Publications

Publications about the DOPA focusing on technical aspects

**About the DOPA web services and key concepts** Bastin, L., Mandrici, A., Battistella, L., G. Dubois (2017). Processing conservation indicators with Open Source tools: lessons learned from the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. In: "//Proceedings of the FOSS4G Conference 2017"//, August 14-19, Boston, USA. Dubois, G., Bastin, L., Bertzky, B., Mandrici, B., Conti, M., Saura, S., Cottam, A., Battistella, L., Martínez-López, J., Boni, M., Graziano, M. (2016). Integrating multiple spatial datasets to assess protected areas: Lessons learnt from the Digital Observatory for Protected Area (DOPA). //International Journal of Geo-Information//. []

Dubois, G., Bastin, L., Martinez Lopez J., Cottam, A., Temperley, H., Bertzky, B., Graziano, M. (2015). //The Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) Explorer 1.0.// EUR 27162 EN. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 53 p. [[|Download pdf]]

Dubois, G, M. Schulz, J. Skøien, A. Cottam, W. Temperley, M. Clerici, E. Drakou, J. van’t Klooster, B. Verbeeck, I. Palumbo, P. Derycke, J-F. Pekel, J. Martínez-López, S. Peedell, P. Mayaux (2013b). //An introduction to the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) and the DOPA Explorer (Beta)//. EUR 26207 EN, EC. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union 72 p. [[|Download pdf]]

Dubois, G., M. Clerici, J.F. Pekel, A. Brink, I. Palumbo, D. Gross, S. Peedell, D. Simonetti, M. Punga (2011). On the contribution of remote sensing to DOPA, a Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. In: "//Proceedings of the 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment//", April 10-15, 2011, Sydney, Australia [Download pdf]


 * About the Habitat Diversity Indicator**

Martínez-López, J., B. Bertzky, F. J. Bonet-García, L. Bastin, G. Dubois (2016). Biophysical characterization of protected areas globally through optimized image segmentation and classification. //Remote Sensing//. []

Dubois, G., M. Schulz, J. Skøien, L. Bastin, S. Peedell (2013). eHabitat, a multi-purpose Web Processing Service for ecological modeling. //Environmental Modelling & Software//, 41:123-133.

Skøien, J., M. Schulz, G. Dubois, I. Fisher, M. Balman, I. May, É. Ó Tuama (2013). Climate change in biomes of Important Bird Areas – results from a WPS application. //Ecological Informatics//, 14:38-43

**About the Connectivity Indicator** Saura, S., L. Bastin, L. Battistella, A. Mandrici, G. Dubois (2017). Protected areas in the world’s ecoregions: how well connected are they? //Ecological Indicators// 76: 144-158 []