Stubai (Master)

Operator: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology
DEIMS-SDR Database: Stubaital
Contact: Ulrike Tappeiner, Michael Bahn & Georg Leitinger

Site description

The LTER-grassland sites in the Stubai Valley are situated near the village of Neustift (47° 7’ N, 11° 18’ E). They include a valley bottom meadow at 970 m a.s.l., cut 3-4 times per year, as well as three grasslands differing in land use, which located on the mountain slope in the vicinity of the Kaserstattalm: a mountain meadow at 1820 m a.s.l. (one cut, lightly grazed in late summer), a pasture at 1850 m a.s.l. and a grassland at 1970 m a.s.l., which was abandoned 25 years ago. Documentation of management history and vegetation dynamics of the whole area date back to 1865, and detailed information on the current socio-economic situation and future land-use scenarios is available. At the LTER-grassland sites ecological effects of global change on mountain regions have been experimentally studied since 1993. A range of EU research projects (Integralp, Ecomont, Carbomont, Vital, Carbo-Extreme, GHG-Europe), five FWF-projects and numerous international and national projects have contributed studies on greenhouse gas fluxes (focus on CO2, but also methane, N2O and VOC), productivity, C sequestration, nitrogen cycling, water balance and potential risks such as erosion and snow gliding.
At all four sites micro-climate stations are continuously recording solar radiation, precipitation, air- and soil temperatures and moisture, as well as soil CO2 concentrations Since 2001 the net exchange of CO2 and water vapour between the valley bottom meadow and the atmosphere have been monitored at high time resolution, and contribute to the international Fluxnet database. Furthermore on all LTER-sites experiments have been and are being performed assessing the impact of global changes (climate, land use) on ecological processes in mountain grassland.

Standortbeschreibung

Die LTER-Grünlandstandorte im Stubaital befinden sich in der Nähe des Dorfes Neustift (47° 7' N, 11° 18' O). Sie umfassen eine Talbodenwiese auf 970 m ü.M., die 3-4 mal pro Jahr gemäht wird, sowie drei unterschiedlich genutzte Grünlandflächen, die sich am Berghang in der Nähe der Kaserstattalm befinden: eine Bergwiese auf 1820 m ü.M. (einmaliges Mähen, im Spätsommer leicht beweidet), eine Weide auf 1850 m ü.M. und eine vor 25 Jahren aufgegebene Wiese auf 1970 m ü.M.. Die Dokumentation der Bewirtschaftungsgeschichte und der Vegetationsdynamik des gesamten Gebietes reicht bis ins Jahr 1865 zurück und es liegen detaillierte Informationen über die aktuelle sozioökonomische Situation und zukünftige Landnutzungsszenarien vor. An den LTER-Graslandstandorten werden seit 1993 die ökologischen Auswirkungen des globalen Wandels auf die Bergregionen experimentell untersucht. Eine Reihe von EU-Forschungsprojekten (Integralp, Ecomont, Carbomont, Vital, Carbo-Extreme, GHG-Europe), fünf FWF-Projekte und zahlreiche weitere internationale und nationale Projekte haben Studien zur Erforschung von Treibhausgasflüssen (Schwerpunkt CO2, aber auch Methan, N2O und VOC), Produktivität, Kohlenstoff-Sequestration, Stickstoffkreislauf, Wasserhaushalt und potenzielle Risiken wie Erosion und Schneegleiten beigetragen.
An allen vier Standorten zeichnen Mikro-Klimastationen kontinuierlich Sonneneinstrahlung, Niederschlag, Luft- und Bodentemperaturen und -feuchte sowie CO2-Konzentrationen im Boden auf. Seit 2001 wird der Nettoaustausch von CO2 und Wasserdampf zwischen der Talbodenwiese und der Atmosphäre mit hoher zeitlicher Auflösung überwacht und trägt zur internationalen Datenbank Fluxnet bei. Darüber hinaus wurden und werden an allen LTER-Standorten Experimente durchgeführt, die den Einfluss globaler Veränderungen (Klima, Landnutzung) auf ökologische Prozesse im Berggrünland untersuchen.

Publications

Fischer, A., Felbauer, L., Janicke, A. et al. (2022): Glaciers, Climate and People: Holocene Transitions in the Stubai Valley, In: Schickoff, U., Singh, R.B. & Mal, S. (eds.): Mountain Landscapes in Transition. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70238-0_9

Joswig, J.S., Wirth, C., Schuman, M.C. et al. (2022): Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation, Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 36–50, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8

Kröel-Dulay, G., Mojzes, A., Szitár, K., Bahn, M. et al. (2022): Field experiments underestimate aboveground biomass response to drought, Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 540–545, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01685-3

Oberleitner, F., Hartmann, H., Hasibeder, R. et al. (2022): Amplifying effects of recurrent drought on the dynamics of tree growth and water use in a subalpine forest, Plant, Cell & Environment, 45: 2617–2635, DOI: 10.1111/pce.14369

Seeber, J., Tasser, E., Rubatscher, D. et al. (2022): Effects of land use and climate on carbon and nitrogen pool partitioning in European mountain grasslands, Science of the Total Environment 822: 153380, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153380

Weiland, S.O., Detcharoen, M., Schlick-Steiner, B.C. & Steiner F.M. (2022): Analyses of locomotion, wing morphology, and microbiome in Drosophila nigrosparsa after recovery from antibiotics, MicrobiologyOpen 11: 3, DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1291

