Integrated Modelling and Assessment of Landscape, Biodiversity Status and Ecosystem Services (IMALBES)

What is IMALBES about?

Biodiversity is a key element for the functioning of ecosystems. Its condition is directly reflected in the capacity and quality of individual (ecosystem) functions, as well as in the internal mechanisms of (ecological) stability and self-regulation. Biodiversity is too complex for its role to be expressed by a single indicator (method, value, or model) ⇒ an integrated approach is required.

Integration

Integration = Simultaneously – within one environment – from the same datasets – with the same (appropriate) knowledge – calculation of several indicators to assess the influence of multiple drivers on biodiversity and the level of provision of ecosystem functions and services.

  • Data integration
    • Selection and testing of suitable datasets
      • habitat geodata – searching for (creating) an appropriate scale and level of information for a given habitat level: Corine LC – DKV
      • other geodata (topography, FG and ES drivers…) at an appropriate scale
    • Criteria for geodata
      • appropriate spatial and temporal scales
      • nationwide coverage
      • declared update cycle
      • legislative/conventional basis for data availability
  • Scale integration
    • Scale 1:10,000 (field scale, terrain-based) – reflects landscape heterogeneity
    • landscape-level biodiversity – habitat detail (in accordance with AOPK CR and the Czech Republic’s commitments within CBD and IPBES recommendations)
    • Perform calculations so that results are immediately applicable anywhere in the Czech Republic ⇒ processing extent: entire Czech Republic
  • Technical integration
    • 1 environment, 1 format, 1 data management
    • several globally used models and proprietary tools in a single environment
    • (Arc)GIS – integration / custom algorithm development
    • @Python
  • Knowledge integration
    • Development and adaptation of expert relationships
    • Each level has its own knowledge base – a set of coefficients for evaluating more than 15 properties: ecological values @BVM, economic prices @BVM, levels of provision of selected ES

Publications

A selection of works dealing with the IMALBES concept (or some of its components in more detail):

Title Authors Link
Are Valuable and Representative Natural Habitats Sufficiently Protected? Application of Marxan model in the Czech Republic Cudlín, O., Pechanec,V., Purkyt,J., Chobot,K., Salvati, L, Cudlín, P Full text
Modelling of the Water Retention Capacity of the Landscape Pechanec V., Cudlín P., Machar I., Brus J., Kilianová H. Abstract
Integrated approach to the mitigation of biodiversity loss in Central Europe. In. Westra, L., Bosselmann, K., Zabrano V. (eds). Ecological Integrity and Land Use. Sovereignty, Governance, Displacements and Land Grabs. New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2019, 75-86 pp, ISBN 978-1-53615-406-1. Cudlín, P., Pechanec, V., Štěrbová, L., Cudlín, O., Purkyt, J.
Modelling of Soil Erosion and Accumulation in an Agricultural Landscape—A Comparison of Selected Approaches Applied at the Small Stream Basin Level in the Czech Republic Jakubínský, J.; Pechanec, V.; Procházka, J.; Cudlín, P. Full text
What is the Development Capacity for Provision of Ecosystem Services in the Czech Republic? Pechanec,V., Kilianová,H., Tangwa,E., Vondráková, A., Machar, I. Full text
Modelling of Carbon Sequestration and Its Prediction under Climate Change Pechanec V., Purkyt J., Benc A., Nwaogu C., Štěrbová L., Cudlín P. Full text
Analysis of Spatiotemporal Variability of C-factor Derived from Remote Sensing Data Pechanec, V., Mráz, A., Benc,A., Cudlín, P Full text
The Projection of Global and Regional Climate Change Models into Selected Ecosystem Functions and Services (Case Study Czech Republic) Cudlín P., Pechanec V., Cudlín O., Štěrbová L., Purkyt J. Abstract
Monetary Valuation of Natural Forest Habitats in Protected Areas Pechanec, V., Machar, I., Štěrbová, L., Prokopová, M., Kilianová, H., Chobot, K. Cudlín, P. Full text
Effectiveness of Natura 2000 System for Habitat Type Protection: A Case Study from the Czech Republic Pechanec, V., Machar I., Pohanka, T., Opršal, Z., Petrovič, F., Švajda, J., Šálek, L., Chobot, K., Filippovová, J., Cudlín,P., Málková, J. Full text
Prediction of Land-Use Development under the Influence of Climate Change Pechanec, V., Mráz, A., Benc, A., Macků, K., Cudlín, P. Abstract
Decision Support Tool for the Evaluation of Landscapes Pechanec, V., Brus, J., Kilianová, H., Machar, I. Full text
Analyses of Moisture Parameters and Biomass of Vegetation Cover in Southeast Moravia Pechanec, V., Vávra, A., Hovorková, M., Brus, J., Kilianová, H. Full text
Valuation of Ecosystem Services as an Instrument for Implementation of the European Landscape Convention. In: Westra L., Soskolne C., Spady D.W. (eds.), Human Health and Ecological Integrity: Ethics, Law and Human Rights. Routledge, London, p. 69-82. Seják J., Cudlín P., Pokorný J. Abstract
On Measuring the Natural and Environmental Resource Value and Damages. Studia Ecologica, UJEP, Ústí n. L., IV, no. 2, p. 53-68 Seják J., Cudlín P.