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On the Darwin Core Term dwc:habitat, and the Need to Adopt a European Vocabulary Based on NATURA2000 and EUNIS Classifications, with a Comment on International Applicability Cover

On the Darwin Core Term dwc:habitat, and the Need to Adopt a European Vocabulary Based on NATURA2000 and EUNIS Classifications, with a Comment on International Applicability

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|May 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Hierarchical structure of NATURA2000 habitat classification. Visit https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats-annex1-browser.jsp to browse the classification.

Figure 2

Hierarchical structure of EUNIS habitat classification. Visit https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats-annex1-browser.jsp to browse the classification.

Figure 3

The starting point of the EUNIS dichotomic key (from Davies and Moss, 2020).

Table 1

Symbols used in crosswalk tables linking EUNIS classification to NATURA2000.

=The revised EUNIS habitat is equal to the NATURA2000 habitat type
#The revised EUNIS habitat overlaps with the NATURA2000 habitat type
<The revised EUNIS habitat is narrower than the NATURA2000 habitat type
>The revised EUNIS habitat is wider than the NATURA2000 habitat type
blankThe revised EUNIS habitat is not linked to a NATURA2000 habitat type
Table 2

Example of crosswalk between EUNIS and NAT2000 classifications of Fagus forests (symbols as in Table 1).

EUNIS NAMENAT2000 NAME
T17 Fagus forest on non-acid soils>9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests
>9140 Medio-European subalpine beech woods with Acer and Rumex arifolius
>9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion
>9210 Apennine beech forests with Taxus and Ilex
>9220 Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis
#9270 Hellenic beech forests with Abies borisii-regis
>9280 Quercus frainetto woods
>91K0 Illyrian Fagus sylvatica forests (Aremonio-Fagion)
>91S0 Western Pontic beech forests
>91V0 Dacian Beech forests (Symphyto-Fagion)
#91W0 Moesian beech forests
>91X0 Dobrogean beech forests
Language: English
Page range: 17 - 17
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2025
Accepted on: Apr 21, 2026
Published on: May 8, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2026 Roberto Pizzolotto, Fabiola Durante, Wouter Dekoninck, published by Ubiquity Press
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