Description
The habitat quality indicator is based on the modelled species distribution of common birds. Data on bird species occurrences were obtained from the EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. Species distribution models were built by means of the maximum entropy method implemented in Maxent and downscaled at 10 km2 resolution relying on an ecological basis. Within each polygon of the species range defined by the EBCC Atlas, we refined the species occurrence at grid cells of 10 km2 resolution based on the species preferences for breeding habitats. The indicator expresses the relative species richness of common birds as a ratio between local and regional species richness.
Contact
Contributors
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- Joachim Maes
How to cite
Maes, Joachim (2010): Habitat quality. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bc42e5ba-aa1e-41fc-bec1-285314590be6
Keywords
common bird species ecosystem services habitat quality species distribution
Data access
The compressed zipfile HQI.zip contains the Habitat Quality Index data at 10 km resolution for the year 2010. HQI is a dimensionless ratio between the local and regional species richness based on the distribution of common birds.
Publications
Spatial coverage
Type | Value |
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GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"> <gml:outerBoundaryIs> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:coordinates>-11.5,81.4 43.2,81.4 43.2,35.3 -11.5,35.3 -11.5,81.4</gml:coordinates> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon> |
GML | <gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2"> <gml:exterior> <gml:LinearRing> <gml:posList>-11.5 81.4 43.2 81.4 43.2 35.3 -11.5 35.3 -11.5 81.4</gml:posList> </gml:LinearRing> </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon> |
WKT | POLYGON ((-11.5 81.4, 43.2 81.4, 43.2 35.3, -11.5 35.3, -11.5 81.4)) |
Temporal coverage
From date | To date |
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2010-01-01 | 2010-01-01 |
Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-03-26
- Modified date
- 2021-03-26
- Issued date
- 2010-07-26
- Landing page
- http://biodiversity.europa.eu/maes
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Economy and finance, Environment
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/bc42e5ba-aa1e-41fc-bec1-285314590be6
- Popularity
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