Publications EBONE

2013

Roche, P. and Geijzendorffer, I., 2013. EBONE: integrated figures of habitat and biodiversity indicators; Quaifying indicators of an integrated biodiversity observation system. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra report 2392.

Blust, G. de, Laurijssens, G., Calster, H. van, Verschelde, P., Bauwens, D., Vos, B. de, Svensson, J. en Jongman, R., 2013, Design of a monitoring system and its cost-effectiveness; Optimization of biodiversity monitoring through close collaboration of users and data providers. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra report 2393.

2012

Bunce, R.G.H., M.M.B. Bogers, D. Evans, R.H.G. Jongman, 2012. Field identification of habitats directive Annex I habitats as a major European biodiversity indicator. Ecol. Indicat. (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.10.004

Estreguil A.C., G. Caudullo and C. Whitmore, 2012. Habitat landscape pattern and connectivity indices; Used at varying spatial scales for harmonized reporting in the EBONE project; published: 18 Jun 2012; 80 pp. Alterra report 2297. Available at http://edepot.wur.nl/214000

Magagna, B, Estreguil C., Peterseil, J., Schentz H., Whitmore C., Caudullo G., 2012. Cooperation of two research groups to develop the prototype EBONE data management system. JRC Pubsy number 75344. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union

Clerici, N., Weissteiner C.J. and Gerard F. 2012.Exploring the Use of MODIS NDVI-Based Phenology Indicators for Classifying Forest General Habitat Categories. Remote Sens. 2012, 4(6), 1781-1803; doi:10.3390/rs4061781 http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/4/6/1781.

Metzger, M.J., A.D. Shkaruba, R.H.G. Jongman and R.G.H. Bunce, 2012. Descriptions of the European Environmental Zones and Strata. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra Report 2281. (Available at http://edepot.wur.nl/197197)

Metzger M.J., D.J. Brus and M. Ortega, 2012. Sampling efficiency of national, EU and global stratifications; Exploring by using CLC2000. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra Report 2279. (Available at http://edepot.wur.nl/201068l)

Bunce R.G.H., M.M.B. Bogers, M. Ortega, D. Morton, A. Allard, M. Prinz, J. Peterseil, R. Elena-Rossello and R.H.G. Jongman, 2012. Conversion of European habitat data sources into common standards. Wageningen, Alterra, AlterraReport 2277.

R.G.H. Bunce, M.B.B. Bogers, D. Evans and R.H.G. Jongman, 2012. Rule based system for in situ identification of Annex I habitats. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra Report 2276.

Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Eliezer Frankenberg, Yonat Magal, Yehoshua Shkedy, Shmulik Amir, Margareta Walczak, Melanie Luck-Vogel, David Jobse, Adriaan de Gelder, Lior Blank, Yohay Carmel, Noam Levin, Ruthie Harari-Kremer, David Blankman and Bertrand Boeken, 2011. EBONE in Mediterranean and desert sites in Israel, with notes on South Africa, Report on field tests in LTER sites and habitat monitoring. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra Report 2260.

Nicola Clerici, Christof J. Weissteiner, Andrej Halabuk 2012. Phenology related measures and indicators at varying spatial scales. Investigation of phenology information for forest classification using SPOT VGT and MODIS NDVI data. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra Report 2259.

2011

D.J. Brus, M. Knotters, M.J. Metzger and D.J.J. Walvoort, 2011, Towards a European-wide sampling design for statistical monitoring of common habitats, Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra report 2213

M. Ortega, Saura, S., González-Avila,S., Gómez, V., Elena-Rosselló, R. 2011 Landscape vulnerability to wildfires at the forest-agriculture interface: half-century patterns in Spain assessed through the SISPARES monitoring framework. IUFRO Landscape Ecology at http://www.springerlink.com/content/u4617712l5586150/fulltext.html

Adequacy of Biodiversity Observation Systems to support the CBD 2020 Targets, 2011. A report prepared by the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) for the Convention on Biological Diversity

G. Hofer, Bunce, R., Edwards, E.,Szerencsitsa, H. Wagner,H., Herzog, F. 2011. Use of topographic variability for assessing plant diversity in agricultural landscapes.Journal of Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.

Metzger M.J.,Bunce R.G.H., Jongman R.H.G., Sayre R., Trabucco A., Zomer, R. 2011. A high resolution bioclimate map of the world: a unifying framework for global biodiversity research Global Ecology and Biogeography.

