HABIT-CHANGE User's Manual Online Decision Support System
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1. AS chains i TR H A HUNGARY E DAHABIT YE semens BIBCHANGE SES ROMANIA Detailed practical guidelines how to adapt protected area management to Climate Change can be found in the the Management Handbook also developed within the website To view the step by step guide how to use the decision support tool click on the following link User s Manual Habit change Decision Support System Figure 1 Startup page with introduction overview map and login facility 2 2 The main page Once the login information has been entered click OK You will be automatically directed to the main page Figure 2 This page allows you to create new H P I R chains modify or delete chains you created as well as to query indicators Main Page m Chain Builder m Query Database Create new H P I R Chains Show all H P I R Chains Please select Habitat type Show Delete H P I R Chains created by eurac Pressure gt Impact link up Please select Habitat type Starting point Habi Figure 2 The Main Page with options to create new chains and show or delete existing chains on the left hand site On the right hand side of the page the user can query the chains in the database Querying of existing chains is possible in three different ways 1 Show all full H P I R chains for all habitat types in a habitat group 2 Starting from a pressure show all related impacts and correspondi2. Increasing bush encroachment Plains and of the montane to alpine levels 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of Abandonment of mowing Increasing bush encroachment Plains and of the montane to alpine levels Figure 7 The H P I chains created in the previous steps are in this steps complemented through addition of the Response element to the chain In the left hand box a response category is selected then one or several response options that should be added to the part chain are selected in the top box New response options can be added to the database by typing it in the third box A new page opens and confirms that a new chain was added to the database Figure 8 Chain Builder 1 Choose H abitat 2 Add ressure 4 Add R esponse Category empty for specified Habitat Show info Response site specific Brandenburger Liste user entry multiple selection possible hold down Ctrl Strg key while selecting Control and reduction of fertilisation Development and implementation of strategies for conservation Creation and adaption of a time table for mowing and grazing Every herd owner has a reserve area ifneeded in dry years extensive grazing with private or NP owned herds of cattle Extensive slight grazing on upper drier areas from spring onwards keeping current level of livestock load All Administration Land ownership Biodiversity connectivity Constructional tec
3. boy impacts and in green relevant habitat types associated with that pressure type will be listed Figure 12 EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND 12 C2 CENTRAL v J EUROPE COOPERATING FOR SUCCESS HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Main Page m Chain Builder m Query Database Create new H P I R Chains 5 Show all H P I R Chains Please select Habitat type Pressure gt Impact link up Show Delete H P I R Chains created by eurac Climate lt gt Wind Climate lt gt Air temperature Please select Habitat type Habitats and species lt gt Evolution Hydrologic cycle lt gt Surface water Hydrologic cycle lt gt Precipitation Land use lt gt Agriculture fishing Impact related habitat Increasing frequency and area of gaps micro areas without plant cover Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels Vaccinio Piceetea Changing interspecific relations e g competition among dominant species Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels Vaccinio Piceetea D Starting point Habitat Figure 12 The Pressure gt Impact link up tool on the right hand side allows to query the database starting from a pressure Having selected a pressure category and a pressure the database writes out associated impacts and in brackets and in green writing the habitat typ
4. builder tool The bottom tool allows to list and delete those chains created by yourself In order to manage your chains click on the drop down list and those habitat categories for which you created chains are listed Pick one by clicking on it and you will be directed to a new page listing all the chains that you created for habitat types within that habitat category Figure 10 m1 Chain s from eurac were found for 6000 Natural and semi natural grassland formations delete H abitat Pyressure 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of Decrease Abandonment of grazing and of the montane to alpine levels Figure 10 Example for managing chains The user has created one H P I R chain in a habitat category The user could delete this chain if necessary If you like to delete a chain you can do that by checking the box next to it and click Delete The chain will be instantly removed from the database This project is implemented through the CENTRAL 11 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas 2 4 Querying H P I R information The tools on the right hand side on the Main Page allow to query the database for existing H P I R chains Information can be queried in three different ways 1 Allows to look at all H P I R chains available for a habitat category 2 Enables to start from the pressure type and finds all impacts and hab
