Environmental stratifications as the basis for national, European and global ecological monitoring
Autor: | Marc J. Metzger, Rhg Jongman, João Gonçalves, Dick J. Brus, Antonio Trabucco, João P. Honrado, Rgh Bunce, Peter Carey, Robert J. Zomer |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2013 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Earth observation Geospatial analysis 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences temporal trend design Alterra - Soil geography General Decision Sciences Climate change earth computer.software_genre 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Biodiversity and Policy Alterra - Bodemgeografie Environmental data conterminous united-states countryside survey Landscape Centre landscapes Environmental protection Sampling design Environmental monitoring Biodiversiteit en Beleid Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences biodiversity Ecology business.industry Environmental resource management Alterra - Centrum Landschap 15. Life on land observing system Stratified sampling land Geography classification 13. Climate action business computer Global biodiversity |
Zdroj: | Ecological Indicators, 33, 26-35 Ecological Indicators 33 (2013) |
ISSN: | 1470-160X |
Popis: | There is growing urgency for integration and coordination of global environmental and ecological data and indicators required to respond to the 'grand challenges' the planet is facing, including climate change and biodiversity decline. A consistent stratification of land into relatively homogenous strata provides a valuable spatial framework for comparison and analysis of ecological and environmental data across large heterogeneous areas. We discuss how statistical stratification can be used to design national, European and global biodiversity observation networks. The value of strategic ecological survey based on stratified samples is first illustrated using the United Kingdom (UK) Countryside Survey, a national monitoring programme that has measured ecological change in the UK countryside for the last 35 years. We then present a design for a European-wide sampling design for monitoring common habitats, and discuss ways of extending these approaches globally, supported by the recently developed Global Environmental Stratification. The latter provides a robust spatial analytical framework for the identification of gaps in current monitoring efforts, and systematic design of new complementary monitoring and research. Examples from Portugal and the transboundary Kailash Sacred Landscape in the Himalayas illustrate the potential use of this stratification, which has been identified as a focal geospatial dataset within the Group on Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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