ETC/BD Technical paper 9/2018: Distribution and habitat suitability maps of revised EUNIS grassland, heathland, scrub, tundra and forest types

This report presents for each revised EUNIS heathland, scrub, tundra and forest type, a distribution map of known occurrence based on the locality of plots which can be assigned to the EUNIS habitat class and a suitability map of areas where the environment is suitable for the habitat in Europe produced with a model integrating several climate and soil layers parameters.
In addition to what was used as predictors in previous years (ETC/BD, 2016, 2017), also so-called RS-EBV’s (Remote Sensed Essential Biodiversity Variables; predictors based on remote sensing data) have been applied.

Prepared by: Stephan Hennekens (from ETC/BD partner Wageningen Environmental Research, NL)