Delwicke, K.B. et al. (2021): FLUXNET-CH4: A global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands, Earth System Science Data 13: 3607–3689, DOI: 10.5194/essd-2020-307

Doro, L., Wang, X., Ammann, C. et al. (2021): Improving the simulation of soil temperature within the EPIC model, Environmental Modelling and Software 144, 105140, DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105140

Harris E., Diaz-Pines E., Stoll E. et al. (2021): Denitrifying pathways dominate nitrous oxide emissions from managed grassland during drought and rewetting, Science Advances 7: 6, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb7118

Johnston, A.S.A., Meade, A., Ardö, J. et al. (2021): Temperature thresholds of ecosystem respiration
at a global scale, Nature Ecology & Evolution 5: 487–494, DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01398-z

Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S. et al. (2021): Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 4: 678480, DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480

Migliavacca, M., Musavi, T., Mahecha, M.D. et al. (2021): The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function, Nature 598, 468-472, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03939-9

Tappeiner, U., Leitinger, G., Zarina, A. & Bürgi, M. (2021): How to consider history in landscape ecology: patterns, processes, and pathways, Landscape Ecology 36, 2317–2328, DOI: 10.1007/s10980-020-01163-w

Wohner, C., Dirnböck, T., Peterseil, J. et al. (2021): Providing high resolution data for the long-term ecosystem research infrastructure on the national and European scale, In: Freitag, U., Fuchs-Kittowski, F., Abecker, A., Hosenfeld, F. (eds) Umweltinformationssysteme – Wie verändert die Digitalisierung unsere Gesellschaft? Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-30889-6_4

Zhang, Z., Zhang, H., Cui, Z. et al. (2021): Global consistency in response of terrestrial ecosystem respiration to temperature, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 308–309, 108576, DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108576

Eller, C., Rowland, L., Mencuccini, M. et al. (2020): Stomatal optimisation based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate. New Phytologist, 226(6), 1622-1637. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16419.

Imran, H.A., Gianelle, D., Rocchini, D., Dalponte, M., Martín, M.P., Sakowska, K., Wohlfahrt, G. & Vescovo, L. (2020): VIS-NIR, red-edge and NIR-shoulder based normalized vegetation indices response to co-varying leaf and Canopy structural traits in heterogeneous grasslands. Remote Sensing, 12(14), 1-30. DOI: 10.3390/rs12142254.

Ingrisch, J., Karlowsky, S., Hasibeder, R., Gleixner, G. & Bahn, M. (2020): Drought and recovery effects on belowground respiration dynamics and the partitioning of recent carbon in managed and abandoned grassland. Global Change Biology, 26(8), 4366–4378. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15131.

Jian, J., Bahn, M., Wang, C., Bailey, V., Bond-Lamberty, B. (2020): Prediction of annual soil respiration from its flux at mean annual temperature, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 287, 1-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.107961.

Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S. et al. (2020): TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access, Global Change Biology, 26(1), 119-188, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904

Knox, S.H., Jackson, R.B., Poulter, B. et al. (2020): FLUXNET-CH4 Synthesis Activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 100: 2607–2632, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0268.1

Liang, W., Zhang, W., Jin, Z. et al. (2020): Estimation of Global Grassland Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange Using a Model Tree Ensemble Approach. Biogeosciences, 125(1), 1-20. DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005034.

Nelson, J.A., Perez-Priego, O., Zhou, S. et al. (2020): Ecosystem transpiration and evaporation: Insights from three water flux partitioning methods across FLUXNET sites. Global Change Biology, 26(12), 6916-6930. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15314.

Oberhuber, W., Bendler, U., Gamper, V. et al. (2020): Growth trends of coniferous species along altitudinal transects in the Central European Alps indicate decreasing sensitivity to climate warming, Forests 11:2, No. 132, DOI: 10.3390/f11020132

Paschalis, A., Fatichi, S., Zscheischler, J. et al. (2020): Rainfall manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: Where do we stand?. Global Change Biology, 26(6),3336-3355. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15024.

Pastorello, G., Trotta, C., Canfora, E. et al. (2020): The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Scientific Data, 7(1), 1-27. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3.

Shiklomanov, A. N., Cowdery, E. M., Bahn, M. et al. (2020): Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within plant functional types? A Bayesian multivariate trait meta-analysis. Ecological Applications, 30(3), 1-15. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2064.

Spielmann, F.M., Hammerle, A., Kitz, F., Gerdel, K. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2020): Seasonal dynamics of the COS and CO2 exchange of a managed temperate grassland. Biogeosciences, 17(16), 4281-4295. DOI: 10.5194/bg-17-4281-2020.

Steinwandter, M. & Seeber, J. (2020): The buffet is open: Alpine soil macro-decomposers feed on a wide range of litter types in a microcosm cafeteria experiment, Soil Biology and Biochemistry 144, 107786, DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107786

Tello-García, E., Huber, L., Leitinger, G., Peters, A., Newesely, C., Ringler, M.-E. & Tasser, E. (2020): Drought- and heat-induced shifts in vegetation composition impact biomass production and water use of Alpine grasslands, Environmental and Experimental Botany 169, No. 103921, DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103921

Thomas, H.J., Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H. et al. (2020): Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature communications, 11(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4.

