IBF Plants
During the first vegetation period in 2008, ruderal plants on cemeteries in and around Regensburg are observed. These rarely investigated sites bear a interesting and species rich vegetation. Furthermore, there are many advantages to test DiversityMobile on these sites: permanent avaiability of GPS-data (absence of a closed canopy cover) and the plant species are easy to find without the need to cover a larger distance. The investigations during the second year will be more complex. The botanist Otto Mergenthaler (1998-2001) collected between 1970 and 1985 valuable data on vascular plants in Eastern Bavaria. The detailed observations are well documented and gathered also cartographic. Based on digitized maps, selected inspection areas will be monitored during the second vegetation period of this project to repeat the historical survey. Altogether, twelve plots representing different habitats in different altitudinal ranges will be monitored two times per vegetation period.
