Evaluation and mapping of the conservation significance of habitats using GIS: An example from Crete, Greece. Boteva, D., Griffiths, G., & Dimopoulos, P. Journal for Nature Conservation, 12(4):237 – 250, Elsevier GmbH, 2004. Cited by: 38![Evaluation and mapping of the conservation significance of habitats using GIS: An example from Crete, Greece [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex To ensure the long-term future of NATURA 2000 sites across Europe, effective techniques are required for evaluating and monitoring their conservation significance. This paper describes a GIS-based method that uses multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) to determine the conservation significance of vegetation communities and habitats for a case study of a proposed NATURA 2000 site on the northwest coast of Crete, Greece. The method uses the most frequently used criteria for the selection of priority areas for nature conservation - species and habitat diversity, rarity of species and habitats, naturalness, threat of human disturbance and replaceability. For each community and corresponding habitat type, each criterion was scored according to field data and expert knowledge using a numerical scale. The final conservation score for each community was derived using MCE within a GIS and mapped. The results demonstrated that the method is an effective tool for evaluating and comparing conservation significance and could be applied to other sites across Europe and to monitor change. © 2004 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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author = {Boteva, Dimitrina and Griffiths, Geoffrey and Dimopoulos, Panayotis},
title = {Evaluation and mapping of the conservation significance of habitats using GIS: An example from Crete, Greece},
year = {2004},
journal = {Journal for Nature Conservation},
volume = {12},
number = {4},
pages = {237 – 250},
doi = {10.1016/j.jnc.2004.09.002},
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abstract = {To ensure the long-term future of NATURA 2000 sites across Europe, effective techniques are required for evaluating and monitoring their conservation significance. This paper describes a GIS-based method that uses multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) to determine the conservation significance of vegetation communities and habitats for a case study of a proposed NATURA 2000 site on the northwest coast of Crete, Greece. The method uses the most frequently used criteria for the selection of priority areas for nature conservation - species and habitat diversity, rarity of species and habitats, naturalness, threat of human disturbance and replaceability. For each community and corresponding habitat type, each criterion was scored according to field data and expert knowledge using a numerical scale. The final conservation score for each community was derived using MCE within a GIS and mapped. The results demonstrated that the method is an effective tool for evaluating and comparing conservation significance and could be applied to other sites across Europe and to monitor change. © 2004 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.},
author_keywords = {Biodiversity; GIS; Habitats; NATURA 2000; Nature conservation},
keywords = {Crete; Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia; Europe; Greece; Southern Europe; World; environmental monitoring; GIS; habitat conservation; habitat quality; land evaluation; mapping},
correspondence_address = {G. Griffiths; The Landscape/Landform Research Grp., Department of Geography, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB, United Kingdom; email: g.h.griffiths@reading.ac.uk},
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language = {English},
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note = {Cited by: 38}
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