Chapter provides a brief overview of the methodology of pilot ES assessment in Slovakia. For the assessment process, in total 41 map inputs were used, in raster format with the pixel size 25 m. The most important data are the land cover map, the ecosystems map, protected areas, forestry data, digital elevation model, and soil data. The resulting landscape capacity maps present selected ES in the 0–100 relative scale, in a uniform standardized pixel format of 1 km resolution. Background data contain about 49,000 pixels with individual ES values and thus represent a basic dataset which is possible to use for further evaluation of the relationships and factors which affect ES provision.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

   Peter Mederly, František Petrovič & Ján Černecký

2. Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

   Jana Špulerová, Zita Izakovičová & Ján Černecký

3. State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

   Ján Černecký

Corresponding author

Correspondence toPeter Mederly.

Editors and Affiliations

1. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

   Peter Mederly

2. Faculty of Natural Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia, State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

   Ján Černecký

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