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Institute for Alpine Environment - Projects - Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services in mountain regions

    Especially mountain areas provide a wide range of ecosystem services, which are indispensable to life, such as provision of food and clean drinking water or climate and natural hazards regulation as well as recreation and leisure, and at the same time, they are extremely responsive to global change. Thus, the research on the causal relationship between biodiversity – ecological functions – ecosystem services – pressure on land resources – global change is of great scientific interest and of practical importance regarding the quality of life. Therefore, the project aims to analyze ecosystems services of mountain regions and to quantify them by developing adapted models.

    Publications
    Shaping the European Alps: Trends in landscape patterns, biodiversity and ecosystem services
    Tasser E, Leitinger G, Tappeiner U, Schirpke U (2024)
    Journal article
    CATENA

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S034181622 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107607

    Effects of climate-related environmental changes on non-material benefits from human-nature interactions: A literature review
    Schirpke U, Ebner M, Tappeiner U (2024)
    Journal article
    Ecosystem Services

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101650

    Linking ecological and socio-economic changes to assess impacts of global change on landscape and ecosystem services in the European Alps
    Tappeiner U, Schirpke U, Tasser E (2024)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: EGU 2024 | Vienna | 14.4.2024 - 19.4.2024

    Modelling of landscape aesthetic values in mountain regions
    Schirpke U (2024)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: GIScience-Colloquium | Zürich | 30.4.2024 - 30.4.2024

    Assessing landscape aesthetic values: Do clouds in photographs influence people's preferences?
    Tasser E, Lavdas A A, Schirpke U (2023)
    Journal article
    PLoS ONE

    More information: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal ...

    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288424

    Past and future impacts of land-use changes on ecosystem services in Austria
    Schirpke U, Tasser E, Borsky S, Braun M, Eitzinger J, Gaube V, Getzner M, Glatzel S, Gschwantner T, Kirchner M, Leitinger G, Mehdi-Schulz B, Mitter H, Scheifinger H, Thaler S, Thom D, Thaler T (2023)
    Journal article
    Journal of Environmental Management

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147972 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118728

    Global change impacts on ecosystem services of mountain grassland
    Schirpke U (2023)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: LIFE PASTORALP final conference “Global Challenges in Mountain Agropastoral Systems" | Forte di Bard | 15.3.2023 - 17.3.2023

    Emerging technologies for assessing ecosystem services: A synthesis of opportunities and challenges
    Schirpke U, Ghermandi A, Sinclair M, Van Berkel D, Fox N, Vargas L, Willemen L (2023)
    Journal article
    Ecosystem Services

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101558

    Ökosystem-Dienstleistungen in der Landwirtschaft
    Schirpke U (2023)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Webinar „Ökosystem-Dienstleistungen als Einkommenschance?“ | Bozen | 13.12.2023 - 13.12.2023

    Wie kann man Ökosystemleistungen im Berggebiet messen?
    Schirpke U (2023)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Workshop "Ökosystemleistungen unserer Landschaft" | Naturpark Nagelfluhkette, Alspee | 29.11.2023 - 29.11.2023

    Odyssey of First IALE World Congress in Africa and Opportunities for North-South or South-South Collaboration
    Rolf W, Obando J, Bulley HN, Cho MA, Bamutaze Y, Scheller R, Schirpke U (2023)
    Journal article
    Landscape Online

    https://doi.org/10.3097/LO.2023.1119

    [Doppione] Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
    Ebner M, Fontana V, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Ecosystem Services

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101386

    Spatial relationships and impacts of global change on ecosystem services in the European Alps
    Schirpke U (2022)
    Journal article
    Landscape Online

    More information: https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/L ...

    https://doi.org/10.3097/LO.2022.1102

    Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development in the European Alps: Spatial Patterns and Mountain-Lowland Relationships
    Schirpke U (2022)
    Contribution in book
    Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

    More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_11

    Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes
    Misurine I, Depellegrin D, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
    Cham (CH): Springer
    978-3-031-01979-1
    Edited book

    More information: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7#bib ...

