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Climate Change versus Land-Use Change - which affects the landscape more?
(2017)Land use and climate change are both strong drivers of landscape transformation. Using a representative valley of the Central Alps (Stubai Valley, Tyrol, Austria) we assess (1) the historical and likely future spatial ... -
Monitoring of freezing dynamics in trees: a simple phase shift causes complexity
(2017)During winter, trees have to cope with harsh conditions, including extreme freeze-thaw stress. The present study focused on ice nucleation and propagation, related water shifts and xylem cavitation as well as cell damage, ... -
A simple method to combine snow height and meteorological observations to estimate winter precipitation at sub-daily resolution
(2016)Measuring winter solid and liquid precipitation with high temporal resolution in remote or higher elevation regions is a challenging task because of undercatch and power supply issues. However, the number of micro-meteorological ... -
Plant functional assemblages as indicators of the resilience ofgrassland ecosystem service provision
(2017)Ecosystems provide a variety of ecosystem services (ES), which act as key linkages between social and ecological systems. ES respond spatially and temporally to abiotic and biotic variation, and to management. Thus, resistant ... -
Topographical and ecohydrological controls on land surface temperature in an alpine catchment
(2010)In mountain areas, land surface temperature (LST) is a key parameter in the surface energy budget and is controlled by a complex interplay of topography, incoming radiation and atmospheric processes, as well as soil moisture ... -
Spatial evaluation of snow gliding in the Alps
(2018)The slow downhill motion of snow on the ground, referred to as snow gliding, impairs afforestation, increases the predisposition for landslides, fosters winter soil erosion, and coincides with the occurrence of glide-snow ... -
Geographical heterogeneity in mountain grasslands dynamics in the Austrian-Italian Tyrol region
(2019)Agricultural land abandonment and transformation of the rural mountainlandscapes have been of widespread occurrence in the European mountains. Such changes have strongly affected agricultural land, particularly traditionally ... -
What drives the future supply of regulating ecosystem services in a mountain forest landscape?
(2019)Forest ecosystems provide a wide variety of ecosystem services to society. In harsh mountain environments, the regulating services of forests are of particular importance. Managing mountain forests for regulating services ... -
Participative Spatial Scenario Analysis for Alpine Ecosystems
(2017)Land use and land cover patterns are shaped by the interplay of human and ecological processes. Thus, heterogeneous cultural landscapes have developed, delivering multiple ecosystem services. To guarantee human well-being, ... -
Historical trajectories in land use pattern and grassland ecosystem services in two European alpine landscapes
(2017)Land use and spatial patterns which reflect social-ecological legacies control ecosystem service (ES) supply. Yet, temporal changes in ES bundles associated with land use change are little studied. We developed original ...