R.G.H. Bunce, M.M. B. Bogers, P.Roche, M.Walczak, I.R. Geijzendorffer and R.H.G. Jongman, 2011. Manual for Habitat and Vegetation Surveillance and Monitoring: Temperate, Mediterranean and Desert Biomes. First edition. Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra), Alterra report 2154 . 106 pp.; 15 fig.; 14 tab.; 35 ref.

Turnhout, E., and S. Boonman-Berson. 2011. Databases, scaling practices, and the globalization of biodiversity. Ecology and Society 16(1): 35. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art35/

Guerra, Carlos; Castro, Pedro; Honrado, João; Bunce, Bob; Jongman, Rob; Alonso, Joaquim. The Rationale behind the Biodiversity Information System for North Portugal: The Path for a Strategic and Collaborative Biodiversity Information System.

Eva Ivits, Graeme Buchanan, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Michael Cherlet. European farmland birds distribution explained 1 by remotely sensed phenological indices. Accepted for publication in Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 22 January 2011

Guerra, Carlos; Castro, Pedro; Honrado, João; Bunce, Bob; Jongman, Rob; Alonso, Joaquim. 2011. The Rationale behind the Biodiversity Information System for North Portugal: The Path for a Strategic and Collaborative Biodiversity Information System. Earthzine online: http://www.earthzine.org/2010/12/22/the-rationale-behind-the-biodiversity-information-system-for-north-portugal-the-path-for-a-strategic-and-collaborative-biodiversity-information-system

Eva Ivits, Graeme Buchanan, Linda Olsvig-Whittaker, Michael Cherlet. 2011. European farmland birds distribution explained 1 by remotely sensed phenological indices. Accepted for publication in Environmental Modeling and Assessment,

2010

Estreguil, C. and Caudullo, G. 2010. Harmonized measurements of spatialpattern and connectivity: application to forest habitats in the EBONE Project. In: Azevedo J.C et al (Eds.), Book of proceedings of theIUFRO Landscape Ecology WG Int. Conf.: Forest Landscape and Global Change –New Frontiers in Management, Conservation and Restoration, September 21-27,2010, Bragança, Portugal. p730-735. ISBN:978-972-745-110-4.

Ortega, M., Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., Wrbka, T., Allard, a., Jongman, R.H.G., Elena-Rosselló, R. 2010. The potential for integration of environmental data from regional stratifications into a European monitoring framework. Journal of environmental planning and management

Mücher, C.A., Roupioz. L., Kramer, H., Bunce, B., 2010. Use of LiDAR to map and monitor habitats. (Paper) European LiDAR Mappping Forum (ELMF), 30 November – 1 December 2010, World Forum, The Hague, the Netherlands. Presentation

Metzger, M.J, Bunce, R.G.H., van Eupen, M. and Mirtl, M. (2010) An assessment of long term ecosystem research activities across European socio-ecological gradients, Journal of Environmental Management

Marrs, R.H., Le Duc, M.G., Smart, S.M., Kirby, K.J., Bunce, R.G.H. &  Corney, P. M. 2010. Aliens or Natives: who are the ‘Thugs’ in British woods? Q-bulletin.

Marc Metzger, Rob Jongman and Luboš Halada. Set the standard: Coherent, integrated data on biodiversity is crucial for European environmental policy. Research Review, June 2010.

Marc Metzger. More long-term ecosystem research needed in parts of Europe. Science for Environment Policy: European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by SCU, The University of the West of England, Bristol.

Hazeu G.w., Metzger, M.J., Mücher, C.A., Perez-Soba, M., Renetzeder Ch., Andersen, E. 2010. European environmental stratifications and typologies: An overview. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment

Carvalho-Santos, C., Jongman, R., Alonso, J. & Honrado J. 2010. Fine-scale mapping of High Nature Value farmlands: novel approaches to improve the management of rural biodiversity and ecosystem services. IUFRO. Proceedings Landscape Ecology International Conference, Sept. 21-27, 2010 – Bragança, Portugal.

Ortega M, Gomez V., García del Barrio J.M., Elena-Rosselló R. 2010. Monitoring vulnerability of the Spanish forest landscapes: the SISPARES approach. IUFRO. Proceedings Landscape Ecology International Conference, Sept. 21-27, 2010 – Bragança, Portugal.

