CURRENT PROJECTS
Sumava Mountains (Southern Bohemia): Nove valley, Stozec, Boletice Military Training Area. Localities with the occurence of Phengaris blues, Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia), Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno) and others: management (mowing, scrub clearence, grazing); research on population structure and dynamics in local reintroduced colony of the Violet Copper (Lycaena helle); faunistic research.
Management activities, research and field trips to project localities. Will be scheduled during season and announced in several-week advance. Contact – A. Pavlicko (Sumava Mts), M. Besta (Zamkovska hora hill), P. Herman (Klenova)
Zamkovska hora hill (near Klatovy, Western Bohemia): management (mowing, scrub clearence, mechanical removal of topsoil, canopy dilution); faunistic research (except butterflies/moths also on beetles, certain groups of hymenoptera and flies), botanical research.
Zamkovska hora hills homepage
Klenova (former tank-training ground near Klatovy, Western Bohemia). Historical locality of the Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes baton): management (scrub clearence); faunistic research (except butterflies/moths also on certain groups of flies, beetles and hymenoptera), botanical research.
European Moth Nights – annual participation of SOM members in the project.
European Moth Nights website