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Hochschwab GLORIA (Extensive)

Operator: Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften/Institut für Interdisziplinäre Gebirgsforschung &
BOKU/Zentrum für Globalen Wandel und Nachhaltigkeit
DEIMS-SDR Database: Hochschwab GLORIA
Contact: Harald Pauli

Site description

The methods employed by GLORIA in its “Multi-Summit Approach” (PAULI et al. 2004; www.gloria.ac.at/?a=20), have received their first thorough test on the Hochschwab massif (2,277 m, Styria, Austria). In this sense, Hochschwab is a core site of the International GLORIA network, which as of 2014 has grown to include more than 120 sites around the globe. The monitoring settings on Hochschwab, established in 2001, include 64 1x1m permanent plots, 16 soil temperature loggers measuring at hourly intervals and 32 larger summit area sections, mainly placed in alpine grassland, screes and snowbeds, installed on four summits; these were arranged from the Krummholz belt up to the highest peaks, between 1900 and 2255m. The first resurvey in 2008, as a parallel measure at 17 GLORIA sites in Europe, brought signals of climate warming-related changes in plant species composition and structure (Gottfried et al. 2012; Pauli et al. 2012). Diversity of soil nematodes were studied at the GLORIA summit areas (Hoschitz & Kaufmann 2004) and the region was part of an assessment of useful plants of the alpine life zone (Lamprecht 2012).

Publications


  • Futschik, A., Winkler, M., Steinbauer, K., Lamprecht, A., Rumpf, S.B., Barančok, P., Palay, A., Gottfried, M. & Pauli, H. (2020): Disentangling observer error and climate change effects in long‐term monitoring of alpine plant species composition and cover. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(1), 14-25. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12822.

  • Winkler, M., A. Lamprecht, K. Steinbauer, K. Hülber, J.-P. Theurillat, F. Breiner, Ph. Choler, S. Ertl, A. Gutiérrez Girón, G. Rossi, P. Vittoz, M. Akhalkatsi, Ch. Bay, J.L. Benito, T. Bergström, M. L. Carranza, E. Corcket, J. Dick, B. Erschbamer, R. F. Calzado, A. M. Fosaa, R. G. Gavilán, D. Ghosn, Kh. Gigauri, D. Huber, R. Kanka, G. Kazakis, M. Klipp, J. Kollar, Th. Kudernatsch, P. Larsson, L. Villar, M. Mallaun, O. Michelsen, P. Moiseev, D. Moiseev, U. Molau, J. M. Mesa, U. Morra di Cella, L. Nagy, M. Petey, M. Pușcaș, Ch. Rixen, A. Stanisci, M. Suen, A. Syverhuset, M. Tomaselli, P. Unterluggauer, T. Ursu, M. Gottfried, H. Pauli (2016): The rich sides of mountain summits - a pan-European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants. Journal of Biogeography 43: 2261-2273, doi 10.1111/jbi.12835.

  • Gottfried, M., Pauli, H., Futschik, A., Akhalkatsi, M., Barancok, P., Benito Alonso, J.L., Coldea, G., Dick, J., Erschbamer, B., Fernandez Calzado, M.R., Kazakis, G., Krajci, J., Larsson, P., Mallaun, M., Michelsen, O., Moiseev, D., Moiseev, P., Molau, U., Merzouki, A., Nagy, L., Nakhutsrishvili, G., Pedersen, B., Pelino, G., Puscas, M., Rossi, G., Stanisci, A., Theurillat, J.-P., Tomaselli, M., Villar, L., Vittoz, P., Vogiatzakis, I. & Grabherr, G. (2012): Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2, 111-115.

  • Lamprecht A. (2012): Ethnobotanische Aspekte der Hochgebirgsflora der Ostalpen: Dokumentation der für Menschen nutzbaren Gefäßpflanzen in den GLORIA-Untersuchungsgebieten Hochschwab, Schrankogel und Latemar. Diplomarbeit, Univ. Wien.

  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Dullinger, S., Abdaladze, O., Akhalkatsi, M., Benito Alonso, J.L., Coldea, G., Dick, J., Erschbamer, B., Fernández Calzado, R., Ghosn, D., Holten, J.I., Kanka, R., Kazakis, G., Kollár, J., Larsson, P., Moiseev, P., Moiseev, D., Molau, U., Molero Mesa, J., Nagy, L., Pelino, G., Puşcaş, M., Rossi, G., Stanisci, A., Syverhuset, A.O., Theurillat, J.-P., Tomaselli, M., Unterluggauer, P., Villar, L., Vittoz, P. & Grabherr, G. (2012): Recent Plant Diversity Changes on Europe's Mountain Summits. Science, 336, 353-355.

  • Plan, L., Renetzeder, C., Pavuza, R., Korner, W. (2012): A new karren feature: hummocky karren. International Journal of Speleology 41: 75-81.

  • Grabherr, G., Gottfried, M., Pauli, H. (2011): Global change effects on alpine plant diversity. In: Zachos, F.E. & Habel, J.C. (eds.) : Biodiversity hotspots - distribution and protection of conservation priority areas, pp. 149-163.

  • Steinbauer, K. (2011): Statistische Analyse lokaler Verbreitungsgrenzen alpiner Pflanzenarten am Hochschwab/Steiermark/Österreich. Diplomarbeit, Universtität Wien. 

  • Grabherr, G., Gottfried, M. et al. (2010): Climate change impacts in alpine environments. Geography Compass 4(8): 1133–1153.

  • Dullinger S., I. Kleinbauer, H. Pauli, M. Gottfried, R. Brooker, L. Nagy, J.­P. Theurillat, J. I. Holten, O. Abdaladze, J.­L. Benito, J.­L. Borel, G. Coldea, D. Ghosn, R. Kanka, A. Merzouki, C. Klettner, P. Moiseev, U. Molau, K. Reiter, G. Rossi, A. Stanisci, M. Tomaselli, P. Unterlugauer, P. Vittoz, G. Grabherr (2007): Weak and variable relationships between environmental severity and small-scale co-occurrence in alpine plant communities. Journal of Ecology 2007 95, 1284-1295. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01288.x

  • Hoschitz, M. and Kaufmann, R. (2004): Soil nematode communities of Alpine summits-site differentiation and microclimatic influences. Pedobiologia 48(4): 313-320.

  • Pauli H., Gottfried M., Hohenwallner D., Reiter K., Casale R. & Grabherr G. (2004): The GLORIA Field Manual - Multi-Summit approach (4th version). European Commission, Luxembourg, ISBN 92-894-4737-0.

  • Pauli H., Gottfried M., Dirnböck T., Dullinger S., Grabherr G. (2003): Assessing the Long-Term Dynamics of Endemic Plants at Summit Habitats Ecological Studies, ol. 167 Springer-Verlag Berlin.