNR-ISSIA), Via G. Amendola 122, Bari, Italy; Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom; CESBIO (CNES/CNRS/UPS/IRD), 18, AvenueEdouard Belin, Toulouse Cedex 9, France; Information Technologies Institute (ITI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 6th km Harilaou - Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece; Alterra, Wageningen UR Droevendaalsesteeg 3, PB Wageningen, Netherlands; IRD-UMR 228 ESPACE-DEV, MTD-Montpellier, 500 rue Jean-Francois Breton, Montpellier Cedex, France; InBIO/CIBIO and Faculdade de Ci�ncias da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, Porto, Portugal; Department of Agro-Environmental and Terrestrial Sciences, University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Via Orbona 4, Bari, Italy
Recommended Citation:
Lucas R,, Blonda P,, Bunting P,et al. The earth observation data for habitat monitoring (EODHaM) system[J]. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,2015-01-01,37