Biotope Inventory Vorarlberg: Large-scale biotopes

The Vorarlberg biotope inventory records and describes the particularly valuable habitats (biotopes) of Vorarlberg. The following criteria are crucial for inclusion in the biotope inventory: Naturalness, rarity, occurrence of protected species (animal and plant species), occurrences of endangered species and communities, ecological welfare effect, landscape planning significance, regional cultural significance, scientific significance The first survey of Vorarlberg’s biotopes took place from 1984 to 1989. The update of the inventory was carried out from 2005 to 2009. legal basis: Law on Nature Conservation and Landscape Development, § 6 Data source: grossraumbiotope.shp Fields and data types of the attribute table: Name (string), aggregated habitat type — AGG_LRTYP (String), Biotope number — BIOTOPNR (String), unique area code — BIOTOPCODE (String)