Implementation of the MCPFE Indicator "Forest Spatial Pattern" to Report on European Forest Biodiversity
The first results of a new method designed to classify and analyze forest spatial pattern
from forest maps derived from satellite imagery are described in this paper. The approach preserves
the knowledge of the neighborhood context and classifies the forest map into the six forest classes:
perforated, edge, patch, core, branch, and corridor. The conceptual ideas are summarized and
demonstrated at country level for European states. The temporal evolution of forest spatial pattern
is investigated at local scale for a Natura2000 site in northern Italy. The impact of both the selected
classification unit and the initial forest map on the classification result is addressed.
VOGT Peter;
ESTREGUIL Christine;
KOZAK Jacek;
2009-11-10
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station
JRC55340
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