Rule-Based Methodology for Ordinating and Classification of Ecosystem Services

Three ecosystem services of ecosystems in the pristine condition (before 1960) and under the influence of land use, climate change and nitrogen pollution currently (1991–2010) and expected in the future (until 2070) were quantified for 78 forest ecosystem type classes in Germany: habitat service, carbon sequestration service and primary biomass production. The respective ecosystem service classifications were mapped for the territory of Germany, for the federal state Saxony and for a Long Term Ecological Researched site (LTER). The rules for evaluating the three ecosystem services studied in depth were also applied to relevant open land biotopes.