Van Sundert, K, Brune, V., Bahn, M., Deutschmann, M., Hasibeder, R., Nijs, I. & Vicca S. (2020): Post-drought rewetting triggers substantialK releaseand shifts in leafstoichiometryin managed and abandoned mountain grasslands. Plant Soil, 448, 353–368. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04432-4.

Zhang, Y., Bastos, A., Maignan, F. et al. (2020): Modeling the impacts of diffuse light fraction on photosynthesis in ORCHIDEE (v5453) land surface model. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(11), 5401-5423. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-5401-2020.

Haynes, K.D., Baker, I.T., Denning, A.S., Wolf, S., Wohlfahrt, G., Kiely, G., Minaya, R.C. & Haynes, J.M. (2019): Representing grasslands using dynamic prognostic phenology based on biological growth stages: Part 2. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11(12), 4440-4465. DOI: 10.1029/2018MS001541.

Knox, S.H., Jackson, R.B., Poulter, B., McNicol, G., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Zhang, Z., Hugelius, G., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J.G., Saunois, M., Papale, D., Chu, H., Keenan, T.F., Baldocchi, D., Torn, M., Mammarella, I., Trotta, C., Aurela, M., Bohrer, G., Campbell, D., Cescatti, A., Chamberlain, S., Chen, J., Dengel, S., Desai, A.R., Euskirchen, E., Friborg, T., Goded, I., Goeckede, M., Heimann, M., Helbig, M., Hirano, T., Hollinger, D., Iwata, H., Kang, M., Klatt, J., Krauss, K.W., Kutzbach, L., Lohila, A., Mitra, B., Morin, T.H., Nilsson, M.B., Niu, S., Noormets, A., Oechel, W.C., Peichl, M., Peltola, O., Reba, M.L., Richardson, A.D., Runkle, B.R.K., Ryu, Y., Sachs, T., Schäfer, K.V.R, Schmid, H.P., Shurpali, N., Sonnentag, O., Tang, A.C.I., Ueyama, M., Vargas, R., Vesala, T., Ward, E.J., Windham-Myers, L., Wohlfahrt, G. & Zona, D. (2019): FLUXNET-CH4 Synthesis Activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(12), 2607-2632. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0268.1.

Peaucelle, M., Bacour, C., Ciais, P., Vuichard, N., Kuppel, S., Peñuelas, J., Belelli Marchesini, L., Blanken, P.D., Buchmann, N., Chen, J., Delpierre, N., Desai, A.R., Dufrene, E., Gianelle, D., Gimeno-Colera, C., Gruening, C., Helfter, C., Hörtnagl, L., Ibrom, A., Joffre, R., Kato, T., Kolb, T.E., Law, B., Lindroth, A., Mammarella, I., Merbold, L., Minerbi S., Montagnani, L., Sigut, L., Sutton, M., Varlagin, A., Vesala, T., Wohlfahrt, G., Wolf, S., Yakir, D. & Viovy, N. (2019): Covariations between plant functional traits emerge from constraining parameterization of a terrestrial biosphere model. Global ecology and biogeography, 28(9), 1351-1365. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12937.

Spielmann, F.M., Wohlfahrt, G., Hammerle, A., Kitz, F., Migliavacca, M., Alberti, G., Ibrom, A., El-Madany, T.S., Gerdel, K., Moreno, G., Kolle, O., Karl, T., Peressoti, A. & Delle Vedove, G. (2019): Gross Primary Productivity of Four European Ecosystems Constrained by Joint CO2 and COS Flux Measurements. Geophysical research letters, 46(10), 5284-5293. DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082006.

Kitz, F., Gómez-Brandón, M., Eder B., Etemadi, M., Spielmann, F.M., Hammerle, A., Insam, H. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2019): Soil carbonyl sulfide exchange in relation to microbial community composition: Insights from a managed grassland soil amendment experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 28-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.04.005.

Seidl, R., Albrich, K., Erb, K.H., Formayer, H., Leidinger, D., Leitinger, G., Tappeiner, U., Tasser, E. & Rammer, W. (2019): What drives the future supply of regulating ecosystem services in a mountain forest landscape?. Forest ecology and management, 445, 37-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.03.047.

Schirpke, U., Tappeiner, G., Tasser, E. & Tappeiner, U. (2019): Using conjoint analysis to gain deeper insights into aesthetic landscape preferences. Ecological indicators, 96, 202-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.001.

Frenck, G., Leitinger, G., Obojes, N., Hofmann, M., Newesely, C., Deutschmann, M., Tappeiner, U. & Tasser, E. (2018): Community specific hydraulic conductance potential of soil water decomposed for two Alpine grasslands by small-scale lysimetry. Biogeosciences, 15, 1065-1078. DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-1065-2018.

Fontana, V., Kohler, M., Niedrist, G., Bahn, M., Tappeiner, U. & Frenck, G. (2017): Decomposing the land-use specific response of plant functional traits along environmental gradients. Science of The Total Environment, 599, 750-759. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.245.

Lavorel, S., Grigulis, K., Leitinger, G., Kohler, M., Schirpke, U. & Tappeiner, U. (2017): Historical trajectories in land use pattern and grassland ecosystem services in two European alpine landscapes. Regional environmental change, 17(8), 2251-2264. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-017-1207-4.

Locatelli, B., Lavorel, S., Sloan, S., Tappeiner, U. & Geneletti, D. (2017): Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 15(3), 150-159. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1470.

