Monitoring and habitat requirements of grassland butterflies

This project conducted by Victor is focused on modeling the habitat requirements and distribution of Swedish grassland butterflies. We utilize data from regional environmental monitoring of grasslands, conducted from 2015 to 2020 under the national environmental monitoring program commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, involving SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) with support from various county administrative boards. The project is part of the Remiil project that started in 2009, with the purpose of following up on the regional environmental objectives for a rich and varied agricultural landscape and a rich plant and animal life. 

The data collected include (i) land use/land cover data from aerial photography interpretation, (ii) data from complementary GIS overlay analyses of other land use layers (e.g., AES level), and (iii) species/vegetation data from sample plots in grassland objects from a subset of those landscapes used in aerial photography interpretation. This data supports the counties’ efforts to track environmental goals for a rich agricultural landscape.