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Assessing Habitat Vulnerability and Loss of Naturalness: Applying the GLOBIO3 Model in the Czech Republic

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  • Vilém Pechanec

    (Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, 17. listopadu 50, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic)

  • Ondřej Cudlín

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Miloš Zapletal

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
    Institute of Physics in Opava, Silesian University in Opava, Bezručovo Náměstí 1150/13, CZ-746 01 Opava, Czech Republic)

  • Jan Purkyt

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
    Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Studentská 1668, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Lenka Štěrbová

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Karel Chobot

    (Nature Conservation Agency, Kaplanova 1, CZ-148 00 Praha, Czech Republic)

  • Elvis Tangwa

    (Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, 17. listopadu 50, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic)

  • Renata Včeláková

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Marcela Prokopová

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

  • Pavel Cudlín

    (Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

Abstract

Global and regional biodiversity loss is caused by several drivers including urban development, land use intensification, overexploitation of natural resources, environmental pollution, and climate change. The main aim of our study was to adapt the GLOBIO3 model to the conditions of the Czech Republic (CR) to assess loss of naturalness and biodiversity vulnerability at the habitat level on a detailed scale across the entire CR. An additional aim was to assess the main drivers affecting the biodiversity of habitat types. The GLOBIO3 model was adapted to CZ-GLOBIO by adapting global to local scales and using habitat quality and naturalness data instead of species occurrence data. The total mean species abundance (MSA) index of habitat quality, calculated from the spatial overlay of the four MSA indicators by our new equation, reached the value 0.62. The total value of MSA for natural and near-natural habitats was found to be affected mainly by infrastructure development and fragmentation. Simultaneously, intensity of land use change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition contributed primarily to the low total value of MSA for distant natural habitats. The CZ-GLOBIO model can be an important tool in political decision making to reduce the impact of the main drivers on habitat biodiversity in the CR.

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  • Vilém Pechanec & Ondřej Cudlín & Miloš Zapletal & Jan Purkyt & Lenka Štěrbová & Karel Chobot & Elvis Tangwa & Renata Včeláková & Marcela Prokopová & Pavel Cudlín, 2021. "Assessing Habitat Vulnerability and Loss of Naturalness: Applying the GLOBIO3 Model in the Czech Republic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-18, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:10:p:5355-:d:552388
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