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Institute for Alpine Environment - Projects - Global Change

Global Change

Global Change in mountain areas

    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/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/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101641

    Drivers of spatio-temporal population dynamics of game species in a mountain landscape
    Tasser E, Unterthurner B, Agreiter A, Gerstgrasser L, Giardino M, Tappeiner U, Walde J, Rüdisser J (2024)
    Journal article
    Scientific Reports

    More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53019-x

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53019-x

    Wie und warum sie sich verändert hat
    Tasser E (2024)
    Presentation/Speech

    Conference: Colloquio Piattaforma Biodiversità | Bolzano | 10.1.2024 - 10.1.2024

    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

    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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