    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7

    A spatial inventory of EU wine protected designation of origin to support decision making in a changing climate
    Candiago S, Tscholl S, Bassani L, Fraga H, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Terclim 2022 | Bordeaux | 7.8.2022 - 7.8.2022

    More information: https://terclim2022.symposium.inrae.fr/

    A Network Approach to Green Infrastructure: How to Enhance Ecosystem Services Provision?
    Staccione A, Candiago S, Mysiak J (2022)
    Contribution in book
    Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

    More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_5

    Conceptualizing Human-Nature Interactions - An Overview
    Egarter Vigl L, Depellegrin D, Misurine I (2022)
    Contribution in book
    Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

    More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_1

    Mapping mountain viticultural areas in Europe: a GIS-based inventory
    Candiago S, Tscholl S, Giupponi C, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: VII International Congress on Mountain and Steep Slope Viticulture | Vila Real | 5.12.2022 - 5.12.2022

    Assessing the potential of Natura2000 sites to achieve the 10% strict protection goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030
    Zoderer BM, Tasser E (2022)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: 7th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2022 | Vienna (AT) | 7.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

    Not too small to benefit society: insights into perceived cultural ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
    Schirpke U, Scolozzi R, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Ecology & Society

    More information: https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss1/art6/

    https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12987-270106

    Mapping a Green Infrastructure Network: a framework for spatial connectivity applied in Northern Italy
    Staccione A, Candiago S, Mysiak J (2022)
    Journal article
    Environmental Science & Policy

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.017

    Exposure to global change pressures and potential impacts on ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
    Schirpke U, Ebner M (2022)
    Journal article
    Journal of Environmental Management

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147972 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115606

    A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe
    Candiago S, Tscholl S, Bassani L, Fraga H, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
    Journal article
    Scientific Data

    More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01513-0#article-i ...

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01513-0

    How do anthropogenic pressures affect the provision of ecosystem services of small mountain lakes?
    Ebner M, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Anthropocene

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221330542 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100336

    A systematic review on subjective well-being benefits associated with cultural ecosystem services
    Nowak-Olejnik A, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Ecosystem Services

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101467

    Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
    Ebner M, Fontana V, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Ecosystem Services

    More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101386

    Using the Ecosystem Services Concept to Assess Transformation of Agricultural Landscapes in the European Alps
    Schirpke U, Tasser E, Leitinger G, Tappeiner U (2022)
    Journal article
    Land

    More information: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/49/htm

    https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010049

    Consequences of the transformation of agricultural landscapes on ecosystem services in the European Alps
    Tasser E, Schirpke U, Leitinger G, Tappeiner U (2021)
    Journal article
    Land

    More information: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/49

    https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010049

    Historical trajectories in land use pattern and grassland ecosystem services in two European alpine landscapes
    Lavorel S, Grigulis K, Leitinger G, Kohler M, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2017)
    Journal article
    Regional Environmental Change

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1207-4

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6975

    Using land use/land cover trajectories to uncover ecosystem service patterns across the Alps
    Egarter Vigl L, Tasser E, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2017)
    Journal article
    Regional Environmental Change

    More information: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-017-1132-6

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1132-6

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6954

    Mapping the ecosystem service delivery chain: Capacity, flow, and demand pertaining to aesthetic experiences in mountain landscapes
    Egarter Vigl L, Depellegrin D, Pereira P, de Groot R, Tappeiner U (2017)
    Journal article
    Science of the Total Environment

    More information: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.209

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6504

    How to support the effective management of Natura 2000 sites?
    Pellegrino D, Schirpke U, Marino D (2016)
    Journal article
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

    More information: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09640568.2016.115 ...

    https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1159183

    https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6964

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    Ulrike Tappeiner

    Ulrike Tappeiner

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    Lukas Egarter Vigl

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    Caroline Pecher

    Caroline Pecher

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    Uta Schirpke

    Uta Schirpke

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    Erich Tasser

    Erich Tasser

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    Heidi Simion

    Heidi Simion

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    Thomas Marsoner

    Thomas Marsoner

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    Projects

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    Project

    Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

    Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

    Duration: - Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)
    Project

    LT(S)ER: Open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

    Long-term (socio-)ecological research in the open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

    Duration: - Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...
    Project

    UPSHIFT

    Effects of air pressure on upwards shifting alpine ecosystems

    Duration: - Funding: Provincial Joint Programme – IT-FWF ...
    Project

    REINFORCE

    REINFORCE: Integrated landscape management for resilient mountain forests under global changes

    Duration: - Funding: Excellence Science (Horizon 2020 ...

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