Mapping area of habitat for inland wetland species.

ABSTRACT: Area of habitat (AOH) maps provide a high-resolution representation of the habitat available in a species' range and can support conservation policy and planning processes. However, until recently, there was insufficient knowledge on the distribution of inland wetlands and freshwater biodiversity to develop AOH mapping methods specifically tailored to inland wetlands. We used a combined empirical and thematic approach to translate inland wetland habitat classes in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Habitats Classification Scheme into spatially explicit wetland-cover types derived from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database 2 and the World Karst Aquifer Map. The AOH was subsequently estimated as the area in the mapped range that corresponded to each species' habitat a

SUBMITTER: Ridley FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856809 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature