Geographic Information System for the definition of the ecological role of coastal wetlands of Friuli-Venezia Giulia for waterbirds

Abstract

In June 2006 a new coordinated waterbird monitoring programme was developed within the framework of an Interreg project. Census data, gathered on the basis of a kilometric grid, were stored in a database and processed by a GIS, created for integration with all environmental databases. Preliminary maps, describing spatial variation of bird richness and abundance, are presented.