A transdisciplinary approach bridges the gap between natural and social sciences and strengthens partnerships between stakeholders to ensure effective disaster and climate risk management.
Variation in soil CO2 fluxes through forest management
CO2 emissions from mediterranean mountain forest soils depend on the presence or absence of organic remains from various forest management processes and/or microclimatic conditions.
Unveiling permafrost in the Pyrenees
Preliminary geophysical surveys in four Pyrenean rock glaciers reveal frozen layers down to 45 m, aiding site selection for monitoring. Findings will climate adaptation strategies.
Expanding Boundaries: Utilizing GIS to Uncover the True Complexity of the Wiggin’s Fork Hunting Complex
How GIS techniques in challenging terrain highlight the scale and sophistication of Indigenous communal hunting strategies.
Global change experiments in mountain ecosystems: A systematic review
This systematic review examines decades of manipulation experiments in mountain ecosystems shedding light on how global change drivers impact biological and ecological processes.
Mountain Huts Managers as Observers of Overtourism Impacts in Mountain Areas
This study aims to analyse mountain hut managers’ opinions on whether the growing tourism demand is sustainable within its environmental constraints or whether unsustainable impacts are arising.
First inventory of the paraglacial activity in the Venosta Valley (Italy) in relation to the recent glacial recession
Study of the Venosta Valley (South Tyrol) glaciers to reconstruct their recent evolution and to create an inventory of the paraglacial events on these glaciers.
Mixed forest stand and site conditions buffer effects of recurring drought on ectomycorrhizal and soil bacterial and fungal communities in a subalpine spruce and larch forest
Drought caused no declines in richness and diversity for ECM, bacterial and fungal communities. However, community structure of bacteria and fungi, and certain soil parameters showed changes induced b
Enabling and limiting factors for the effectiveness of protective forests – Evidences from a qualitative survey in four alpine areas in Austria
Qualitative analysis on enabling and limiting factors for an effective and adequate provision of forest protection against natural hazards in affected case study regions in Austria