Category: Projects

IBM – Insect Biomass Monitoring Austria

Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on earth, accounting for more than two thirds of known species. However, there is increasing evidence that insect populations are declining significantly worldwide. Based...

FFH Monitoring

The status of habitats and species protected under the EU’s Flora-Fauna-Habitat Directive must be assessed at regular intervals in order to reclassify the endangered status of these species and adapt protective measures.We have carried...

ÖBM – Austrian Biodiversity Monitoring

Using an Austria-wide sampling system (200 plots), several biodiversity parameters are surveyed according to a uniform standard. The focus is on the open landscape, i.e. the landscape characterized by arable farming (pioneer project BINATS)...

FLORALP

Ecological versus historical deteminants of plant species distribution in the Austrian Alps There is increasing awareness that many plant species are not in equilibrium with their current environment. In the present study we want...

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