NOVANA – Monitoring Danish Terrestrial Habitats

Abstract

The Danish monitoring program NOVANA has recorded the community composition of higher plants and selected soil chemical variable in terrestrial habitats since 2004. The monitoring program was developed as a response to the EU habitat directive and covers 32 open habitats (dunes, heathlands, grasslands, bogs) and 10 forest habitat types in two bioregions (Atlantic and Continental). The data consists of a total of 2,722 sites, 26,606 plots, and 70,481 plots*year combinations. Selected results will be presented.

Bodil Ehlers

Phd in 2000. Has for the last ten years worked as senior scientist at the department of Ecoscience, University of Aarhus. Main research area is Plant Evolutionary and Community Ecology with a specific focus on understanding the role of plant secondary compounds and functional traits for plant-plant interactions, and plants adaptation to the abiotic and biotic environment.

Christian Damgaard

Dr. Scient., Professor at the Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University. CD's interests cover plant population and community ecology, where he has developed empirical ecological models that have been applied to ecological data using advanced statistical methodology.