GI_Forum 2013, Volume 1 Creating the GISociety – Conference Proceedings
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GI_Forum 2013, Volume 1 Creating the GISociety – Conference Proceedings
ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-87907-532-4 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-7438-7 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/giscience2013
GI_Forum, Volume 1 2013, 566 pages Print edition is available at Wichmann-Verlag, Berlin
Barbara Riedler,
Thomas Strasser,
Lena Pernkopf,
Dirk Tiede,
Stefan Lang
S. 540 - 543 doi:10.1553/giscience2013s540 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: Riparian forests are sensitive habitats with a rich biodiversity and an important function as corridors for movement of wildlife. In Europe, many of these precious habitats are protected sites within the Natura 2000 network, where monitoring results have to be reported every six years. Satellite imagery provides key benefits for monitoring nature protection areas where political borders, rough terrain and large and/or complex monitoring areas handicap a harmonized assessment (VANDEN BORRE et al. 2011). NAGENDRA et al. (in press) name four critical aspects of assessment: changes in habitat extent and landscape structure, habitat degradation, alteration in biodiversity and tracking of pressures and threats within and outside protected areas. As silviculture inside Natura 2000 sites can influence these aspects, a targeted monitoring is needed. For this purpose, an Earth observation-based workflow has been developed within the MS.MONINA project (http://www.ms-monina.eu) to monitor riparian forests in the Natura 2000 site Salzachauen. It includes (1) a habitat delineation based on visual interpretation and semi-automated object-based image analysis and (2) an assessment of habitat quality using structural indicators (cf. STRASSER et al. in review). In this paper, we focus on the second part of this workflow. We used landscape metrics to assess the overall habitat quality of the entire area and differentiated between three subregions with a different degree of silvicultural intensity to reveal potential influence of forest management on the habitat quality. Published Online: 2013/06/20 19:19:15 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x002e6e8f Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GIS as a technology has come a long way, from the
early adoption of technical wizardry to the ubiquitous,
if unconscious use by the masses. The creation
of the GISociety is on its way through technological
development, theoretical and empirical scientific
research and inclusion of technology into education
with increasing pedagogical justification.
Defining new dimensions of hard- and software,
brainware and orgware are all needed to further
develop the GISociety.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A-1011 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Tel. +43-1-515 81/DW 3420, Fax +43-1-515 81/DW 3400 https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at, e-mail: verlag@oeaw.ac.at |