Mapping of ecosystems in Mala Planina Mt, Bulgaria

Abstract

The main aim of the current study is to differentiate and analyze types of ecosystems in Mala planina Mt. The investigation is based on the typology of the Working Group for Mapping and Assessment on Ecosystems and their Services (MAES), following Action 5 of the EU Biodiversity strategy requiring member states to map and assess the state of ecosystems and their services in their own territories. The provided methodological framework for mapping of ecosystems is for the continental scale of Europe and it is applied to the local scale of a Bulgarian mountain. The map of the ecosystems in Mala planina Mt based on the MAES typology is created on the basis of information from CORINE Land Cover 2012 dataset. All other ecosystem types of terrestrial category except wetlands, heathland and shrub are presented in a different areal pattern. Grassland, woodland and forest are the most widely distributed ecosystem types of level 2, while urban, cropland and sparsely vegetated areas are randomly distributed.

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