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Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services in mountain regions

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Especially mountain areas provide a wide range of ecosystem services, which are indispensable to life, such as provision of food and clean drinking water or climate and natural hazards regulation as well as recreation and leisure, and at the same time, they are extremely responsive to global change. Thus, the research on the causal relationship between biodiversity – ecological functions – ecosystem services – pressure on land resources – global change is of great scientific interest and of practical importance regarding the quality of life. Therefore, the project aims to analyze ecosystems services of mountain regions and to quantify them by developing adapted models.

Publications
Assessing landscape aesthetic values: Do clouds in photographs influence people's preferences?
Tasser E, Lavdas A A, Schirpke U (2023)
Journal article
PLoS ONE

More information: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal ...

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288424

Past and future impacts of land-use changes on ecosystem services in Austria
Schirpke U, Tasser E, Borsky S, Braun M, Eitzinger J, Gaube V, Getzner M, Glatzel S, Gschwantner T, Kirchner M, Leitinger G, Mehdi-Schulz B, Mitter H, Scheifinger H, Thaler S, Thom D, Thaler T (2023)
Journal article
Journal of Environmental Management

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147972 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118728

Global change impacts on ecosystem services of mountain grassland
Schirpke U (2023)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: LIFE PASTORALP final conference “Global Challenges in Mountain Agropastoral Systems" | Forte di Bard | 15.3.2023 - 17.3.2023

[Doppione] Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
Ebner M, Fontana V, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Ecosystem Services

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101386

Spatial relationships and impacts of global change on ecosystem services in the European Alps
Schirpke U (2022)
Journal article
Landscape Online

More information: https://www.landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/L ...

https://doi.org/10.3097/LO.2022.1102

Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development in the European Alps: Spatial Patterns and Mountain-Lowland Relationships
Schirpke U (2022)
Contribution in book
Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_11

Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes
Misurine I, Depellegrin D, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
Cham (CH): Springer
978-3-031-01979-1
Edited book

More information: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7#bib ...

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7

A spatial inventory of EU wine protected designation of origin to support decision making in a changing climate
Candiago S, Tscholl S, Bassani L, Fraga H, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: Terclim 2022 | Bordeaux | 7.8.2022 - 7.8.2022

More information: https://terclim2022.symposium.inrae.fr/

A Network Approach to Green Infrastructure: How to Enhance Ecosystem Services Provision?
Staccione A, Candiago S, Mysiak J (2022)
Contribution in book
Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_5

Conceptualizing Human-Nature Interactions - An Overview
Egarter Vigl L, Depellegrin D, Misurine I (2022)
Contribution in book
Human-Nature Interactions - Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes

More information: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_ ...

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01980-7_1

Mapping mountain viticultural areas in Europe: a GIS-based inventory
Candiago S, Tscholl S, Giupponi C, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: VII International Congress on Mountain and Steep Slope Viticulture | Vila Real | 5.12.2022 - 5.12.2022

Assessing the potential of Natura2000 sites to achieve the 10% strict protection goal of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030
Zoderer BM, Tasser E (2022)
Presentation/Speech

Conference: 7th International Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2022 | Vienna (AT) | 7.9.2022 - 9.9.2022

Not too small to benefit society: insights into perceived cultural ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
Schirpke U, Scolozzi R, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Ecology and Society

More information: https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss1/art6/

https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12987-270106

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.017

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147972 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115606

A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe
Candiago S, Tscholl S, Bassani L, Fraga H, Egarter Vigl L (2022)
Journal article
Scientific Data

More information: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01513-0#article-i ...

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01513-0

How do anthropogenic pressures affect the provision of ecosystem services of small mountain lakes?
Ebner M, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Anthropocene

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221330542 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2022.100336

A systematic review on subjective well-being benefits associated with cultural ecosystem services
Nowak-Olejnik A, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Ecosystem Services

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101467

Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem services of mountain lakes in the European Alps
Ebner M, Fontana V, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Ecosystem Services

More information: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221204162 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101386

Using the Ecosystem Services Concept to Assess Transformation of Agricultural Landscapes in the European Alps
Schirpke U, Tasser E, Leitinger G, Tappeiner U (2022)
Journal article
Land

More information: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/49/htm

https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010049

Consequences of the transformation of agricultural landscapes on ecosystem services in the European Alps
Tasser E, Schirpke U, Leitinger G, Tappeiner U (2021)
Journal article
Land

More information: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/49

https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010049

Historical trajectories in land use pattern and grassland ecosystem services in two European alpine landscapes
Lavorel S, Grigulis K, Leitinger G, Kohler M, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2017)
Journal article
Regional Environmental Change

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1207-4

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6975

Using land use/land cover trajectories to uncover ecosystem service patterns across the Alps
Egarter Vigl L, Tasser E, Schirpke U, Tappeiner U (2017)
Journal article
Regional Environmental Change

More information: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-017-1132-6

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1132-6

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6954

Mapping the ecosystem service delivery chain: Capacity, flow, and demand pertaining to aesthetic experiences in mountain landscapes
Egarter Vigl L, Depellegrin D, Pereira P, de Groot R, Tappeiner U (2017)
Journal article
Science of the Total Environment

More information: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716 ...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.209

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6504

How to support the effective management of Natura 2000 sites?
Pellegrino D, Schirpke U, Marino D (2016)
Journal article
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

More information: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09640568.2016.115 ...

https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1159183

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6964

Our partners
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Project Team
1 - 8
Lukas Egarter Vigl

Lukas Egarter Vigl

Project Manager
Ulrike Tappeiner

Ulrike Tappeiner

Vice Manager
Lukas Egarter Vigl

Lukas Egarter Vigl

Team Member
Caroline Pecher

Caroline Pecher

Team Member
Uta Schirpke

Uta Schirpke

Team Member
Erich Tasser

Erich Tasser

Team Member
Heidi Simion

Heidi Simion

Team Member
Thomas Marsoner

Thomas Marsoner

Team Member

Projects

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Project

Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

Biodiversity Monitoring South Tyrol

Duration: - Funding: Internal funding EURAC (Project)
Project

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

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

Duration: - Funding: Public institutions (Other projects ...
Project

UPSHIFT

Effects of air pressure on upwards shifting alpine ecosystems

Duration: - Funding: Provincial Joint Programme – IT-FWF ...
Project

REINFORCE

REINFORCE: Integrated landscape management for resilient mountain forests under global changes

Duration: - Funding: Excellence Science (Horizon 2020 ...

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