Classification of Mediterranean hedgerows: A methodological approximation

Álvarez, Fernando Allende; Gómez-Mediavilla, Gillian; López-Estébanez, Nieves; Holgado, Pedro Molina

doi:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101355

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“…Moreover, the interaction between nature and culture in these areas creates a visual narrative that transcends generations. In any event, they constitute a heritage that must be preserved and revalued [1,22,39,51,60].…”

Section: Mediterranean Enclosed Fields In Spainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, three main types of hedges were defined: dry stone walls with no vegetation; walls with dispersed trees, normally pollarded; and walls with trees and dense thickets. Finally, and in a Mediterranean context, a further classification can be used to reflect the soil moisture, again distinguishing three categories: humid, semi-humid, and dry [51,53] (see Figure 2g-i). The combination of each of these parameters provides a rich categorization of the plots that reflects their landscape, productivity, culture, and biology.…”

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“…This subtype is found in several countries of the Mediterranean basin, including Croatia, Cyprus, southern France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, southern Portugal, and Spain, and aspects of these landscapes have been studied in some depth in Italy [40], Greece [41], Croatia [42][43][44], Slovenia [45,46], and Portugal [31]. To date, most of the studies carried out in the Spanish Mediterranean area have focused on the northwest [47,48] and northeast areas of the peninsula [49], although some research in the central territories has been carried out from an ecological standpoint [50], or focusing on the historical evolution, natural and cultural features, and their territorial dynamics [16,21,[51][52][53][54][55][56].…”

Section: Introduction 1mediterranean Enclosed Fields: a Singular Euro...mentioning

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Preserving the Values of Mediterranean Enclosed Fields with Dry Stone Walls, an Example of Vulnerable Natural and Rural Heritage

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In the continental Mediterranean mountains of the Iberian Peninsula is located a landscape characterized by the presence of enclosed land parcels delimited by dry stone walls or vegetation, or by both these elements. This landscape has been included, since 2018, in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity under the name of Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques. However, today’s territorial dynamics jeopardize the maintenance of this landscape heritage. This work set out to understand their origins, dynamics, and evolution from the 11th century (Middle Ages) to the present using historical documentation from different sources and diachronic cartography from aerial photographs. The fieldwork was designed to identify natural, cultural features and recent dynamics, in particular those related to urbanization changes of the last 70 years. Finally, we delved into the new dynamics of exploitation that were based on extensification and a loss of productive diversity. The results obtained lead us to consider that the loss of this agro-landscape must be prevented, with a reasonable livestock grazing criteria and a rational management of its heritage features. This requires regional, national, and European policies that recognize the enclosed landscape as a heritage ecosystem in which biodiversity and agriculture are closely linked.

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Small woody features in agricultural areas: Agroforestry systems of overlooked significance in Europe

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Wide-Scale Identification of Small Woody Features of Landscape from Remote Sensing

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Small landscape features (i.e., trees outside forest, small woody features) and linear vegetation such as hedgerows, riparian vegetation, and green lanes are vital ecological structures in agroecosystems, enhancing the biodiversity, landscape diversity, and protecting water bodies. Therefore, their monitoring is fundamental to assessing a specific territory’s arrangement and verifying the effectiveness of strategies and financial measures activated at the local or European scale. The size of these elements and territorial distribution make their identification extremely complex without specific survey campaigns; in particular, remote monitoring requires data of considerable resolution and, therefore, is very costly. This paper proposes a methodology to map these features using a combination of open-source or low-cost high-resolution orthophotos (RGB), which are typically available to local administrators and are object-oriented classification methods. Additionally, multispectral satellite images from the Sentinel-2 platform were utilized to further characterize the identified elements. The produced map, compared with the other existing layers, provided better results than other maps at the European scale. Therefore, the developed method is highly effective for the remote and wide-scale assessment of SWFs, making it a crucial tool for defining and monitoring development policies in rural environments.

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Classification of Mediterranean hedgerows: A methodological approximation

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Preserving the Values of Mediterranean Enclosed Fields with Dry Stone Walls, an Example of Vulnerable Natural and Rural Heritage

Preserving the Values of Mediterranean Enclosed Fields with Dry Stone Walls, an Example of Vulnerable Natural and Rural Heritage

Small woody features in agricultural areas: Agroforestry systems of overlooked significance in Europe

Wide-Scale Identification of Small Woody Features of Landscape from Remote Sensing

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