Short description
An important first step to achieve a more cost efficient use of the resources is therefore to develop knowledge that can help with prioritising the effort geographically. This project will use 'state of the art' modelling to investigate how the geographical distribution of species diversity and endangered species is affected by various abiotic and biotic explanatory variables. This tender documentation shall be used to develop a national all-covering probability map that identifies hotspots of biodiversity, with specific emphasis on endangered species and endangered nature and endangered endemic species. Finally, the project shall give recommendations on how the public administration can develop future distribution modelling, as a tool for targeted measures for cost-effective national mapping and modelling of management-relevant species. The project contains several options as well as validation through field mapping services. The reports shall be in Norwegian.