Institute for Alpine Environment

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The global biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today. How biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services are changing and adapting due to human activities and how, in relation to this, mountain areas are affected, is at the core of where our research lies.

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Water Survey© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Nadigs Alpenschrecke auf der Seiser Alm, ein Überraschungsfund.© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Institute for Alpine Environment© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Water Survey/Limnological Survey© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Simon Stifter© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

Matteo Anderle© Eurac Research - Martina Jaider

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Staff members

15 with a PhD degree

Ongoing projects

18 of them with international partners

Laboratories and facilities

Eco-Lab, Open air laboratory Matsch-Mazia

Journal publications

Presentations at scientific conferences

Data refer to the last issue of the Activity Report. See all Facts & Figures.

Research Fields

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions

Sustainability

Landuse and Climate Change

Natures Contribution to People

Contributi della Natura all’Umanità

News & Events

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27 April 2023

GeoLog | EGU23 Photo Competition Winners - Raul David Serban

20 April 2023

Orchard Meadow Competition of the Baumgart Initiative

On the search of the most valuable Orchard Meadow in South Tyrol

16 March 2023

Nevicate in Trentino Alto Adige: trend negativi negli ultimi 40 anni

La correlazione con il riscaldamento del clima emerge in modo chiaro

04 October 2022

La nostra Terra, il nostro Ambiente, la nostra Casa

Serate dedicate all'ambiente e al cambiamento climatico organizzate dall'associazione culturale "Strade del mondo"

22 September 2022

“Le Alpi? Sempre più mediterranee”

Interview in Italian language with our researcher Giacomo Bertoldi

13.06.2022

Transforming management of natural systems from uniformity to complexity in today’s uncertain times

07 April 2022

Join in! Surveys of grassland birds and co.

06.05.2022

Symposium on the inner-Alpine dry meadows of the Terra Raetica

08 November 2021

Streuobstwiesen im Fokus

XVIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY

For more information: https://icsz2020.eurac.edu/

16-21.08.2021

XVIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON SOIL ZOOLOGY

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Projects

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Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

Duration: December 2018 - December 2026Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)

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LT(S)ER: Open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

Long-term (socio-)ecological research in the open air laboratory Matsch/Mazia

Duration: December 2013 - December 2025Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...

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CLAIMES

Climate response of alpine lakes: resistance variability and management consequences for ecosystem ...

Duration: June 2019 - June 2022Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...

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AlpSoil

Ecology and trophic structure of the Alpine soil macrofauna

Duration: December 2017 - December 2023Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)

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MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

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Senza neve il rischio siccità è maggiore

Nuovo studio sulle nevicate in Trentino Alto Adige: trend negativi negli ultimi 40 anni

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The Trojan horse of the butterflies

What makes the Black-spotted Large Blue butterfly so special and so endangered?

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Frutteti ricchi di biodiversità

Nell’ambito del Monitoraggio della Biodiversità Alto Adige, una squadra di ricerca ha studiato l’habitat dei frutteti tradizionali scoprendo una straordinaria varietà di specie.

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Chi l’ha visto?

In alta Venosta sono state identificate quattro specie di ragno mai ritrovate prima in Alto Adige. Due di loro sono una novità anche per l’Italia. Eccole in una raccolta di foto.