On an oceanic island alien species richness peaks at mid-elevation and is best explained by microclimate offset between disturbed and undisturbed habitat.
Cartographies of Care. Thick Mapping as an approach to unfold the socioecological transition of the Alpine territory.
The synergetic reading of the transitioning Alpine territory through a Thick mapping approach reveals new realities fostering revolutionary care.
The explanatory and exploratory potential of resilience for mountain systems
Mountain communities serve as change antennas, living systems labs for adaptive, transformative, and inner resilience, forging alpine-urban alliances toward desirable social-ecological futures.
“The Glacier Knows.” Lived Experiences and Attachments with Mountain Entities in the Alps, beyond Loss and Death
Processes of attachments with mountain beings, of personification, as well as embodied experiences of loss, death and bare life, can prefigurate future ways of relating with mountain entities and spac
Analysis of the Machangara river sub-basin (Ecuador) under the landscape approach as an adaptive management strategy for water resources and climate change
The study identifies adaptive strategies to strengthen ecosystem resilience and water sustainability in the Machangara sub-basin amid climate change and anthropogenic pressures.
Snowmaking in Austria: Key data, resource consumption and CO2 emissions
This study examines the consumption of water and electricity and the CO2 footprint of snowmaking, which is the central adaptation measure for ski tourism in the face of climate change.
Promoting innovations for sustainable development: learnings from pilot activities
Insights gained from pilot activities have informed the concept of a cross-regional innovation hub that will bring together diverse mountain stakeholders and enable co-creation of innovations.
Managed Retreat & Relocation in Relation to Natural Hazards in Switzerland
This study guides decisionmaking on natural hazard measures, focusing on relocation. It covers social, financial, legal, and risk aspects, helping decision-makers adapt relocation to local conditions.
‘Things of consequence’: ostrich eggshell beads as indicators of precolonial societal interaction between southern African highlands and lowlands
Exotic ostrich eggshell beads held powerful associations for hunter-gatherers living in Lesotho’s Maloti-Drakensberg Mountains during the Late Quaternary and bound them to various lowland societies.
The overlooked link between different resource partitioning strategies and plant species richness differences in tropical alpine ecosystems
Species coexistence relies on resource partitioning, shaping biodiversity across climates, latitudes, and altitudes and affects differences in species richness