Add species observed in the field to identify the most similar habitat
Add keywords related to one specific habitat
Habitat classification is based on the regionalization of the European Habitat Classification System, EUNIS, version 2021. The classification was based on statistical analysis of vegetation data to define regional habitats at level 4 following the European concepts for the hierarchical levels 1-3. Habitat descriptions include indicator species and frequent species generated from the dataset, together with sampled sites of each habitat and maps with the potential area of occupancy obtained from predictive distribution models. All photos are taken in the Ibero-Atlantic region and should be credited to the authors mentioned in the image (when provided), together with the link to www.IberoAtlantica.eu.
Regional classification framework
Jiménez-Alfaro, B., González Le Barbier J., Carlón L., Álvarez Martínez JM, Espinosa del Alba, C., Fernández-Pascual, E., González-García V., Lázaro-Lobo A, Mendieta-Leiva, Roces Díaz JV (2025) Regionalization of European EUNIS habitat classification for effective ecosystem assessment. In prep.
Habitat-based distribution models
González Le Barbier, J., Ubaldi, T., Lenoir, J., Roces Díaz, J. & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2025) Modelling the area of occupancy of habitat types at different successional stages. In prep.
Classification of anthropogenic vegetation
Fernández-Pascual, E., González-García, V., Ivesdal, G., Lázaro-Lobo, A., & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2024). Classification and characterization of anthropogenic plant communities in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula. Applied Vegetation Science, 28(1), e70010.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.70010
Classification of forest habitats
González-García, V., Fernández-Pascual, E., Font, X., & Jiménez-Alfaro, B. (2024). Forest habitat diversity in the Cantabrian Mixed Forests ecoregion (NW Iberian Peninsula), a climatic refugium in western Europe. Applied Vegetation Science, 27(3), e12793.
https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12793