IBF Plants
During the first vegetation period in 2009 ruderal plants on cemeteries in and around Regensburg (Bavaria) are observed. These rarely investigated sites bear a interesting and species rich flora. Furthermore, there are many advantages to test "DiversityMobile" on these sites: permanent availability 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 (2010) will be more complex. The botanist Otto Mergenthaler (1898-2001) collected valuable data on vascular plants in Eastern Bavaria mostly between 1970 and 1985. The detailed observations are well documented in a database and gathered also cartographic. Based on digitized maps, selected investigation 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 belts will be recorded two times per vegetation period.
