EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic
species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

J 2020

EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

CHYTRÝ, Milan, Lubomír TICHÝ, S.M. HENNEKENS, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, J.A.M. JANSSEN et. al.

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Original name

EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats

Authors

CHYTRÝ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lubomír TICHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), S.M. HENNEKENS, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), J.A.M. JANSSEN, J.S. RODWELL, Tomáš PETERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Corrado MARCENO' (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Flavia LANDUCCI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), Jiří DANIHELKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Michal HÁJEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), J. DENGLER, Pavel NOVÁK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dominik ZUKAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), B. JIMENEZ-ALFARO, L. MUCINA, S. ABDULHAK, S. ACIC, E. AGRILLO, F. ATTORRE, E. BERGMEIER, I. BIURRUN, S. BOCH, J. BOLONI, Gianmaria BONARI (380 Italy, belonging to the institution), T. BRASLAVSKAYA, H. BRUELHEIDE, J.A. CAMPOS, A. CARNI, L. CASELLA, M. CUK, R. CUSTEREVSKA, E. DE BIE, P. DELBOSC, O. DEMINA, Y. DIDUKH, D. DITE, T. DZIUBA, J. EWALD, R.G. GAVILAN, J.C. GEGOUT, G.P.G. DEL GALDO, V. GOLUB, N. GONCHAROVA, F. GORAL, U. GRAF, A. INDREICA, M. ISERMANN, U. JANDT, F. JANSEN, J. JANSEN, Anni Kanerva JAŠKOVÁ (246 Finland, belonging to the institution), Martin JIROUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Z. KACKI, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), A. KAVGACI, L. KHANINA, A.Y. KOROLYUK, M. KOZHEVNIKOVA, Anna KUZEMKO (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution), F. KUZMIC, O.L. KUZNETSOV, M. LAIVINS, I. LAVRINENKO, O. LAVRINENKO, M. LEBEDEVA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), T. LYSENKO, L. MACIEJEWSKI, C. MARDARI, A. MARINSEK, M.G. NAPREENKO, V. ONYSHCHENKO, A. PEREZ-HAASE, R. PIELECH, V. PROKHOROV, V. RASOMAVICIUS, M.P.R. ROJO, S. RUSINA, J. SCHRAUTZER, J. SIBIK, U. SILC, Z. SKVORC, V.A. SMAGIN, Z. STANCIC, A. STANISCI, E. TIKHONOVA, T. TONTERI, D. UOGINTAS, M. VALACHOVIC, K. VASSILEV, Denys VYNOKUROV (804 Ukraine, belonging to the institution), W. WILLNER, S. YAMALOV, D. EVANS, M.P. LUND, R. SPYROPOULOU, E. TRYFON and J.H.J. SCHAMINEE

Edition

Applied Vegetation Science, Hoboken, Wiley, 2020, 1402-2001

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Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.252

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00114593

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

UT WoS

000560187300001

Keywords in English

coastal habitat; diagnostic species; distribution map; dune vegetation; European Nature Information System (EUNIS); European Vegetation Archive (EVA); expert system; forest; grassland; habitat classification

Abstract

V originále

Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

CHYTRÝ, Milan, Lubomír TICHÝ, S.M. HENNEKENS, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, J.A.M. JANSSEN, J.S. RODWELL, Tomáš PETERKA, Corrado MARCENO', Flavia LANDUCCI, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HÁJEK, J. DENGLER, Pavel NOVÁK, Dominik ZUKAL, B. JIMENEZ-ALFARO, L. MUCINA, S. ABDULHAK, S. ACIC, E. AGRILLO, F. ATTORRE, E. BERGMEIER, I. BIURRUN, S. BOCH, J. BOLONI, Gianmaria BONARI, T. BRASLAVSKAYA, H. BRUELHEIDE, J.A. CAMPOS, A. CARNI, L. CASELLA, M. CUK, R. CUSTEREVSKA, E. DE BIE, P. DELBOSC, O. DEMINA, Y. DIDUKH, D. DITE, T. DZIUBA, J. EWALD, R.G. GAVILAN, J.C. GEGOUT, G.P.G. DEL GALDO, V. GOLUB, N. GONCHAROVA, F. GORAL, U. GRAF, A. INDREICA, M. ISERMANN, U. JANDT, F. JANSEN, J. JANSEN, Anni Kanerva JAŠKOVÁ, Martin JIROUŠEK, Z. KACKI, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, A. KAVGACI, L. KHANINA, A.Y. KOROLYUK, M. KOZHEVNIKOVA, Anna KUZEMKO, F. KUZMIC, O.L. KUZNETSOV, M. LAIVINS, I. LAVRINENKO, O. LAVRINENKO, M. LEBEDEVA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, T. LYSENKO, L. MACIEJEWSKI, C. MARDARI, A. MARINSEK, M.G. NAPREENKO, V. ONYSHCHENKO, A. PEREZ-HAASE, R. PIELECH, V. PROKHOROV, V. RASOMAVICIUS, M.P.R. ROJO, S. RUSINA, J. SCHRAUTZER, J. SIBIK, U. SILC, Z. SKVORC, V.A. SMAGIN, Z. STANCIC, A. STANISCI, E. TIKHONOVA, T. TONTERI, D. UOGINTAS, M. VALACHOVIC, K. VASSILEV, Denys VYNOKUROV, W. WILLNER, S. YAMALOV, D. EVANS, M.P. LUND, R. SPYROPOULOU, E. TRYFON and J.H.J. SCHAMINEE. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science. Hoboken: Wiley, 2020, vol. 23, No 4, p. 648-675. ISSN 1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519.