5. login facility Figure 1 The introductury text provides an overview over the background of the DSS and the topic Adaptive management of protected areas Importantly it contains a link to the comprehensive Management Handbook elaborated in the project Specifically the Management Handbook contains guidelines practical experiences from the HABIT CHANGE Climate Adapted Management Plan CAMP test sites as well as a step by step guide how to go about adaptive management A map next to the introduction text visualises the project area and the locations of HABIT CHANGE project partners The login facility at the top right of the startup page enables the user to be recognized as an expert user Logged in users are able to create decision chains and can add additional indicators to the database Since chains are linked to their creators they alone can modify them however all chains can be browsed and looked at by all users of the site Alternatively logging in as guest the user is able to browse the contents of the knowledge system i e the tools to query the database will be available whereas he is not allowed to create decision chains or add new indicators to the database Guest users can enter the site using the following login User guest Pass guest An expert login enabling the user to add information to the database can be requested by sending an Email to the contact details given at the bottom of the startup page This project i
6. Nia EE y U CHANG SSS adaptive management for protected areas HABIT CHANGE User s Manual Online Decision Support System DSS 09 2012 Chain Builder 2 Add P ressure 3 Add mpact 4 Add R esponse Category show info Impact multiple selection possible hold down Ctri Strg key while selecting Decrease Biomass production net primary production Decrease Plantlitter mass Increase Biomass production net primary production All Function Habitat specific Increase Plant litter mass g Increasing drought stress Processes Soil Species composition to selected Category Structure 6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands P Extension of length of growing season vegetation period M Increase Plant litter mass EUROPE This project is implemented through CEU EUROPEAN UNION the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme DEVELOPMENT FUND co financed by the ERDF 1 J EURO FOR PE HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Output Number 522 Date 09 2012 Manual of Decision Support System Author Kathrin Renner EURAC iene ei CHANGE Adaptive management of climate induced changes of meen diversity in protected areas Programme CENTRAL EUROPE Project 2CE168P3 Number Lead Partner Leibniz Institute of Ecological and Regional Development IOER Germany Project Partner University of Vienna Aus
7. adows 1400 Coastal and halophytic habitats Mediterranean and thermo Atlantic salt marshes and salt meadows 1500 Coastal and halophytic habitats Salt and gypsum inland steppes 2100 Coastal sand dunes and inland dunes Sea dunes of the Atlantic North Sea and Baltic coasts 2300 Coastal sand dunes and inland dunes Inland dunes old and decalcified 3100 Freshwater habitats Standing water E 3200 Freshwater habitats Running water sections ofwater courses with natural or semi natural dynamics minor average and major beds where the water quality shows no significant deterioration 4000 Temperate heath and scrub Temperate heath and scrub 5100 Sclerophyllous scrub matorral Sub Mediterranean and temperate scrub AECE ETO AE TE E 6200 Natural and semi natural grassland formations Semi natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies 6400 Natural and semi natural grassland formations Semi natural tall herb humid meadows 6500 Natural and semi natural grassland formations Mesophile grasslands 7100 Raised bogs and mires and fens Sphagnum acid bogs 7900 Daicad han nc mire nd fone aN tan Please select Habitat type Figure 3 To create a new chain the first step is to select a habitat category using the top left tool on the Main page 2 On the Chain Builder page you now see all the habitat types that are part of the habitat category that you selected in the previous step listed in a text box You no
8. e terms Pressure Impact and Response are used in the HABIT CHANGE project The information box also contains links to the glossary on the HABIT CHANGE project website where further terms are explained Now select one or several pressure types hold down the Control key to select more than one item in the box on the right The selected pressure s will be added as the second element of your chain below the already selected habitat type If you like to add a pressure to the list that is not already in the database this can be done by typing it into the third box To add the new pressure type to a certain pressure category select the category before clicking on Add Pressure The newly added pressure type will be immediately available for you to add to the chain The newly added pressure type is available straightaway for adding to the H P I R chain by clicking again on the category you added the new Pressure to and it will be listed in the top right box Chain Builder 1 Choose Habitat 2 Add Pressure 3 Add mpact 4 Add Response Category empty for specified Habitat multiple selection possible hold down Ctrl Strg key while selecting Abandonment of mowing Hydrologic cycle Air humidity evaporation arable land within the protected area Hydrologic cycle Surface water Biomass production for energy Hydrologic cycle Groundwater Change from mowing to pasturing ee use Water managemen
9. es this pressure impact effect is linked to 3 Query the database for pressures impacts and response options related to a specific habitat category The third tool under Query Database Starting point Habitat allows to find all pressures impacts and response options associated with a habitat type Checking the box next to Starting point Habitat opens up three boxes The first step is to select a habitat type in the top list Based on that selection all pressure types linked to that habitat type are listed in the box below Secondly one pressure type is selected which leads to the listing of all the relevant impact types below Finally selecting one of the impacts brings up the proposed management practise under Response Selections can be revoked at any stage by clicking the Reset Query button Figure 13 This project is implemented through the CENTRAL 13 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Create new H P I R Chains Please select Habitat type Show Delete H P I R Chains created by eurac Please select Habitat type Main Page Query Database Show all H P I R Chains Pressure gt Impact link up Starting point Habitat hilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels Vaccinio Piceetea Hard oligo mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities
