A report on the BioBlitz events 2018 (Kintrishi) and 2019 (Kazbegi) has been published in Bonn zoological Bulletin. URL to article (fulltext PDF): https://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_68_2/275_georgien_report_20191211.pdf Citation: Thormann, J., Ahrens, D., Anderson, C., Astrin, J.J., Mumladze, L., Rulik, B., Tarkhnishvili, D., Espeland, M., Geiger, M., Hein, N., Iankoshvili, G., Karalashvili, E., Mengual, X., Morkel, C., Neiber, […]
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BioBlitz 2019
Following up on 2018’s successful Georgian-German BioBlitz in Kintrishi (Lesser Caucasus, see ggbc.eu/kintrishi/), 2019’s BioBlitz will take place in the Stepantsminda area (Kazbegi), in the Greater Caucasus. Core dates will be July 4th until July 7th.
BioBlitz in Kintrishi
In July 2018, a mixed group of dozens of Georgian and German scientists and students visited the Kintrishi area to collect and identify specimens for DNA barcoding, in a so-called BioBlitz event, the first so far to take place in Georgia: more info under ggbc.eu/kintrishi/