ABSTRACT
Modeled predictions for the year 2100 reveal that the largest impact on biodiversity is expected to be due to land use/cover change (LUCC), this being especially true for the tropics (Sala and Chapin 2000; Chapin III et al., 2000). Within the BIOTA East Africa research framework, funded since 2001 by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Köhler, 2004; https://www.biota-africa.org), the influence of fragmentation and anthropogenic use on the biodiversity of East African rainforests is investigated. With 15 subprojects at present, BIOTA East is following an integrated and interdisciplinary approach. Research is related to the vegetation structure, ecological interactions, certain animal groups (emphasizing invertebrates),
22.1 Introduction .................................................................................................297 22.2 Analysis of Longer-Term Forest Cover Change .......................................... 298 22.3 Reviewing and Discussing Strategies to Visualize Geodata Quality .........300 22.4 Deciding on Quality Parameters to Describe the Geodata Used................302 22.5 Judging the Geodata Quality ......................................................................303 22.6 Visualizing the Geodata Quality ................................................................306
