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Evans, P.M.; Čejka, T.; Václavík, T.; Bullock, J.M.

European-wide maps of modelled farm-level ecosystem services, 2019

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https://doi.org/10.5285/ae96d813-6468-421f-92c0-79f367cadbc3
The dataset presented provides average per-farm ecosystem service (ES) values for each NUTS3 region for Europe for the year 2019. The modelled ES are: carbon sequestration [t C ha-1 yr-1], food production (standard economic output) [euros yr-1], and nutrient (nitrogen) export [kg N yr-1]. The data is stored in vector files (GeoPackage). The per-farm ES values were modelled for five sub-country case studies and upscaled for each NUTS3 region where sufficient evidence supported a successful transfer and upscaling.
Note that the criteria for upscaling the carbon sequestration were not met for any NUTS3 region and therefore the carbon sequestration is returned as NULL for each region.
Publication date: 2024-08-23
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Format

GeoPackage

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Vector
Spatial reference system
EPSG:3035 - ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2019-01-01    to    2019-12-31

Provenance & quality

The data is a result of upscaling ecosystem services (ES) across the whole of Europe from five sub-country case studies. Each case study was divided into the NUTS3 regions it covered, which ranged from two to five regions per case study. In total, the data were split into 19 different NUTS3 regions.
The case study data used farm data from 2019, and used the most recent environmental and economic data available, which ranged from 2013 – 2019. The original case study nitrogen export model was a process-based model, namely the InVEST Nutrient Delivery Ratio model. Food production was simulated using the mechanistic WOFOST (WOrld FOod STudies) model. Carbon sequestration was modelled using a statistical model. For a more detailed account of the case study models, please see the supporting documentation.
A novel methodology was used for the upscaling. The method used compared the predictive power (R2) of meta-models produced in each case study NUTS3 with the Minkowski distance (a metric of distance in multivariate space) of those regions.
Quality control of each ecosystem service data was mostly carried out through the development of a novel meta-modelling and transferability methodology. The limitations on the data’s reliability vary depending on the specific ecosystem service that was modelled, and are further explained in the supporting documentation.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0)

Cite this dataset as:
Evans, P.M.; Čejka, T.; Václavík, T.; Bullock, J.M. (2024). European-wide maps of modelled farm-level ecosystem services, 2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ae96d813-6468-421f-92c0-79f367cadbc3

Correspondence/contact details

Evans, P.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 8BB
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Evans, P.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Čejka, T.
Palacký University Olomouc (UPOL)
Václavík, T.
Palacký University Olomouc (UPOL)
Bullock, J.M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Leeds
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
carbon sequestration , ecosystem services , food and fodder production , food production (agriculture) , nitrogen export
Funding
European Union Award: 817501
Last updated
08 January 2025 13:33