Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology (Sep 2012)

A quantitative approach to biodiversity estimation: application to birds in Alps Ecoregion - priority area H1

  • Guido Trivellini,
  • Damiano Preatoni,
  • Marco Cantini,
  • Mauro Belardi,
  • Andrea Agapito Ludovici,
  • Guido Tosi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2012.123
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 1-2

Abstract

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A multispecies GIS-based approach has been used to evaluate species richness from potential distribution maps, calculated for 58 bird species present in the study area. Species-level predictions agree with the recent Varese Province Bird Georeferenced Atlas data, not used in modeling, whereas biodiversity hotspots identified allowed a first evaluation of the efficiency of Natura 2000 sites in the area.