10. hnical Information Education Land use management Land use management agriculture Add Response to selected Category Land use management tourism Management protection of habitats Research monitoring Transaction was fine gt 1 H P I R Chain s were successfully created Pressure Figure 8 This web page confirms that a newly created chain was added to the database Clicking on Close takes you back to the previous page where further chains can be completed by EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CENTRAL EUROPE COOPERATING FOR SUCCESS 10 lt HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas adding a Response option 2 3 2 Managing H P I R Chains An expert user has a login that allows to create and add chains to the knowledge system Those can be viewed and deleted by that same user or the database administrator On the Main Page of the DSS it is the bottom tool on the left titled Show Delete H P I R Chains created by Figure 9 Main Page m Chain Builder m Query Database Create new H P I R Chains Show all H P I R Chains Please select Habitattype v Please select Habitattype Show Delete H P I R Chains created by eurac Pressure gt Impact link up Please select Habitat type 7 Starting point Habitat Figure 9 On the Main page the left hand side window contains the Chain
11. itat type it is linked to 3 Permits to query the database starting from a habitat type one selects one of the related pressure types one selects one of the linked impact types and the output will be a response option It has to be noted here that the querying of the database can only provide information that was entered previously by experts 1 Querying complete H P I R chains Check the box of the top option Show all H P I R Chains to see all H P I R chains created for habitat types that belong to a habitat category First select a habitat category out of the available categories in the drop down list A new page will open up showing all decision chains in that habitat category Figure 11 Main Page m Chain Builder m Query Database Create new H P I R Chains Please select Habitat type Please select Habitat type Show Delete H P I R Chains created by eurac Pressure gt Impact link up Please select Habitat type Starting point Habitat Figure 11 The database can be queried by listing all H P I R chains available for a habitat category To view existing chains use the top option on the right hand side of the main page 2 Find out which pressures are associated with which impacts and which habitat types Check the box of the second tool Pressure gt Impact link up By selecting a pressure category in the list on the left hand and choosing a pressure on the right hand
12. nagement for protected areas 1 Introduction and background The HABIT CHANGE project deals with changes that Natura 2000 nature protection sites in Central Europe are currently confronted with due to anthropogenic as well as climatic impacts Specifically habitat compositions are changing when climatic conditions and land use change The aim of HABIT CHANGE is to help nature conservationists to better understand those changes and to provide guidelines and practical experiences to react most appropriately Scenarios and indicators collated in the project help describe those changes its drivers and effects Pressures impacts and management strategies were collected from seven test sites representative for central European habitat types as well as literature Furthermore we investigated climate projections and their potential impact on habitat types The results of this research are made available in the form of reports in the WebGIS cartographically as well as the herewith presented DSS knowledge database that can be interrogated via an online interface The aim of the DSS is to provide managers of protected areas with information on possible pressures due to Climate Change or land use change Furthermore contained in the database are impacts that pressures are likely to have on habitat types Proposals on how to respond to those very specific changes are another very important component of the knowledge system With the DSS the project
13. ng habitat types 3 Starting from a habitat type select a pressure and an impact to see the related response options The main page consists of two parts On the left hand side under Chain Builder you find the tools to create top tool and manage bottom tool H P I R chains On the right hand side queries can be put to the database in three different ways In the following sections we guide you step by step how to use the DSS CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNION K EUROPEAN REGIONAL 6 K EUROPE Be DEVELOPMENT FUND HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas 2 5 Creating and managing H P I R chains 2 3 1 Creating new chains Starting from the main page use the tool on the top left to create new H P I R chains The steps below describe in detail how to create new chains 1 Click on the drop down list on the top left of the page and choose a habitat category by clicking on it Figure 3 After having selected one habitat category you will be automatically directed to the next page the Chain Builder page Main Page m Chain Builder Query Database Create new H P I R Chains Show all H P I R Chains Please select Habitat ye nnn Please select Habitat type 1100 Coastal and halophytic habitats Open sea and tidal areas 1200 Coastal and halophytic habitats Sea cliffs and shingle or stony beaches 1300 Coastal and halophytic habitats Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt me
