ESML’s pre-defined filters are more powerful for most uses because they examine ESML
classification-based descriptors (see Descriptors used by ESML
pre-defined filters). Every EM in ESML has been systematically classified according to
many descriptors of interest to users (such as environment type, location, ecosystem services,
variable names and variable positions). The filters can be used in combination to increase
search specificity.
Text searching for EMs
Text searching accesses a limited set of ESML free-text descriptors (see Descriptors searched in text searching). Results
are dependent on word choice, which is less dependable than classification, but logic can be used to
increase search specificity.
Future above and below-ground carbon storage in plant biomass, dead organic matter, and soil | Future annual GHG fluxes | Future annual flow capacity ratio (flood risk) | Future carbon sequestration | Future land cover / use | Future probability of return visits | Future recreational value of park | Future value of cultivated good | Normalized carbon storage ecosystem service value | Normalized cultivated goods ecosystem service value | Normalized nautre-based recreation ecosystem service value | Normalized total GHG flux ecosystem service value | Normalized water related ecosystem service value
Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified)
[Ecosystem] Provisioning
Nutrition
Biomass
Reared animals and their outputs
[Ecosystem] Regulation & Maintenance
Maintenance of physical, chemical, biological conditions
Lifecycle maintenance, habitat and gene pool protection
Maintaining nursery populations and habitats
Mediation of flows
Liquid flows
Flood protection
Gaseous / air flows
Ventilation and transpiration
Mass flows
Buffering and attenuation of mass flows
Mediation of waste, toxics and other nuisances
Mediation by ecosystems
Filtration/sequestration/storage/accumulation by ecosystems
[Ecosystem] Cultural
Physical and intellectual interactions with biota, ecosystems, and land-/seascapes [environmental settings]
Physical and experiential interactions
Experiential use of plants, animals and land-/seascapes in different environmental settings
Forests (21)
Composite (8)
Presence of environmental class/subclass
Stock Indicator
Grasslands (23)
Composite (8)
Presence of environmental class/subclass
Stock Indicator
Wetlands (12)
Composite (8)
Presence of environmental class/subclass
Stock Indicator
Agroecosystems (22)
Composite (8)
Presence of environmental class/subclass
Stock Indicator
2024
Iversen, S.V., MacDonald, M.A., van der Velden, N., van Soesbergen, A., Convery, I., Mansfield, L. and Holt, C.D.
Area absent | Habitat gain | Habitat loss | Percent area absent | Percent habitat gain | Percent habitat loss | Percent stable habitat | Predicted habitat suitability for Zelkova carpinifolia under GLM conditions | Predicted habitat suitability for Zelkova carpinifolia under current conditions | Predicted habitat suitability for Zelkova carpinifolia under future conditions | Stable habitat
Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified)
[Ecosystem] Regulation & Maintenance
Maintenance of physical, chemical, biological conditions
Lifecycle maintenance, habitat and gene pool protection
Area of arable land in 20230 | Area of arable land in 2025 | Area of construction land in 2025 | Area of construction land in 2030 | Area of grassland in 2025 | Area of grassland in 2030 | Area of unused land in 2025 | Area of unused land in 2030 | Area of water in 2025 | Area of water in 2030 | Area of woodland in 2025 | Area of woodland in 2030 | Carbon density in 2025 | Carbon density in 2030 | Carbon storage in 2025 | Carbon storage in 2030
Rivers and Streams | Forests | Agroecosystems | Grasslands
[Ecosystem] Regulation & Maintenance
Maintenance of physical, chemical, biological conditions
Area covered by offset measures in relation to arable land scenario | Average price per eco credit | Average price per eco credit with a +20% change in producer prices | Average price per eco credit with an interest rate of 1% | Average price per eco credit with an interest rate of 3% | Change in food production relative to scenario 1 | Coverage of the offset demand at the municipal level | Future crop yields | Implementation areas of offset measures on arable land | Landscape connectivity in arable land | Price change in relation to scenario 1 | Share of total offset area in above average landscape quality | Share of total offset area in average landscape quality | Share of total offset area in below average landscape quality | Spatial volume of the individuals offset measures by scenario | Total costs for offsetting | Weighted Shannon diversity index for above average landscape quality | Weighted Shannon diversity index for average landscape quality | Weighted Shannon diversity index for below average landscape quality
Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified)
[Non-ecosystem] Cultural settings dependent on abiotic structures
Physical and intellectual interactions with land-/seascapes [physical settings]
By physical and experiential interactions or intellectual and representational interactions
Not applicable
[Ecosystem] Provisioning
Nutrition
Biomass
Cultivated crops
[Ecosystem] Regulation & Maintenance
Maintenance of physical, chemical, biological conditions
Lifecycle maintenance, habitat and gene pool protection
Maintaining nursery populations and habitats
Pollination and seed dispersal
None
2022
Sponagel, C., Bendel, D., Angenendt, E., Weber, T.K.D., Gayler, S., Streck, T. and Bahrs, E.