EEA geospatial data catalogue
EUNIS heathland, scrub and tundra habitat types probability maps - version 1, Dec. 2021
This metadata describes the EUNIS heathland, scrub and tundra habitat types probability maps distribution datasets created from habitat probability mapping. Probability maps are refined versions of habitat suitability maps. Suitability maps model areas where the environment is suitable for a certain habitat type. Probability maps include information on existing land cover and narrow the modelled suitable distribution to areas where the habitat type is probable to occur.
These habitat types correspond to non-coastal land which is dry or only seasonally inundated (with the water table at or above ground level for less than half of the year) with greater than 30% vegetation cover. Tundra is characterised by the presence of permafrost. Heathland and scrub are defined as vegetation dominated by shrubs or dwarf shrubs of species that typically do not exceed 5 m maximum height. Includes shrub orchards, vineyards, hedges (which may have occasional tall trees). Also includes stands of climatically-limited dwarf trees (krummholz) < 3 m high, such as occur in extreme alpine conditions. Includes Salix and Frangula carrs. Excludes coppice (T47) and Alnus and Populus swamp forest (T15).
The verified heathland, scrub and tundra habitat samples used are derived from the Braun-Blanquet database ( http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en) which is a centralised database of vegetation plots and comprises copies of national and regional databases using a unified taxonomic reference database. The geographic extent of the distribution data are all European countries except Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-12-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-12-01
- Edition
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01.00
- Citation identifier
- eea_v_3035_100_m_eunis-hab-probability-s_p_1940-2017_v01_r00
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact European Environment Agency
Custodian
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Spatial resolution
- Spatial resolution
- 100 m
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 1940-01-01 2017-12-31
Extent
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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Andorra
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Belarus
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Monaco
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Russian Federation (European part)
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Moldova
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Georgia
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United Kingdom
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Ukraine
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San Marino
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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- Spatial scope
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European
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
Resource constraints
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
- Language
- English
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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GeoTIFF
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- OnLine resource
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Direct download
- OnLine resource
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EUNIS documentation for habitat classification
- OnLine resource
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Maps 2019 revised EUNIS grassland heath scrub tundra forest probability.pdf
Processing European habitats probability maps for EUNIS Forest (T), Heathland, scrub and tundra (S) and Grassland (R) habitat types based on vegetation relevés, environmental data and Copernicus land cover
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
Result
- Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
- Statement
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The database compiled for the Braun-Blanquet project comprises various national and regional vegetation databases. The maintenance of these databases is in principle in the hands of the custodians. However, before uploading datasets into the Braun-Blanquet database a quality check is performed by Alterra and Masaryk University. If possible, detected errors are corrected and reported back to the data provider. Attributes added to the distribution data are: YEAR (year of recording) and PRECISION (precision in meters, indicating how precise the location is indicated).
More information can be found in the Braun-Blanquet project website: http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en.
Supporting information on the creation of this dataset is available in an ETC/BD Technical report. See all reports in the "EUNIS habitat documentation" compilation.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
- Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 443cdba1-1d4b-4cae-91d5-72fa99a8a758
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-11-16T10:03:05.711Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T10:47:35.659451Z
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115/19139
- Edition
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1.0
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