Kohler, M., Devaux, C., Grigulis, K., Leitinger, G., Lavorel, S. & Tappeiner, U. (2017): Plant functional assemblages as indicators of the resilience of grassland ecosystem service provision. Ecological Indicators, 73, 118-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.024.

Kohler, M., Stotten, R., Steinbacher, M., Leitinger, G., Tasser, E., Schirpke, U., Tappeiner, U. & Schermer, M. (2017): Participative spatial scenario analysis for alpine ecosystems. Environmental Management, 60(4), 679-692. DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0903-7.

Niedertscheider, M., Tasser, E., Pateck, M., Rüdisser, J., Tappeiner, U. & Erb, K.-H. (2017): Influence of Land-Use Intensification on Vegetation C-Stocks in an Alpine Valley from 1865 to 2003. Ecosystems, 20(8), 1391-1406. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0120-5.

Schirpke, U., Kohler, M., Leitinger, G., Fontana, V., Tasser, E. & Tappeiner, U. (2017): Future impacts of changing land-use and climate on ecosystem services of mountain grassland and their resilience. Ecosystem Services, 26, 79-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.06.008.

Steinwandter, M., Schlick-Steiner, B.C., Seeber, G.U.H., Steiner, F.M. & Seeber, J. (2017): Effects of Alpine land-use changes: Soil macrofauna community revisited.. Ecology and Evolution, 7(14), 5389-5399. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3043.

Tasser, E., Leitinger, G. & Tappeiner, U. (2017): Climate change versus land-use change-What affects the mountain landscapes more?. Land Use Policy, 60, 60-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.10.019.

Desai, A.R., Wohlfahrt, G., Zeeman, M.J., Katata, G., Eugster, W., Montagnani, L., Gianelle, D., Mauder, M. & Schmid, H.-P. (2016): Montane ecosystem productivity responds more to global circulation patterns than climatic trends. Environmental Research Letters, 11(2). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024013.

Estiarte, M., Vicca, S., Peñuelas, J., Bahn, M., Beier, C., Emmett, B.A., Fay, P.A., Hanson, P.J., Hasibeder, R., Kigel, J., Kröel-Dulay, G., Steenberg Larsen, K., Lellei-Kov cs, E., Limousin, J.-M., Ogaya, R., Ourcival, J.-M., Reinsch, S., Sala, O.E., Schmidt, I.K., Sternberg, M., Tielbörger, K., Tietema, A., & . Janssens, I.A. (2016): Few multiyear precipitation-reduction experiments find a shift in the productivity-precipitation relationship. Global Change Biology, 22(7), 2570-2581. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13269.

Fondevilla, C., Angels Colomer, M., Fillat, F. & Tappeiner, U. (2016): Using a new PDP modelling approach for land-use and land-cover change predictions: A case study in the Stubai Valley (Central Alps). Ecological Modelling, 322, 101-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.016.

Hoertnagl, L., Bahn, M., Buchmann, N., Dias-Pinez, E., Eugster, W., Kiese, R., Klumpp, K., Ladreiter-Knauss, T., Lu, H., Wohlfahrt, G., Zeeman, M. & Merbold, L. (2016): The influence of management on GHG fluxes over Central European grasslands. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17, 5947.

Mair, E., Leitinger, G., Della Chiesa, S., Niedrist, G., Tappeiner, U. & Bertoldi, G. (2016): A simple method to combine snow height and meteorological observations to estimate winter precipitation at sub-daily resolution. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61(11), 2050-2060. DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2015.1081203.

Roy, J., Picon-Cochard, C., Augusti, A., Benot, M.L., Thiery, L., Darsonville, O., Landais, D., Piel, C., Defossez, M., Devidal, S., Escape, C., Ravel, O., Fromin, N., Volaire, F., Milcu, A., Bahn, M., Soussana, J.-F. (2016): Elevated CO2 maintains grassland net carbon uptake under a future heat and drought extreme. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(22), 6224-6229. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524527113.

Schirpke, U., Timmermann, F., Tappeiner, U. & Tasser E. (2016): Cultural ecosystem services of mountain regions: Modelling the aesthetic value. Ecological Indicators. 69, 78-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.001.

Berninger, F., Susiluoto, S., Gianelle, D., Bahn, M., Wohlfahrt, G., Sutton, M., Garcia-Pausas, J., Gimeno, C., Sanz-Sanchez, M.-J., Dore, S., Rogiers, N., Furger, M., Eugster, W., Balzarolo, M., Sebastià , M.-T., Tenhunen, J., Staszewski, T. & Cernusca, A. (2015): Management and site effects on carbon balances of European mountain meadows and rangelands. Boreal Environment Research, 20(6), 748-760.

Frank, D., Reichstein, M., Bahn, M., Thonicke, K., Frank, D., Mahecha, M.D., Smith, P., van der Velde, M., Vicca, S., Babst, F., Beer, C., Buchmann, N., Canadell, J.G., Ciais, P., Cramer, W., Ibrom, A., Miglietta, F., Poulter, B., Rammig, A., Seneviratne, S.I., Walz, A., Wattenbach, M., Zavala, M.A. & Zscheischler, J. (2015): Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts. Global Change Biology, 21(8), 2861-2880. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12916.

Gavazov, K. & Bahn, M. (2015): Winter climate extremes and their role for priming SOM decomposition under the snow . EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 17.

