Long-Term Monitoring and Analysis
Most mapping only takes place at certain points and therefore only represents a section of what actually happens in an ecosystem over time. Such short-term surveys can provide clues about the current state of an ecosystem, but if you are interested in the longer-term development of an area, it is worth considering long-term monitoring.
As with classic mapping, long-term monitoring is particularly effective and meaningful if it is standardised. This means that the same conditions should always prevail at the time of data collection, the same methodology should always be used and, ideally, the same people should carry out the monitoring. We offer long-term monitoring for butterflies and moths, as butterflies react relatively quickly to changes in the ecosystem and are therefore very well suited to carrying out such analyses. Over a longer period of time (at least 5 years), we analyse butterflies and/or moths on your land and, if necessary, also take local or landscape environmental factors into account and analyse the extent to which the butterfly community changes over time.
If you are asking yourself the following (or other similar) questions, long-term monitoring* is the right thing for you
- How will my agricultural land change if I switch from conventional to organic farming?
- How will our biotopes change if we plant hedges in the coming years to improve the connectivity of the biotopes?
- We would like to use sheep to keep a nutrient-poor grassland biotope open. Does grazing have an impact on butterfly communities?
- Our municipality would like to create flowering areas in urban areas. Will this demonstrably promote butterfly diversity?
*Written authorisation must be obtained from the responsible nature conservation authority in order to use our services.