Safeguarding the diversity of natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe is one of the aims
set out by the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural …

The relationships between land use and biodiversity are fundamental to understanding the
links between people and their environment. Biodiversity can be measured in many ways …

We provide a global, spatially explicit characterization of 47 terrestrial habitat types, as
defined in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) habitat classification …

This paper investigates the spatial heterogeneity of three landscapes along an altitudinal
gradient and different human land use. The main aim was the identification of appropriate …

Green space around settlements is increasingly important for recreation. However recreation
managers have limited spatially explicit data on recreation potential around cities, and …

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) represents the most innovative new
trend for processing remote sensing images that has appeared during the last decade …

We examine the advantages and disadvantages of a methodological framework designed to
analyze the poorly understood relationships between the ecosystem properties of large …

Geographic Information tools (GI tools) have become an essential component of research in
landscape ecology. In this article we review the use of GIS (Geographic Information …

Monitoring and reporting on the state of nature gained increasing importance in the
European Union with the implementation of the Habitats Directive and the Natura 2000 …

The role that the agricultural sector plays in rural areas has considerably changed in the last
five decades, and is reflected in a major shift towards multi-dimensional, multi-sectoral land …