Leitinger, G., Ruggenthaler, R., Hammerle, A., Lavorel, S., Schirpke, U., Clement, J.-C., Lamarque, P., Obojes, N. & Tappeiner, U. (2015): Impact of droughts on water provision in managed alpine. Ecohydrology, 8(8), 1600-1613. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1607.

Newesely, C., Leitinger, G., Zimmerhofer, W., Kohl, B., Markart, G., Tasser, E. & Tappeiner, U. (2015): Rain simulation in patchy landscapes: Insights from a case study in the Central Alps. Catena, 127, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.11.013.

Bahn, M., Reichstein, M., Dukes, J.S., Smith, M.D. & McDowell, N.G. (2014): Climate-biosphere interactions in a more extreme world. New Phytologist, 202(2), 356-359. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12662.

Grêt-Regamey, A., Weibel, B., Bagstad, K.J., Ferrari, M., Geneletti, D., Klug, H., Schirpke, U. & Tappeiner, U. (2014): On the Effects of Scale for EcosystemServices Mapping. PLoS One, 9(12). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112601.

Fuchslueger, L., Bahn, M., Fritz, K., Hasibeder, R. & Richter, A. (2014): Experimental drought reduces the transfer of recently fixed plant carbon to soil microbes and alters the bacterial community composition in a mountain meadow.. New Phytologist, 201(3), 916-927. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12569

Fuchslueger, L., Kastl, E.-M., Bauer, F., Kienzl, S., Hasibeder, R., Ladreiter-Knauss, T., Schmitt, M., Bahn, M., Schloter, M., Richter, A., Szukics, U. (2014): Effects of drought on nitrogen turnover and abundances of ammonia-oxidizers in mountain grassland. Biogeosciences, 11(21), 6003-6015. DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-6003-2014.

Meusburger, K., Leitinger, G., Mabit, L., Mueller, M., Walter, A. & Alewell, C. (2014): Soil erosion by snow gliding-a first quantification attempt in a subalpine area in Switzerland. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 3763-3775. DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3763-2014.

Moles, A.T., Perkins, S.E., Laffan, S.W., Flores-Moreno, H., Awasthy, M., Tindall, M.L., Sack, L., Pitman, A., Kattge, J., Aarssen, L.W., Anand, M., Bahn, M., Blonder, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Cornwell, W.K., Diaz, S., Dickie, J.B., Freschet, G.T., Griffiths, J.G., Gutierrez, A.G., Hemmings, F.A., Hickler, T., Hitchcock, T.D., Keighery, M., Kleyer, M., Kurokawa, H., Leishman, M.R., Liu, K., Niinemets, š., Onipchenko, V., Onoda, Y., Peñuelas, J,. Pillar, V.D., Reich, P.B., Shiodera, S., Siefert, A., Sosinski, E.E.Jr,. Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Swaine, E.K., Swenson, N.G., van Bodegom, P.M., Warman, L., Weiher, E., Wright, I.J., Zhang, H., Zobel, M. & Bonser S.P. (2014): Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?. Journal of Vegetation Science, 25(5), 1167-1180. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12190.

Reichstein, M., Bahn, M., Mahecha, M.D., Kattge, J. & Baldocchi, D.D. (2014): Linking plant and ecosystem functional biogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(38), 13697-13702. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216065111.

Vicca, S., Bahn, M., Estiarte, M., van Loon, E.E., Vargas, R., Alberti, G., Ambus, P., Arain, M.A., Beier, C., Bentley, L.P., Borken, W., Buchmann, N., Collins, S.L., de Dato, G., Dukes, J.S., Escolar, C., Fay, P., Guidolotti, G., Hanson, P.J., Kahmen, A., Kröel-Dulay, G., Ladreiter-Knauss, T., Larsen, K.S., Lellei-Kovacs, E., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Maestre, F.T., Marhan, S., Marshall, M., Meir, P., Miao, Y., Muhr, J., Niklaus, P.A., Ogaya, R., Peñuelas, J., Poll, C., Rustad, L.E., Savage, K., Schindlbacher, A., Schmidt, I.K., Smith, A.R., Sotta, E.D., Suseela, V., Tietema, A., van Gestel, N., van Straaten, O., Wan, S., Weber, U. & Janssens I.A. (2014): Can current moisture responses predict soil CO2 efflux under altered precipitation regimes?. Biogeosciences, 11(12), 3307-3308. DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-2991-2014.

Obojes, N., Bahn, M., Tasser, E., Walde, J., Inauen, N., Hiltbrunner, E., Saccone, P., Lochet, J., Cl‚ment, J.-C., Lavorel, S., Tappeiner, U. & Körner, C. (2014): Vegetation effects on the water balance of mountain grasslands depend on climatic conditions. Ecohydrology, 8(4), 552-569. DOI: 10.1002/eco.1524.

Legay, N., Baxendale, C., Grigulis, K., Krainer, U., Kastl, E., Schloter, M., Bardgett, R.D., Arnoldi, C., Bahn, M., Dumont, M., Poly, F., Pommier, T., Cl‚ment, J.C. & Lavorel S. (2014): Contribution of above-and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities. Annals of Botany, 114(5), 1011-1021. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu169.

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Peichl, M., Sonnentag, O., Wohlfahrt, G., Flanagan, L.B., Baldocchi, D.D., Kiely, G., Galvagno, M., Gianelle, D., Marcolla, B., Pio, C., Migliavacca, M., Jones, M.B. & Saunders, M. (2013): Convergence of potential net ecosystem production among contrasting C3 grasslands. Ecology letters, 16(4), 502-512. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12075.

