Institute for Alpine Environment - Projects - Global Change

Global Change

Global Change in mountain areas

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Project duration: January 2018 - December 2025
Project status: ongoing
Funding:
Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Institute: Institute for Alpine Environment

Around the world, mountain regions are affected especially strongly by global change; this is also true for the Alps. The consequences of globalization and the accompanying structural and economic development, as well as climate change, will be highly dynamic processes in the natural and cultural space of the whole Alpine region in the following decades which will affect land cover as well as structure and functioning of ecosystems and the landscape. This research project aims to analyze important aspects of ecological transformations and their drivers in mountain areas. Thereby, we will focus on landscape change and coupled ecosystem functions and processes such as biodiversity modifications, bio-chemical cycles or water balance induced by human management and climate change. The research approach combines field studies with remote sensing and simulation models.

Publications

Wolf-related damage in livestock management: Long-term data analyses in Saxony, Germany
Meier V, Leitinger Georg, Walde J, Tasser E (2024)
Journal article
Global Ecology and Conservation

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235198942 ...

https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03031

Potential impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in Austria
Schirpke U, Tasser E (2024)
Journal article
Ecosystem Services

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

https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101641

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

Standardized butterfly surveys: comparing transect counts and area-time counts in insect monitoring
Barkmann F, Huemer P, Tappeiner U, Tasser E, Rüdisser J (2023)
Journal article
Biodiversity and Conservation

More information: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-022-02534-2

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-022-02534-2

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

Energie aus Holzbiomasse: begrenzte Klimaschutz-Potenziale
Erb KH, Gratzer G, Haberl H, Tappeiner U, Tasser E, Gingrich S (2023)
Journal article
CCCA Fact Sheets

More information: https://ccca.ac.at/fileadmin/00_DokumenteHauptmenue/02_Klima ...

Die Zukunft der landwirtschaftlichen Nutzung in Tirol
Tasser E (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Klim-Tag | Rotholz | 12.4.2023 - 12.4.2023

Ernährungssouveränität in Tirol
Tasser E (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Expert to the Climate Council in Kauns/KLAR! Region Kaunergrat | Kauns | 3.3.2023 - 3.3.2023

Soil microbiota and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi buffer negative effects of drought on Trifolium pratense productivity
Peintner U, Mandolini E, Tello E, Probst M, Leitinger G, Tasser E (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 3rd Global Soil Biodiversity Conference | Dublin | 13.3.2023 - 15.3.2023

Wildtiere als Indikatoren für die Qualität einer Landschaft - Long-term game species dynamic as indicator for landscape quality
Tasser E (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 69. Tagung der AGJSO | Admont | 5.10.2023 - 7.10.2023

Insekten-Monitoring Österreich: Schmetterlinge
Barkmann F, Goueset V, Huemer P, Tappeiner U, Tasser E, Rüdisser J (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Tage der Biodiversität | Vienna | 8.10.2023 - 10.10.2023

Changes in perspective needed to forge 'no-regret' forest-based climate change mitigation strategies
Erb KH, Haberl H, Le Noë J, Tappeiner U, Tasser E, Gingrich S (2022)
Journal article
GCB Bioenergy

More information: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcbb.12921

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12921

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20560

Coupling solar radiation and cloud cover data for enhanced temperature predictions over topographically complex mountain terrain
Tscholl S, Tasser E, Tappeiner U, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
Journal article
International Journal of Climatology

More information: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7497

https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7497

Swiss stone pine growth benefits less from recent warming than European larch at a dry-inner alpine forest line as it reacts more sensitive to humidity
Obojes N, Meurer A, Newesely C, Tasser E, Oberhuber W, Mayr S, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016819232 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108788

Jahresbericht 2020: Viel-Falter Tagfalter-Monitoring
Rüdisser J, Schattanek P, Herburger A, Tasser E, Wiesmair B, Huemer P, Tappeiner U (2021)
Innsbruck: Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Ökologie
Report

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/19544

The plurality of wilderness beliefs and their mediating role in shaping attitudes towards wilderness
Zoderer B, Tasser E (2021)
Journal article
Journal of Environmental Management

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

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111392

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16346

Hidden Engineers and Service Providers: Earthworms in Agricultural Land-Use Types of South Tyrol, Italy
Rüdisser J, Tasser E, Peham T, Meyer E, Tappeiner U (2021)
Journal article
Sustainability

More information: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010312

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010312

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18763

Good Pastures, Good Meadows: Mountain Farmers' Assessment, Perceptions on Ecosystem Services, and Proposals for Biodiversity Management
Wezel A, Stockli S, Tasser E, Nitsch H, Vincent A (2021)
Journal article
Sustainability

More information: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105609

https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105609

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18764

Evidence for the importance of land use, site characteristics and vegetation composition for rooting in European Alps
Tasser E, Gamper S, Walde J, Obojes N, Tappeiner U (2021)
Journal article
Scientific Reports

More information: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90652-2

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90652-2

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18760

Two perspectives - one goal: resilience research in protected mountain regions
Huber L, Posch E, Bell R, Höferl KM, Steiger R, Stotten R, Tasser E, Leitinger G (2021)
Journal article
ecomont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management

