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The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services

This article provides the first study examining the effects of using proxies on ecosystem service maps and the degree of spatial congruence of these maps with primary data, using England as a case study.

Andreas Heinemeyer / Published on 16 December 2010
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Eigenbrod, F., P.R.Armsworth, B.J.Anderson, A.Heinemeyer, S.Gillings, D.B.Roy, C.D.Thomas and K.J.Gaston (2010). The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services. Eigenbrod, F., P.R.Armsworth, B.J.Anderson, A.Heinemeyer, S.Gillings, D.B.Roy, C.D.Thomas and K.J.Gaston (2010). The impact of proxy-based methods on mapping the distribution of ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47(2): 377-385. SEI-York.

It shows that land cover based proxies provide a poor fit to primary data surfaces for biodiversity, recreation and carbon storage, and that correlations between ecosystem services change depending on whether primary or proxy data are used for the analyses.

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Andreas Heinemeyer

Senior Research Fellow

SEI York

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