14. of plains and of the montane to alpine levels Decrease of mean summer precipitation Extension of length of growing season vegetation period Increase of dry periods droughts Increase of frost days within the vegetation period Increase of mean annual surface air temperature Invasive species including neophytes and introduction of species Impact Changes in dominant species Changing interspecific relations e g competition among dominant species Changing plant community structure Disappearing plant species sensitive to the lack of precipitation e g shallow rooters chamaephytes Increasing abundance Response Fostering and selective thinning of forest habitats outside the core zone Need for protection and regulation of typical tree species and tree species compositions and food plants for explicit birds possible on all forest habitat stands outside the protected core zone this type of management measure is not explizit suggested but overall positive marked harmless Figure 13 This graphic shows a third way to query the database Here the selection of a habitat type results in the related pressure types from which one can be selected and in turn impacts associated with that Habitat Pressure combination are show Finally the selection of an impact results in the response option s being written at the bottom of the page 14 EUROPE E E lt EUROPE DEVELOPMENT FUND COOPERATING FOR SUCCESS
15. provides a tool to those nature conservationists that were not involved in the HABIT CHANGE efforts It allows to browse habitat types pressures impacts and response options identified analysed and structured by the project team Expert users that have a login to the system are authorised to create so called decision chains linking the four input variables Habitat H Pressure P Impact I Response Option R and thus provide added knowledge to others A protected area manager looking for ways to manage certain habitat types responding to the circumstances they are in can benefit from the expert knowledge the DSS is offering The DSS enables the user to query the database and to thus identify cause and effect for example it allows to identify pressures that are causing certain impacts At the same time does the database provide knowledge as to what management practises are relevant for which habitat types This User s Manual provides a step by step guide how to use the Habitat Management Decision Support tool The HABIT CHANGE DSS can be accessed using this address http webgis eurac edu habit 6 CENTRAL 4 TJ EUROPE EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas 2 Executing the Habitat Management Support tool 2 1 The startup page The startup page consists of an introduction test an overview map depicting the area under consideration and a
16. result the first part of the chain consisting of H P and I is written in bold at the bottom of the page EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND E CENTRAL v J EUROPE COOPERATING FOR SUCCESS HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Chain Builder 1 Choose Habitat 2 Add ressure 3 Add mpact 4 Add Response Category show info Impact multiple selection possible hold down Ctrl Strz key while selecting Increase Species composition proportion of grasses a Increase Species composition proportion of specialists Function Increase Species composition proportion ofxerophytes Habitat specific Increasing bush encroachment Plant growth Increasing Diversity species abundance Processes Increasing drought stress Soil Species composition Add Impact to selected Category Structure 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels Abandonment of mowing amp Decrease Abandonment of grazing Decreasing Diversity species abundance amp Increasing bush encroachment Figure 6 Impacts are selected and added to the chain by first selecting an impact category then selecting the impact If the impact one likes to use is not available on can type a new impact into the third box hit the Add Impact button and the impact will be immediately available to be added
17. s implemented through the CENTRAL 5 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Gf HABIT Central Europe Habitat Management es C HAN G E Decision Support Tool User guest guest ok adaptive management for protected areas Introduction and background EAEN HABIT CHANGE Project Partners This decision support tool was developed to help Natura 2000 site managers in AEE A LE Project Parners National Borders Rivers Central Europe to make suitable decisions regarding the conservation of i habitat types in the context of climate change The tool is based on the research p ay Pad a ee carried out in the HABIT CHANGE project co financed by the EU Central Europe A L Programme Over the period of three years scientists and practitioners developed a F X set of indictors that describe not only those pressures induced by climate change A 2y Myrmo moma pe cerna but also pressure due to human activities A set of impact indicators describe the l 5 consequences of those pressures Management practises as applied by park tn x pit authorities of protected sites in Central Europe were collected in a third set of i SDeveloprent 2 cvs indicators Those knowledge and experience based indicators are available in this f f decision support tool in a structured way They can be combined to Habitat type Pressure Impact Response decision X Oh e7 EN
18. t __ Conversion of dry grasslands and sand biotopes into vineyards Land use Agriculture fishing Decrease Abandonment of grazing l Land Use Forestry Land Use Landfill extraction E to selected Category Land Use Infrastructure Tourism Visitors Tourism Infrastructure H 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels P Abandonment of mowing amp Decrease Abandonment of grazing D Figure 5 Chain Builder page First a pressure category is selected followed by a selection of a Pressure types The selection will then be written as the second element of the chain and written below the boxes next to the P 4 8 To now add one or several impact s to the H P I R chain check the box 3 Add Impact at the top of the Chain Builder page Figure 6 The set up and procedure are the same as for the previously added pressure type First select an impact category on the left or select AIl if you are not sure which category an impact belongs to Then select by clicking on it an impact type to select several pressure types hold down the Control key in the box on the right Additional impact types can be added to the database by typing them in the box below the Add Impact button Clicking once again on the category the new Impact is added to the database making it instantly available for selection and thus adding to the H P I R chain As a