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Schirpke, U., Leitinger, G., Tasser, E., Schermer, M., Steinbacher, M. & Tappeiner U. (2013): Multiple ecosystem services of a changing Alpine landscape: past, present and future. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 9(2), 123-135. DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2012.751936.

Schirpke, U., Tasser, E. & Tappeiner, U. (2013): Predicting scenic beauty of mountain regions. Landscape and Urban Planning, 111, 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.11.010.

Schirpke, U., Hölzler, S., Leitinger, G., Bacher, M., Tappeiner, U. & Tasser, E. (2013): Can we model the scenic beauty of an alpine landscape?. Sustainability, 5(3), 1080-1094. DOI: 10.3390/su5031080.

Heinl, M., Leitinger, G. & Tappeiner, U. (2012): Diurnal surface temperature regimes in mountain environments. Physical Geography, 33(4), 344-359. DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.33.4.344.

Meyer, S., Leifeld, J., Bahn, M. & Fuhrer, J. (2012a): Free and protected soil organic carbon dynamics respond differently to abandonment of mountain grassland. Biogeosciences, 9(2). DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-853-2012.

Meyer, S., Leifeld, J., Bahn, M. & Fuhrer, J. (2012b): Land-use change in subalpine grassland soils: Effect on particulate organic carbon fractions and aggregation. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 175(3), 401-409. DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201100220.

Schirpke, U., Leitinger, G., Schermer, M., & Tappeiner, U. (2012): Wie reagieren Landwirte im Stubaital (Österreich) auf den globalen Wandel?. IALE-D-Jahrestagung 2012, 41-46.

Schirpke, U., Leitinger, G., Tappeiner, U. & Tasser, E. (2012): SPA-LUCC: Developing land-use/cover scenarios in mountain landscapes. Ecological Informatics, 12, 68-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.09.002.

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Seeber, J., Rief, A., Richter, A., Traugott, M. & Bahn, M. (2012): Drought-induced reduction in uptake of recently photosynthesized carbon by springtails and mites in alpine grassland.. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 55, 37-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.009.

Williams, C.A., Reichstein, M., Buchmann, N., Baldocchi, D., Beer, C., Schwalm, C., Wohlfahrt, G., Hasler, N., Bernhofer, C., Foken, T., Papale, D., Schymanski, S., Schaefer, K. (2012): Climate and vegetation controls on the surface water balance: Synthesis of evapotranspiration measured across a global network of flux towers. Water Resources Research, 48(6) DOI: 10.1029/2011WR011586.

Bamberger, I., Hörtnagl, L., Ruuskanen, T.M., Schnitzhofer, R., Müller, M., Graus, M., Karl, T., Wohlfahrt, G. & Hansel, A. (2011): Deposition fluxes of terpenes over grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 116(D14). DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015457.

Groenendijk, M., Dolman, A.J., Ammann, C., Arneth, A., Cescatti, A., Dragoni, D., Gash, J.H.C., Gianelle, D., Gioli, B., Kiely, G., Knohl, A., Law, B.E., Lund, M., Marcolla, B., van der Molen, M.K., Montagnani, L., Moors E., Richardson, A.D., Roupsard, O., Verbeeck, H. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2011): Seasonal variation of photosynthetic model parameters and leaf area index from global Fluxnet eddy covariance data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 116(G4). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001742.

Brilli, F., Hörtnagl, L., Hammerle, A., Haslwanter, A., Hansel, A., Loreto, F. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2011): Leaf and ecosystem response to soil water availability in mountain grasslands.. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151(12), 1731-1740. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.007.

Hörtnagl, L., Bamberger, I., Graus, M., Ruuskanen, T.M., Schnitzhofer, R., Müller, M., Hansel, A., & Wohlfahrt G. (2011): Biotic, abiotic, and management controls on methanol exchange above a temperate mountain grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 116(G3). DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001641.

Lamarque, P., Tappeiner, U., Turner, C., Steinbacher, M., Bardgett, R.D., Szukics, U., Schermer, M., Lavorel, S. (2011): Stakeholder perceptions of grassland ecosystem services in relation to knowledge on soil fertility and biodiversity. Regional Environmental Change, 11(4), 791-804. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0214-0.

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Ruuskanen, T.M., Müller, M., Schnitzhofer, R., Karl, T., Graus, M., Bamberger, I., Hörtnagl, L., Brilli, F., Wohlfahrt, G. & Hansel A. (2011): Eddy covariance VOC emission and deposition fluxes above grassland using PTR-TOF. Atmospheric chemistry and physics (Print), 11(2). DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-611-2011.

Vargas, R., Baldocchi, D.D., Bahn, M., Hanson, P.J., Hosman, K.P., Kulmala, L., Pumpanen, J. & Yang, B. (2011): On the multi-temporal correlation between photosynthesis and soil CO2 efflux: reconciling lags and observations. New Phytologist, 191(4), 1006-1017. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03771.x.

Bahn, M., Reichstein, M., Davidson, E.A., Grünzweig, J., Jung, M., Carbone, M.S., Epron, D., Misson, L., Nouvellon, Y., Roupsard, O., Savage, K., Trumbore, S.E., Gimeno, C., Curiel Yuste, J., Tang, J., Vargas, R. & Janssens, I.A. (2010): Soil respiration at mean annual temperature predicts annual total across vegetation types and biomes. Biogeosciences, 7(7), 2147-2157. DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2147-2010.

