Presentations & conferences
Natural History Museum – "Flowers, Mountains, Barriers"
Flowers, Mountains, Barriers
Which plants grow where in South Tyrol? Where are they missing? Where are species increasing or decreasing? The floristic mapping project provides answers to these questions. The current status and challenges of this work will be the topic of a lecture on February 19 at the Natural History Museum.
One of the core tasks of the Botany Department at the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History is the comprehensive recording of the region’s flora. “A primary goal is to document the distribution of all approximately 2,800 species and subspecies of ferns and flowering plants in the region, both spatially and temporally,” explains Thomas Wilhalm, Curator of Botany at the museum and responsible for coordinating and carrying out the floristic surveys. “It is not only important to understand where species occur and where they are absent, but also whether populations are increasing (for example, in the case of neophytes) or declining (for example, due to habitat destruction).”
In the lecture “Flowers, Mountains, Barriers: Status and Challenges of Floristic Mapping in South Tyrol,” which will take place on Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 PM at the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History, Wilhalm will explain the importance of the data from floristic mapping for scientific questions, particularly in the field of biogeography, as well as for applied issues in nature and species conservation. He will cover everything from the methodology of mapping to the current status of flora surveys in South Tyrol and the challenges involved in representing the complete flora of the region.
Admission is free.
Which plants grow where in South Tyrol? Where are they missing? Where are species increasing or decreasing? The floristic mapping project provides answers to these questions. The current status and challenges of this work will be the topic of a lecture on February 19 at the Natural History Museum.
One of the core tasks of the Botany Department at the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History is the comprehensive recording of the region’s flora. “A primary goal is to document the distribution of all approximately 2,800 species and subspecies of ferns and flowering plants in the region, both spatially and temporally,” explains Thomas Wilhalm, Curator of Botany at the museum and responsible for coordinating and carrying out the floristic surveys. “It is not only important to understand where species occur and where they are absent, but also whether populations are increasing (for example, in the case of neophytes) or declining (for example, due to habitat destruction).”
In the lecture “Flowers, Mountains, Barriers: Status and Challenges of Floristic Mapping in South Tyrol,” which will take place on Thursday, February 19 at 6:00 PM at the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History, Wilhalm will explain the importance of the data from floristic mapping for scientific questions, particularly in the field of biogeography, as well as for applied issues in nature and species conservation. He will cover everything from the methodology of mapping to the current status of flora surveys in South Tyrol and the challenges involved in representing the complete flora of the region.
Admission is free.
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