The research focuses on how climatic and socio-economic shifts drive woody species encroachment into mountain grassland abandoned pastures, altering carbon sequestration patterns.
Trends and drivers of long-term forest evapotranspiration in Switzerland
Trends and drivers of long-term forest evapotranspiration allow to assess the resilience of mountain forest ecosystems to climate change.
Pesticide degradation potential expressed by cryoconite hole microbial communities from an alpine glacier and the Greenland Ice Sheet: a comparative study
We investigate the mineralization rate of selected pesticides operated by microbial communities inhabiting cryoconite holes from the Alps and Greenland, and how the communities change over time.
Investigating metal accumulation and internal sequestration in an ice-dwelling springtail species
Beyond habitat reduction, contamination is an additional threat to ice-dwelling springtails. Mechanisms to accumulate and sequester metals are key to the health of glacier trophic webs.
Impact of Recurrent Droughts on the Water Use and Growth Dynamics of Larch and Spruce: insights from a long-term experiment in the Austrian Alps
Recurrent droughts do not amplify the drought sensitivity of larch and spruce at a subalpine forest, showing only minor lagged effects on growth during a recovery year.
Impact of drought on the condition of forest ecosystems in the Western Sudetes, Poland
Global warming in the Sudetes has caused different growth responses of spruce depending on water availability: from optimum to growth reduction of up to -40% on the southern slopes of the massif.
Dynamics of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change in Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India
Himalayan geosystem Analysis, degradation due to Land use land cover change.
Change Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Grassland Degradation in Adjacent Areas of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Suggestions for Grassland Restoration
Grasslands near the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau degrade due to climate and socioeconomic factors. Restoration needs reducing cultivated land, controlling livestock, and improving ecological education.
From Rocks to Communities: A Montological Approach to Gneiss Landscapes and River Basin Dynamics in SW Anatolia.
Erdağ, A., 2002, A Contribution to the Bryophyte Flora of Western Turkey: The Bryophyte Flora of Mardan Mountain and The Çine Valley (Aydın, Turkey), Turk J. of Bot, 26, s. 31-39.
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.