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KW  - diagnostic species
KW  - distribution map
KW  - dune vegetation
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KW  - European Vegetation Archive (EVA)
KW  - expert system
KW  - forest
KW  - grassland
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N2  - Aim The EUNIS Habitat Classification is a widely used reference framework for European habitat types (habitats), but it lacks formal definitions of individual habitats that would enable their unequivocal identification. Our goal was to develop a tool for assigning vegetation-plot records to the habitats of the EUNIS system, use it to classify a European vegetation-plot database, and compile statistically-derived characteristic species combinations and distribution maps for these habitats. Location Europe. Methods We developed the classification expert system EUNIS-ESy, which contains definitions of individual EUNIS habitats based on their species composition and geographic location. Each habitat was formally defined as a formula in a computer language combining algebraic and set-theoretic concepts with formal logical operators. We applied this expert system to classify 1,261,373 vegetation plots from the European Vegetation Archive (EVA) and other databases. Then we determined diagnostic, constant and dominant species for each habitat by calculating species-to-habitat fidelity and constancy (occurrence frequency) in the classified data set. Finally, we mapped the plot locations for each habitat. Results Formal definitions were developed for 199 habitats at Level 3 of the EUNIS hierarchy, including 25 coastal, 18 wetland, 55 grassland, 43 shrubland, 46 forest and 12 man-made habitats. The expert system classified 1,125,121 vegetation plots to these habitat groups and 73,188 to other habitats, while 63,064 plots remained unclassified or were classified to more than one habitat. Data on each habitat were summarized in factsheets containing habitat description, distribution map, corresponding syntaxa and characteristic species combination. Conclusions EUNIS habitats were characterized for the first time in terms of their species composition and distribution, based on a classification of a European database of vegetation plots using the newly developed electronic expert system EUNIS-ESy. The data provided and the expert system have considerable potential for future use in European nature conservation planning, monitoring and assessment.
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CHYTRÝ, Milan, Lubomír TICHÝ, S.M. HENNEKENS, Ilona KNOLLOVÁ, J.A.M. JANSSEN, J.S. RODWELL, Tomáš PETERKA, Corrado MARCENO', Flavia LANDUCCI, Jiří DANIHELKA, Michal HÁJEK, J. DENGLER, Pavel NOVÁK, Dominik ZUKAL, B. JIMENEZ-ALFARO, L. MUCINA, S. ABDULHAK, S. ACIC, E. AGRILLO, F. ATTORRE, E. BERGMEIER, I. BIURRUN, S. BOCH, J. BOLONI, Gianmaria BONARI, T. BRASLAVSKAYA, H. BRUELHEIDE, J.A. CAMPOS, A. CARNI, L. CASELLA, M. CUK, R. CUSTEREVSKA, E. DE BIE, P. DELBOSC, O. DEMINA, Y. DIDUKH, D. DITE, T. DZIUBA, J. EWALD, R.G. GAVILAN, J.C. GEGOUT, G.P.G. DEL GALDO, V. GOLUB, N. GONCHAROVA, F. GORAL, U. GRAF, A. INDREICA, M. ISERMANN, U. JANDT, F. JANSEN, J. JANSEN, Anni Kanerva JAŠKOVÁ, Martin JIROUŠEK, Z. KACKI, Veronika KALNÍKOVÁ, A. KAVGACI, L. KHANINA, A.Y. KOROLYUK, M. KOZHEVNIKOVA, Anna KUZEMKO, F. KUZMIC, O.L. KUZNETSOV, M. LAIVINS, I. LAVRINENKO, O. LAVRINENKO, M. LEBEDEVA, Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ, T. LYSENKO, L. MACIEJEWSKI, C. MARDARI, A. MARINSEK, M.G. NAPREENKO, V. ONYSHCHENKO, A. PEREZ-HAASE, R. PIELECH, V. PROKHOROV, V. RASOMAVICIUS, M.P.R. ROJO, S. RUSINA, J. SCHRAUTZER, J. SIBIK, U. SILC, Z. SKVORC, V.A. SMAGIN, Z. STANCIC, A. STANISCI, E. TIKHONOVA, T. TONTERI, D. UOGINTAS, M. VALACHOVIC, K. VASSILEV, Denys VYNOKUROV, W. WILLNER, S. YAMALOV, D. EVANS, M.P. LUND, R. SPYROPOULOU, E. TRYFON and J.H.J. SCHAMINEE. EUNIS Habitat Classification: Expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. \textit{Applied Vegetation Science}. Hoboken: Wiley, 2020, vol.~23, No~4, p.~648-675. ISSN~1402-2001. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519.

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