Identifying HNV areas using geographic information systems and landscape metrics

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This chapter describes some spatial tools suitable to map and identify High Nature Value (HNV) farmlands, applying geographical information systems (GIS). It provides a list and definitions of some of the most adequate landscape metrics that can be used to identify HNV areas from maps, as well as the main issues that operators can find when handling GIS.

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Šímova, P. (2017). Identifying HNV areas using geographic information systems and landscape metrics. In Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands: Using Species Distribution Models as a Tool for Monitoring the Health of Agro-ecosystems (pp. 37–51). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50284-7_3

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