EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability - version 1, Nov. 2021

This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability dataset. These habitat types correspond to non-coastal land which is dry or only seasonally wet (with the water table at or above ground level for less than half of the year) with greater than 30% vegetation cover. The vegetation is dominated by grasses and other non-woody plants, including mosses, macrolichens, ferns, sedges and herbs. Includes semiarid steppes with scattered Artemisia scrub. Includes successional weedy vegetation. Excludes regularly tilled habitats (V1) dominated by cultivated herbaceous vegetation such as arable fields and managed grasslands such as recreation fields and lawns. The modelled suitability for the EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types is an indication of where conditions are favourable for the habitat type based on sample plot data (Braun-Blanquet database) and the Maxent software package. The modelled suitability map may be used as a proxy for the geographical distribution of the habitat type. Note however that it is not representing the actual distribution of the habitat type. As predictors for the suitabilty modelling not only Climate and Soil parameters have been taken into account, but also so-called RS-EVB's, Remote Sensing-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables like Landuse, Vegetation height, Phenology, and LAI (Leave Area Index). Because the EBV's are restricted by the extent of the Remote Sensing data (EEA38 countries and the United Kingdom) the modelling result does also not go beyond this boundary. The dataset is provided both in Geodatabase and Geopackage formats.

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Alternate Identifier

81af3851-e444-4837-9ad7-8e17b35d3a6c

Publication Date
2021-11-15
Short Name

EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability

Dataset Language

English

 
Dataset Creator
Metadata Provider
Dataset Contact
Keywords (EEA Management Plan)

  • 2021 1.1.4

Keywords (EEA topics)

  • Biodiversity: state of habitats and species

Keywords (GEMET)

  • grassland

  • habitat

  • lichen

  • modelling

  • moss

  • natural area

  • terrestrial ecosystem

Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)

  • Habitats and biotopes

Keywords (Spatial scope)

  • European

Keywords (Continents, countries, sea regions of the world)

  • EEA38 (from 2020)

  • United Kingdom

Geographic Coverage

Geographic Description

Europe

Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate

-31.28

East Bounding Coordinate

44.81

North Bounding Coordinate

71.16

South Bounding Coordinate

27.64

Bounding Altitudes

Minimum
Maximum
Unit

Temporal Coverage

Range of Dates

Begin Date

1940-01-01

End Date

2017-12-31

License Information

Intellectual Rights

No limitations to public access.

Resource License

License Name

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0

URL
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability - version 1, Nov. 2021

URL
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_r_3035_1_km_eunis-hab-r_p_1940-2017_v01_r00

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

EUNIS documentation for habitat classification

URL
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/f5946d76-bf09-4261-8f2e-6218210ae3af?path=%2FEUNIS%20habitat%20classification%20revision%20documentation

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

EEA geospatial data catalogue

URL
https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/70fbb9d1-b61b-4bdc-973b-fec4d8835ccd?language=all

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.

Suitability Layer

URL
https://bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/EUNIS/Mosaic_Grassland/ImageServer
 
 

Project

• Project

Title
Abstract

Personnel

Organization Name

Individual Name

Given Name
Surname
Position Name
 
 

Methods

• Method

Method Step

Citation

European Environment Agency (2021).EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability - version 1, Nov. 2021. https://doi.org/10.2909/70fbb9d1-b61b-4bdc-973b-fec4d8835ccd

Software

Title
Version

01.00

 
 

Data Tables

• Data Table

Name

r_suitability.gdb

Physical

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

GDB

• Data Table

Name

r_suitability.gpkg

Physical

Data Format

Externally Defined Format

Format Name

GeoPackage