Bamberger, I., Hörtnagl, L., Schnitzhofer, R., Graus, M., Ruuskanen, T., Müller, M., Dunkl, J., Wohlfahrt, G. & Hansel, A. (2010): BVOC fluxes above mountain grassland. Biogeosciences, 7(5), 1413-1424. DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1413-2010.

Bertoldi, G., Notarnicola, C., Leitinger, G., Endrizzi, S., Zebisch, M., Della Chiesa, S. & Tappeiner, U. (2010): Topographical and ecohydrological controls on land surface temperature in an alpine catchment. Ecohydrology: Ecosystems, Land and Water Process Interactions, Ecohydrogeomorphology, 3(2), 189-204. DOI: 10.1002/eco.129.

Leitinger, G., Tasser, E., Newesely, C., Obojes, N. & Tappeiner, U. (2010): Seasonal dynamics of surface runoff in mountain grassland ecosystems differing in land use. Journal of Hydrology, 385(1-4), 95-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.006.

Migliavacca, M., Reichstein, M., Richardson, A.D., Colombo, R., Sutton, M., Lasslop, G., Wohlfahrt, G., Tomelleri, E., Carvalhais, N., Cescatti, A., Mahecha, M., Montagnani, L., Papale, D., Zaehle, S., Arain, A., Arneth, A., Black, A.T., Dore, S., Gianelle, D., Helfter, C., Hollinger, D., Kutsch, W., Law, B.E., Lafleur, P.M., Nouvellon, Y., Rebmann, C., da Rocha, H., Rodeghiero, M., Roupsard, O., Sebastià, M.-T., Seufert, G., Soussana, J.-F. & van der Molen, M.K. (2010): Semiempirical modeling of abiotic and biotic factors controlling ecosystem respiration across eddy covariance sites. Global Change Biology, 17, 390-409. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02243.x.

Müller, M., Graus, M., Ruuskanen, T.M., Schnitzhofer, R., Bamberger, I., Kaser, L., Titzmann, T., Hörtnagl, L., Wohlfahrt, G., Karl, T. & Hansel A. (2010): First eddy covariance flux measurements by PTR-TOF. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 3(2), 387–395. DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-387-2010.

Schmitt, M., Bahn, M., Wohlfahrt, G., Tappeiner, U. & Cernusca, A. (2010): Land use affects the net ecosystem CO2 exchange and its components in mountain grasslands. Biogeosciences 7(8): 2297–2309. DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2297-2010.

Teuling, A.J., Seneviratne, S.I., Stöckli, R., Reichstein, M., Moors, E., Ciais, P., Luyssaert, S., van den Hurk, B., Ammann, C., Bernhofer, C., Dellwik, E., Gianelle, D., Gielen, B., Grünwald, T., Klumpp, K., Montagnani, L., Moureaux, C., Sottocornola, M. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2010): Contrasting response of European forest and grassland energy exchange to heatwaves. Nature Geoscience, 3(10), 722-727. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo950.

Vargas, R., Baldocchi, D.D., Allen, M.F., Bahn, M., Black, T.A., Collins, S.L., Curiel Yuste, J., Hirano, T., Jassal, R.S., Pumpanen, J. & Tang, J. (2010): Looking deeper into the soil: biophysical controls and seasonal lags of soil CO2 production and efflux. Ecological Applications, 20(6), 1569-1582. DOI: 10.1890/09-0693.1.

Wohlfahrt, G., Pilloni, S., Hörtnagl, L. & Hammerle, A. (2010): Estimating carbon dioxide fluxes from temperate mountain grasslands using broad-band vegetation indices. Biogeosciences, 7(2): 683–694. DOI: 10.5194/bgd-6-11159-2009.

Wohlfahrt, G., Irschick, C., Thalinger, B., Hörtnagl, L., Obojes, N. & Hammerle, A. (2010): Insights from independent evapotranspiration estimates for closing the energy balance: a grassland case study. Vadose Zone Journal, 9(4), 1025-1033. DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0158.

Bahn, M., Schmitt, M., Siegwolf, R., Richter, A. & Brüggemann, N. (2009): Does photosynthesis affect grassland soil-respired CO2 and its carbon isotope composition on a diurnal timescale?. New Phytologist, 182(2), 451-460. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02755.x.

Beer, C., Ciais, P., Reichstein, M., Baldocchi, D., Law, B., Papale, D., Soussana, J.-F., Ammann, C., Buchmann, N., Frank, D., Gianelle, D., Janssens, I.A., Knohl, A., Köstner, B., Moors, E., Roupsard, O., Verbeeck, H., Vesala, T., Williams, C. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2009): Temporal and among-site variability of inherent water use efficiency at the ecosystem level. Global biogeochemical cycles, 23(2), 1-13. DOI: 10.1029/2008GB003233.

Höller, P., Fromm, R. & Leitinger, G. (2009): Snow forces on forest plants due to creep and glide. Forest ecology and management, 257(2), 546-552. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.035.

Stoy, P.C., Richardson, A.D., Baldocchi, D.D., Katul, G.G., Stanovick, J., Mahecha, M.D., Reichstein, M., Detto, M., Law, B.E., Wohlfahrt, G., Arriga, N., Campos, J., McCaughey, J.H., Montagnani, L., Paw U, K.T., Sevanto, S. & Williams, M. (2009): Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of CO 2 in relation to climate: a cross-biome analysis across multiple time scales. Biogeosciences, 6(10), 2297-2312. DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2297-2009.