Parr, T.W. (2010) International Long-Term Ecological Research Network: Scope and future directions in Chile (Red Internacional de Investigación Ecológica a Largo Plazo: Alcances y direcciones futuras en Chile). Special Feature: long-term socio-ecological research: Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 83 (1), 13-16.  Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Diversitas (2009). (T.W.Parr - Contributing author).  bioDISCOVERY Science Plan and Implementation Strategy: Assessing, monitoring and predicting biodiversity change. DIVERSITAS Report No7. 40 pp. Diversitas

Raet, J.,  Sepp, K., Kuusemets, V.,  Kaasik, A. (2010). EU Impact on Land Use Dynamiics in Estonia. In: Book of Abstracts, International Conference in Landscape Ecology: Landscape structures, functions and management: response to global ecological change. Brno/Prague, 3-6th september 2010. (Eds) I.Machar and P. Kovář. Prague: CZ-IALE, 2010, 64 - 64. CZ- IALE Proceedings.

Renetzeder C., Knoflacher M., Loibl W. , Wrbka T. (2010). Are habitats of Austrian agricultural landscapes sensitive to climate change?.  Landscape and Urban Planning 98, 150-159.

Roose, A., Sepp, K. 2010. Monitoring framework for assessing changes of the Estonian rural landscape in adopting European agricultural policies .  European Countryside, 2(1), 42 - 59

2009

Bunce, R.G.H., Evans, E. Mucher, C.A. and Hennekens S. 2009.An expert system for identifying the habitats of Annexe 1 of the Habitats Directive. Abstract European IALE conference 2009 Salzburg/Bratislava.

Estreguil C., Mouton C. and Roche P. 2009. Implementation of SEBI2010 Indicator Fragmentation and Connectivity of Ecosystems: Preliminary results over one EBONE regional site. Towards e-Environment international conference in Prague,25-27 March 2009 . European Communities, 2009. JRC Publication 51373.

Halada, L., Jongman, R.H.G., Gerard F., Whittaker, L.,  Bunce, R.H.G., Bauch, B.  and D.S. Schmeller. 2009. European Biodiversity Observation Network – EBONE. Proceedings: European conference of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU Towards eEnvironment.

Jongman R.H.G. Observing genomes, species and habitats in a cost efficient way. 2009. Libro de Resumense de II Jornadas Argentinas de ecología de paisajes. pp99-122

Jongman, R.H.G. and R.G.H Bunce, 2009. Farmland Features in the European Union: A Description and Pilot Inventory of their Distribution. Alterra Report 1936, Wageningen, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra)

Mücher, C.A., Hennekens, S. M., Bunce, R.G.H., Schaminée, J.H.J. and Schaepman, M.E. Modelling the spatial distribution of Natura 2000 habitats across Europe. Landscape and Urban Planning 92 (2009) 148-159.

Olsvig-Whittaker, L., Walczak, M., Sabach, A. and Dror, E. Vegetation change in response to grazing and water level decline in the Enot Zukim Nature Reserve (En Fescha), Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences Vol. 57 2009

Sánchez, I., Lassaletta,L., McCollin, D. and Bunce. R.G.H. 2009. The effect of hedgerow loss on microclimate in the Mediterranean region: an investigation in Central Spain. Agroforest Syst.

2008

Bunce, R.G.H.; Metzger, M.J.; Jongman, R.H.G.; Brandt, J.; Blust, G. de; Elena-Rossello, R.; Groom, G.B.; Halada, L.; Hofer, G.; Howard, D.C.; Kovár, P.; Mücher, C.A.; Padoa-Schioppa, E.; Paelinx, D.; Palo, A.; Pérez-Soba, M.; Ramos, I.L.; Roche, P.; Skånes, H.; Wrbka, T. 2008. A Standardized Procedure for Surveillance and Monitoring European Habitats and provision of spatial data. Landscape Ecology, 23:11-25

Bakkestuen, V., Erikstad, L. & Halvorsen, R. 2008 Stepless models for regional environmental variation in Norway. Jounal of Biogeograpfy 35: 1906-1922.

Metzger, M.J., Bunce, R.G.H., van Eupen, M., Mirtl, M.. (mscr.) 2008: An assessment of long term ecological research activities across European socio-ecological regions. Ecosystems.

Metzger, M. J., Bunce, R. G. H., Leemans, R. & Viner, D. (2008a) Projected environmental shifts under climate change:

European trends and regional impacts. Environmental Conservation, 35, 64-75.

Ivits, E., Cherlet, M., Buchanan, G., Chamberlain, D. (mscr.) 2008: Remote Sensing Derived Phenological Indicators to Explain European Farmland Bird Distribution Patterns. Remote Sensing of Environment

Ortega, M., Bunce, R.G.H., García del Barrio,J.M. and  Elena-Rosselló, R. 2008. The relative dependence of Spanish landscape pattern on environmental and geographical variables over time. Investigación Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales