6d51d31b-89b7-4114-b7bd-84b8342d1415 1.1 Niche Vlaanderen python package 2018-02-27 2018-10-26 NICHE Vlaanderen (Nature Impact Assessment of Changes in Hydro-Ecological Systems) is a hydro-ecological model that predicts the potential occurrence of (ground)water-dependent vegetation types in an area based on information about the (abiotic) site conditions. NICHE Vlaanderen can be used to evaluate the impact of changes in the water management to groundwater-dependent vegetation. The model is based on a number of location factors that are important for the vegetation: soil type, hydrology, nutrient availability and acidity. Based on calculated abiotic properties of the location NICHE Vlaanderen determines whether certain vegetation types can develop. An additional flooding module allows the user to test whether the predicted vegetations are compatible with a particular flooding regime. This project is a redevelopment of an existing ArcGIS plugin in Python, without external non-open source dependencies. Peter Desmet Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) peter.desmet@inbo.be Damiano Oldoni Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) damiano.oldoni@inbo.be Stijn Van Hoey Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) stijnvanhoey@gmail.com Johan Van de Wauw Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) johan.vandewauw@inbo.be https://metadatacatalogue.lifewatch.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6d51d31b-89b7-4114-b7bd-84b8342d1415/attachments/habitat%20mapping.jpg habitat mapping.jpg modelling habitat mapping python environmental hydrology vegetation https://github.com/inbo/niche_vlaanderen/blob/master/LICENSE data analysis data processing https://github.com/inbo/niche_vlaanderen https://inbo.github.io/niche_vlaanderen/tutorials.html https://inbo.github.io/niche_vlaanderen/lowlevel.html https://github.com/inbo/niche_vlaanderen WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Niche Vlaanderen on Github https://zenodo.org/records/7731929 DOI Niche Vlaanderen on Zenodo https://inbo.github.io/niche_vlaanderen/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Package website