Tenhunen, J., Geyer, R., Adiku, S., Reichstein, M., Tappeiner, U., Bahn, M., Cernusca, A., Dinh, N.Q., Kolcun, O., Lohila, A., Otieno, D., Schmidt, M., Schmitt, M., Wang, Q., Wartinger, M. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2009): Influences of changing land use and CO2 concentration on ecosystem and landscape level carbon and water balances in mountainous terrain of the Stubai Valley, Austria. Global and Planetary Change, 67(1-2), 29-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.010.

Teuling, A.J., Hirschi, M., Ohmura, A., Wild, M., Reichstein, M., Ciais, P., Buchmann, N., Ammann, C., Montagnani, L., Richardson, A.D., Wohlfahrt, G. & Seneviratne, S. (2009): A regional perspective on trends in continental evaporation. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(2), 1-5. DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036584.

Wohlfahrt, G., Haslwanter, A., Hörtnagl, L., Jasoni, R.L., Fenstermaker, L.F., Arnone III, J.A. & Hammerle, A. (2009): On the consequences of the energy imbalance for calculating surface conductance to water vapour. Agricultural and forest meteorology, 149(9), 1556-1559. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.03.015.

Bahn, M., Rodeghiero, M., Anderson-Dunn, M., Dore, S., Gimeno, S., Drösler, M., Williams, M., Ammann, C., Berninger, F., Flechard, C., Jones, S., Balzarolo, M., Kumar, S., Newesely, C., Priwitzer, T., Raschi, A., Siegwolf, R., Susiluoto, S., Tenhunen, J., Wohlfahrt, G. & Cernusca, A. (2008): Soil respiration in European grasslands in relation to climate and assimilate supply. Ecosystems, 11(8), 1352-1367. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9198-0.

Bayfield, N., Barancok, P., Furger, M., Sebastià, M.T., Domínguez, G., Lapka, M., Cudlinova, E., Vescovo, L., Gianelle, D., Cernusca, A., Tappeiner, U. & Drösler, M. (2008): Stakeholder perceptions of the impacts of rural funding scenarios on mountain landscapes across Europe. Ecosystems, 11(8), 1368-1382. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9197-1.

Cernusca, A., Bahn, M., Berninger, F., Tappeiner, U. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2008): Effects of land-use changes on sources, sinks and fluxes of carbon in European mountain grasslands. Ecosystems, 11(8), 1335-1337. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9202-8.

Fritsche, J., Wohlfahrt, G., Ammann C., Zeeman, M., Hammerle, A., Obrist, D. & Alewell, C. (2008): Summertime elemental mercury exchange of temperate grasslands on an ecosystem-scale. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8(24), 7709-7722. DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-7709-2008.

Leitinger, G., Höller, P., Tasser, E., Walde, J. & Tappeiner, U. (2008): Development and validation of a spatial snow-glide model. Ecological Modelling, 211(3-4), 363-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.09.015.

Li, Y.-L., Tenhunen, J., Owen, K., Schmitt, M., Bahn, M., Drösler, M., Otieno, D., Schmidt, M., Grünwald, T., Hussain, M.Z., Mirzae, H. & Bernhofer, C. (2008): Patterns in CO2 gas exchange capacity of grassland ecosystems in the Alps. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(1), 51-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.09.002.

Tappeiner, U., Tasser, E., Leitinger, L., Cernusca, A. & Tappeiner, G. (2008): Effects of historical and likely future scenarios of land use on above-and belowground vegetation carbon stocks of an alpine valley. Ecosystems, 11(8), 1383-1400. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9195-3.

Wieser, G., Hammerle, A. & Wohlfahrt, G. (2008): The Water Balance of Grassland Ecosystems in theAustrian Alps. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(2), 439-445. DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(07-039)[WIESER]2.0.CO;2.

Wohlfahrt, G., Anderson-Dunn, M., Bahn, M., Balzarolo, M., Berninger, F., Campbell, C., Carrara, A., Cescatti, A., Christensen, T., Dore, S., Eugster, W., Friborg, T., Furger, M., Gianelle, D., Gimeno, C., Hargreaves, K., Hari, P., Haslwanter, A., Johansson, T., Marcolla, B., Milford, C., Nagy, Z., Nemitz, E., Rogiers, N., Sanz, M.J., Siegwolf, R.T.W., Susiluoto, S., Sutton, M., Tuba, Z., Ugolini, F., Valentini, R., Zorer, R. & Cernusca, A. (2008): Biotic, abiotic, and management controls on the net ecosystem CO 2 exchange of European mountain grassland ecosystems. Ecosystems, 11(8), 1338-1351. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9196-2.

Wohlfahrt, G., Hammerle, A., Haslwanter, A., Bahn, M., Tappeiner, U.& Cernusca, A. (2008): Disentangling leaf area and environmental effects on the response of the net ecosystem CO2 exchange to diffuse radiation. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(16), 1-5. DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035090.

Wohlfahrt, G., Hammerle, A., Haslwanter, A., Bahn, M., Tappeiner, U. & Cernusca, A. (2008): Seasonal and inter-annual variability of the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a temperate mountain grassland: Effects of weather and management. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 113(D8), 1-14. DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009286.

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