19. to the chain 5 Adding a response option is the final step in creating a chain To do this check 4 Add Response near the top of the Chain Builder page This will direct you to a new page with the Same drop down selection boxes as for pressure and impact with the only difference that you now see the Habitat Pressure Impact part of the chain you created earlier listed If you have chosen more than one pressure or impact that list will contain every combination of the input you gave Now to add response options chains are completed one at a time Figure 7 To add a response option to the first part chain tick the box next to it To mark that it is edible the colour of the text changes from grey to black Now as with pressure and impact select a category in the drop down list on the left or click AIl if you prefer to see all available management options Then select one or several response options in the box on the right If you like to add a management practise that is not already in the list you can do this by typing it in the third box and click Add Response Clicking once again on the category you added to the new Response to and will make it instantly available for selection in black Having selected one or several response options click on Now Create Complete Chain at the very bottom of the page This project is implemented through the CENTRAL 9 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adapti
20. tria National Academy of Sciences Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth Ukraine Thuringian State Institute for Forestry Game and Fishery Germany Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Germany Technische Universitat Berlin Germany Balaton Uplands National Park Directorate Hungary Szent Istvan University Hungary Biebrza National Park Poland Environmental Protection Institute Poland Triglav National Park Slovenia University of Bucharest Romania Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics Austria Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development Romania SOLINE Pridelava soli d o o Slovenia University of Maribor Slovenia European Academy Bolzano Italy Contact Marco Neubert m neubert ioer de 49 351 4679 274 frre sven rannom szannowaioenae sso 3s1 963412339 O Further www habit change eu EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND A CENTRAL 2 Ke D I COOPERATING FOR SUCCESS HABIT mA CHANGE Contents 1 Introduction and background 4 2 Executing the Habitat Management Support tool 5 2 1 The startup page 5 2 2 The main page 6 2 3 Creating and managing H P I R chains 7 2 3 1 Creating new chains 7 2 3 2 Managing H P I R Chains 11 2 4 Querying H P I R information 12 This project is implemented through the CENTRAL 3 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adaptive ma
21. ve management for protected areas Chain Builder 1 Choose H abitat 2 Add P ressure 4 Add esponse Category empty for specified Habitat show info Response site specific Brandenburger Liste user entry multiple selection possible hold down Ctrl Strg key while selecting Control and reduction of fertilisation A Development and implementation of strategies for conservation Creation and adaption of a time table for mowing and grazing Every herd owner has a reserve area if needed in dry years extensive grazing with private or NP owned herds of cattle m Extensive slight grazing on upper drier areas from spring onwards keeping current level of livestock load All Administration Land ownership Biodiversity connectivity Constructional technical Information Education Grazing Avoiding overgrazing avoiding damages due to grazing Land use management EE Add Response to selected Category Land use management tourism Management protection of habitats Research monitoring 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of Decrease Abandonment of grazing Decreasing Diversity species abundance Plains and of the montane to alpine levels 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of Abandonment of mowing Decreasing Diversity species abundance Plains and of the montane to alpine levels 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of Decrease Abandonment of grazing
22. w want to select one of the habitat types listed by clicking on it It will be instantly added in bold writing below the text box and next to the H thus forming the first element of the chain Figure 4 Chain Builder 1 Choose Habitat 2 Add Pressure 3 Add mpact 4 Add Response 6440 Alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio Holoschoenion 6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous peaty or clayey siltladen soils Molinion caeruleae 6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels M Figure 4 Chain Builder page The second step to create a H P I R chain is to select a habitat type out of all the habitat types contained on the habitat category selected in the previous step 3 Next you like to add a pressure type to the chain To do this check the box 2 Add Pressure Three text boxes appear In the box on the left hand side select a category or select All if you like to see all pressure types contained in the database Figure 5 This project is implemented through the CENTRAL 7 EUROPE Programme co financed by the ERDF HABIT CHANGE adaptive management for protected areas Clicking on the show info highlighted in orange brings up information how th
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