Indermühle Nicola

Method of mapping dry vegetation in Switzerland including inventory of dry grassland

Project Number: MadlBUWAL

Project Type:	Mission/Management Oriented Project
Project Duration:	01/01/1995 - 01/01/2012
Funding Source:	BAFU ,
Project Leader:	Monsieur Nicola Indermühle

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Research Areas:

Biodiversity

Disciplines:

general biology
ecology

Keywords:
mapping
vegetation
dry grassland
inventory
semi-arid grassland
biodiversity
conservation

Abstract:
The project TWW (dry grassland in Switzerland) establishes a method of inventoring the dry grassland in Switzerland. It includes a wide approach by recording the vegetation type, a species-list, the faunistic potential, the floristic potential and the fauna-related structures. Within 12 years the most important surfaces (160'000 ha) and about 4000 objects of existing inventories will be examinated by a team of botanists. A sophisticated analyse of air photographs and a GPS-oriented species analysis make the result of the inventory of dry grasslands more confidential than former inventories.

Leading questions:
Which are the most important surfaces of dry grassland in Switzerland?

How can we protect and save the different aspects of biodiversity in dry grassland by means of governmental incitements?

URL: http://www.unabern.ch

Publications:
Kartierung und Bewertung der Trockenwiesen und -weiden von nationaler Bedeutung. Technischer Bericht. SRU 3256. BUWAL 2001. d,f,i,engl.


Last update: 12/23/16
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