More information: https://dx.doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-13-2s12

https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-13-2s12

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/18762

Social-ecological resilience in remote mountain communities: toward a novel framework for an interdisciplinary investigation
Stotten R, Ambrosi L, Tasser E, Leitinger G (2021)
Journal article
Ecology & Society

More information: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12580-260329

https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12580-260329

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/20186

Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science
Roy J, Rineau F, De Boeck HJ, Nijs I, Pütz T, Abiven S, Arnone JA, III, Barton CVM, Beenaerts N, Brüggemann N, Dainese M, Domisch T, Eisenhauer N, Garré S, Gebler A, Ghirardo A, Jasoni RL, Kowalchuk G, Landais D, Larsen SH, Leemans V, Le Galliard J‐F, Longdoz B, Massol F, Mikkelsen TN, Niedrist G, Piel C, Ravel O, Sauze J, Schmidt A, Schnitzler J‐P, Teixeira LH, Tjoelker MG, Weisser WW, Winkler B, Milcu A (2021)
Journal article
Global Change Biology

More information: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15471

https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15471

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16316

Drought- and heat-induced shifts in vegetation composition impact biomass production and water use of Alpine grasslands
Tello-García E, Huber L, Leitinger G, Peters A, Newesely C, Ringler ME, Tasser E (2020)
Journal article
Environmental and Experimental Botany

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103921

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14704

Does socioeconomic diversification enhance multifunctionality of mountain landscapes?
Huber L, Schirpke U, Marsoner T, Tasser E, Leitinger G (2020)
Journal article
Ecosystem Services

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

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101122

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15445

The role of land management and elevation in shaping soil microbial communities: insights from the Central European Alps
Präg N, Seeber J, Leitinger G, Tasser E, Tappeiner U, Illmer P (2020)
Journal article
Soil Biology and Biochemistry

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003807172 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107951

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15150

Ordering 'wilderness': Variations in public representations of wilderness and their spatial distributions
Zoderer BM, Carver S, Tappeiner U, Tasser E (2020)
Journal article
Landscape and Urban Planning

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103875

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15149

Functional spatial units are fundamental for modelling ecosystem services in mountain regions
Schirpke U, Leitinger G, Tasser E, Rüdisser J, Fontana V, Tappeiner U (2020)
Journal article
Applied Geography

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014362281 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102200

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15074

Species richness and beta diversity patterns of multiple taxa along an elevational gradient in pastured grasslands in the European Alps
Fontana V, Guariento E, Hilpold A, Niedrist G, Steinwandter M, Spitale D, Nascimbene J, Tappeiner U, Seeber J (2020)
Journal article
Scientific Reports

More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69569-9

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69569

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/15089

Comparing sap flow of European larch with evergreen conifers at different elevations in an inner-alpine dry valley
Obojes N, Tasser E, Newesely C, Mayr S, Tappeiner U (2020)
Journal article
Acta Horticulturae

More information: https://www.ishs.org/ishs-article/1300_15

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1300.15

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16311

Alpen im Umbruch
Tasser E (2020)
Journal article
Der Anblick - Zeitschrift für Jagd und Natur in den Alpen

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16347

Ökologische Folgen des Landnutzungswandels in den Alpen
Tasser E, Tappeiner U (2020)
Contribution in book
Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel

More information: https://www.klima-warnsignale.uni-hamburg.de/buchreihe/hochg ...

https://doi.org/10.2312/warnsignal-klima.hochgebirge-im-wandel.03

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16856

Landwirtschaft und Landschaft: Wandel und Erhaltung der Kulturlandschaft Tirol
Schermer M, Siegl G, Tasser E (2020)
Contribution in book
Bau.Kultur.Landschaft im Ötztal

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16869

Resilience through synergies between agriculture and tourism. A comparison of two contrasting trajectories in the Tyrolean Alps
Stotten R, Leitinger G, Huber L, Tasser E (2020)
Innsbruck: University of Innsbruck
Report

https://doi.org/10.1553/ESS-RESULT

Phytoavailable phosphorus (P2O5) and potassium (K2O) in topsoil for apple orchards and vineyards, South Tyrol, Italy
Della Chiesa S, Genova G, la Cecilia D, Niedrist G (2019)
Journal article
Journal of Maps

More information: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2019.1 ...

https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1633962

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11211

Change from agricultural to touristic use: Effects on the aesthetic value of landscapes over the last 150 years
Schirpke U, Altzinger A, Leitinger G, Tasser E (2019)
Journal article
Landscape and Urban Planning

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016920461 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.03.004

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/11229

A simple biodiversity assessment scheme supporting nature-friendly farm management
Tasser E, Rüdisser J, Plaikner M, Stöckli S, Wezel A, Dubbert M, Moos V, Nitsch H, Vincent A, Bogner D (2019)
Journal article
Ecological Indicators

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X1 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105649

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/14705

Community specific hydraulic conductance potential of soil water decomposed for two Alpine grasslands by small-scale lysimetry
Frenck, G, Leitinger, G, Obojes, N, Hofmann M, Newesely C, Deutschmann M, Tappeiner U, Tasser E (2018)
Journal article
Biogeosciences

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1065-2018

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6479

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