Margot Schwienbacher, Author at Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

Margot Schwienbacher

29 posts

Survey of birds applying PAM in Italian National parks (Newtech_Biodiv)

3 days ago

Background and project description: Biodiversity monitoring is being transformed by digital technologies that enable more efficient, standardized, and large-scale observations of ecosystems. Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is one of the…

MonitAnt – a Europe-wide project on mound-building wood ants

Forest Biodiversity

4 weeks ago

Background and project description: Around 14,000 ant species have been described worldwide, although estimates suggest there may be as many as 20,000 species. So far, 106 species have been recorded…

Looking for bats behind window shutters!

News en

1 month ago

Citizen science in the South Tyrolean Unterland – who would like to help search for bat roosts this summer? The barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) is one of the 26 bat…

Project “Schneewinkel” – Assessing biodiversity-promoting measures in intensive apple cultivation

Biodiversity and agriculture

1 month ago

Project description and objectives: Intensive apple cultivation in many areas of South Tyrol results in relatively species-poor flora and fauna – something that is visible both to the untrained eye…

Assessment and evaluation of the biological water quality in South Tyrol

News en

2 months ago

Biological water quality provides key information on the status and long-term development of lakes and running waters. Based on the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), this presentation…

Project “Blumenwiesen – prati fioriti” to promote biodiversity in settlement areas

Urban Biodiversity

2 months ago

Background:Flower meadows are species-rich grasslands with flowering herbaceous plants (commonly referred to as “flowers”). No other habitat on Earth hosts such a high number of plant species in such a…

Sound4all (Soundscapes for all) – Analysis of acoustic environments in alpine mountain regions for humans and biodiversity

Innovative biodiversity research

2 months ago

Project description and objectives:The concept of soundscape emerged in the late 1960s and was developed by the Canadian composer and sound researcher Raymond Murray Schafer. It refers to the acoustic…

Webinar on the 5-Year Report

News en

5 months ago

In autumn 2025, the team of Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol at the Institute for Alpine Environment of Eurac published a comprehensive results report on the first completed research cycle (2019–2023).…

Interns wanted!

News en

7 months ago

Every year, the Institute for Alpine Environment hires trainees for biodiversity related projects. These interns support our team of experts in the fieldwork, while they learn a lot about monitoring methods…

5-year report published

News en

10 months ago

Now that the first study cycle (2019–2023) has been completed and most of the data evaluated, a summary report of the findings is available. The findings are clear, but also…

Survey of birds applying PAM in Italian National parks (Newtech_Biodiv)

MonitAnt – a Europe-wide project on mound-building wood ants

Looking for bats behind window shutters!

Project “Schneewinkel” – Assessing biodiversity-promoting measures in intensive apple cultivation

Assessment and evaluation of the biological water quality in South Tyrol

Project “Blumenwiesen – prati fioriti” to promote biodiversity in settlement areas

Sound4all (Soundscapes for all) – Analysis of acoustic environments in alpine mountain regions for humans and biodiversity

Webinar on the 5-Year Report

Interns wanted!

5-year report published

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