Biodiversity in Space and Time: Towards a Grid Mapping for Mongolia

In the future, grid mapping of animal and plant organisms will also play a major role in Mongolia. Based on geographical coordinates, a grid with a resolution of 100 x 100 km was created, which contained 561 cells. Methods and level of current understanding are exemplified by means of two raptors and three mammal species. This establishes a basis for an initial project, which will summarize all breeding occurrences of raptors based on all records, publications, or diary notes. For the first time, the short toed Eagle was verified in Mongolia as a breeding bird in 2004. By 2006, ten offspring of Circaetus gallicus had been observed. We urge all enthusiasts of the Mongolian avi-fauna to contribute their breeding confirmations to our data review