Modelling and Mapping key Ecosystem Services. The case of Scotland

Authors and Affiliations: 

Alessandro Gimona, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK
Laura Poggio,The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK
Andrea Baggio,The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK
Marie Castellazzi,The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK

Corresponding author: 
Alessandro Gimona
Email: 
alessandro.gimona@hutton.ac.uk
Abstract: 

We illustrate the results of mapping key ecosystem services in Scotland. We highlight hotspots gaps and tradeoffs and suggest how to use them to improve spatial planning and the targeting of conservation incentives.

References: 

Willem Verhagen, Astrid J. A. Van Teeffelen,Andrea Baggio Compagnucci,Laura Poggio,Alessandro Gimona,Peter H. Verburg. 2016. Effects of landscape configuration on mapping ecosystem service capacity: a review of evidence and a case study in Scotland. Landscape Ecology 31 1457-

Alessandro Gimona, Dan van der Horst 2007. Mapping hotspots of landscape functions; a case study on farmland afforestation in Scotland. Landscape Ecology 22(8), 1255-1264.

Symposium: 
The Ecosystem Services framework and the concept of Landscape: towards holistic territorial linking pattern, processes and people across Europe
Oral or poster: 
Oral presentation
Abstract order: 
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