eDNA: Investigation of soils in apple orchards using new methods
Project description and goals: In recent years, the use of eDNA methods has become increasingly popular in ecological studies. eDNA stands for environmental DNA and is the DNA that is…
The woodland brown butterfly in South Tyrol – phantom or reality?
Project description and goals: The woodland brown (Lopinga achine) is a butterfly species endangered throughout Europe whose population is continuously declining. The species is an indicator of near-natural forests especially…
Distribution of the brown marmorated stink bug and its parasitisation: a comparison of fruit growing and natural sites
Project description and goals: For a few years now, the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), originally from Asia, has been present in South Tyrol. Here, the bug causes great…
Biodiversity in the Latemar’s windthrow areas
Project description and goals In autumn 2018, storm Vaia decimated parts of the South Tyrolean woodland A total of 6,000 hectares of forest, in 86 South Tyrolean municipalities, were destroyed…
Whinchat, corn crake and red-backed shrike – survey of bird life in extensively managed meadows and pastures
Project description and goals Agricultural practices have changed significantly in recent decades. Meadows are frequently cut earlier, more often and are also fertilised more intensely. This has a serious impact…
ONLINE: Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Habitat mapping South Tyrol
The colloquium will take place ONLINE (YouTube) and in German language on June 9 at 6:00 pm. The aim of habitat mapping is to systematically record ecologically relevant habitats in South Tyrol.…
Orchard meadows as a special habitat 2021 in the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol
In the current year, the research team of the Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol is surveying five orchard meadows in addition to the habitats studied every year. These Pangert (Baumgart) or…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: ALFFA: Holistic (cross-scale) analysis of influencing factors and their effect on fish fauna in the inner Alpine region
The Colloquium will take place on May 12th at 6pm in the Nature Museum, or ONLINE in German language. In the large-scale INTERREG Italia-Austria project, scientists investigated and evaluated a…
Which animals and plants live in Bolzano and Brunico?
This is the question at stake from Friday, April 30 to Monday, May 3, 2021 in the “City Nature Challenge“, which is being organized again this year by the Museum…
ONLINE Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Environmental changes and the biodiversity crisis in low-altitude mountain ecosystems
The colloquium will take place ONLINE (YouTube) and in Italian language on April 14 at 6:00 pm. In recent decades, the Alps have been the scene of profound environmental transformations that have…