Habitat modelling for Black grouse, Capercaillie and Rock ptarmigan in Styria

For the province of Styria, the Institute of Wildlife Biology and Hunting Management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna is generating high-resolution habitat suitability models (SDM) for the target species black grouse, capercaillie and ptarmigan using current remote sensing data. The resulting findings serve as a decision-making basis for the planning of large-scale projects in alpine areas in general and for the evaluation of effects of large building projects (wind energy plants) as a basis for possible exclusion zones (revision of SAPRO Wind) in particular.