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Alpine landscapes under global change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being
- Project Leader
- Frank Thomas, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.01.2015-31.01.2019
- Programme:
- Earth System Sciences (ESS)
- Type of Research
- Basic Research
- Project partners
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Büro für Naturschutzpraxis und Forschung, Austria.
Contact person: Leopold Sachslehner;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Eidgenoessiche Forschungsanstalt WSL, Switzerland.
Contact person: Nicole Bauer;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Federal Forest Research Station, SeckendorFf-Gudentweg 8, 1130 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Kerstin Michel;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Landwirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria.
Contact person: Andreas Bohner, Renate Mayer;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Austria.
Contact person: Hans-Peter Hutter;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
- Staff
- Arnberger Arne, Project Staff
- Zaller Johann, Project Staff
- Ebenberger Martin, Project Staff (bis 31.10.2015)
- Walcher Ronnie, Project Staff
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning
- Institute of Zoology
- Abstract
- Changes in agricultural practices and policies, low farm income and depopulation of rural areas have resulted in the abandonment of traditionally managed mountainous landscapes globally and across the Alps. Such historic landscapes, e.g. alpine pastures, however, harbour a high biodiversity, attract tourists and may even positively influence human health. Today’s western societies are faced with a growing incidence of poor health because of mental stress and sedentary lifestyles. Natural landscapes are increasingly seen as restorative settings, compensating for negative psycho-physiological effects on humans. The extent of these positive effects, however, may depend on the landscape quality. However, so far restorative research has neglected the role of such mountainous landscapes for human health. In addition, possible linkages between cultural ecosystem services such as human health and well-being, biodiversity, and regulating ecosystem services (pollinator activity, soil decomposition rate, greenhouse gas emission) have never been investigated for such landscapes. Therefore, the ecosystem services of these landscapes cannot be fully considered in political decision making, and in the design of agro-environmental, public health and nature conservation policies and measures. If cultural landscapes of biosphere reserves are specifically effective in providing restorative effects, then such benefits can be used for regional development by exploiting the natural-cultural capital for new health-related commercial offers in a sustainable way, thereby preserving such valuable historic landscapes.
“Healthy Alps” investigates whether and to what extent
1) regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being are connected
2) land-use intensities and land-use abandonment of cultural landscapes have an impact on human health and well-being and that these differently managed landscapes are perceived as restorative by humans
3) soundscapes are useful tools for measuring linkages between biodiversity and human health
- Keywords
- Biodiversity research; Plant ecology; Animal ecology ; Landscape conservation; Agroecology;
- alpine grassland; biodiversity; land use; human health and well-being; ecosystem services;
- Publications
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** Walcher, R; Hussain, RI; Karrer, J; Bohner, A; Brand, D; Zaller, JG; Arnberger, A; Frank, T Effects of management cessation on hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) across Austrian and Swiss mountain meadows.
WEB ECOL. 2020; 20(2): 143-152.
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Arnberger, A (2019): Linking urban outdoor recreation with health benefits on a city scale level – a first approach.
In: De Vreese, R., Urban Forests: Full of Energy, p. 21
[European Forum of Urban Forestry, Urban Forests EFUF 2019 - Full of Energy, Cologne, Germany, 22.05.2019 - 24.05.2019] -
** Arnberger, A; Eder, R; Allex, B; Ebenberger, M; Hutter, HP; Wallner, P; Bauer, N; Zaller, JG; Frank, T; Health-Related Effects of Short Stays at Mountain Meadows, a River and an Urban Site-Results from a Field Experiment..
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018; 15(12):
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** Arnberger, A; Eder, R; Allex, B; Hutter, HP; Wallner, P; Bauer, N; Zaller, JG; Frank, T Perceived health benefits of managed and unmanaged meadows in a mountain biosphere reserve - an experimental study in the Austrian Alps.
ECO MONT. 2018; 10(1): 5-14. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
** Hussain, RI; Walcher, R; Brandl, D; Jernej, I; Arnberger, A; Zaller, JG; Frank, T Influence of abandonment on syrphid assemblages in mountainous meadows.
J APPL ENTOMOL. 2018; 142(4): 450-456. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
Hutter, HP; Weitensfelder, L; Wanek, G; Wallner, G; Eder, R; Allex, B; Bauer, N; Zaller, J G; Frank, T; Arnberger, A (2018): Healthy Alps: Effekte alpiner Wiesen auf die kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit.
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Arnberger, A.; Allex, A.; Eder, R.; Hutter, H-P.; Wallner, P. (2018): Do urban environments with different degrees of naturalness differently effect human health and wellbeing?.
In: Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. (GfÖ), Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie · Band 47/48
[48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World, Vienna, Austria, 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018] -
ARNBERGER, A., ALLEX, B., EDER, R., HUTTER, H.-P., WALLNER, P., BAUER, N., ZALLER, J.G. & FRANK, T. (2018): Protected areas’ landscapes as resources for human health and well-being – case studies from Austria.
In: Salzburger Nationalparkfonds, 6th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas Conference Volume , pp. 11-13; ISBN: 978-3-7001-8317-4 FullText
[6th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas 2017, Salzburg, Austria, 02.11.2017 - 03.11.2017] -
Bohner, A; Karrer, J; Walcher, R; Brandl, D; Michel, K; Arnberger, A; Frank, T; Zaller, JG (2018): Ökologische Auswirkungen der Flächenstilllegung von gemähten Halbtrockenrasen: Fallstudien in drei Bergregionen in den Ostalpen.
, Carinthia II, 68, 15-15
[18. Österreichische Botanik-Tagung & 24. Internationale Tagung der Sektion für Biodiversität und Evolutionsbiologie der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 2018, Klagenfurt, Austria, 19.09.2018 - 22.09.2018] -
Jernej, I; Bohner, A; Walcher, R; Hussain, R; Arnberger, A; Zaller, JG; Frank, T (2018): Impacts of land use intensity in mountain semi-dry meadows on earthworms, litter decomposition and plant diversity. [Poster]
, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, 19585-19585
[European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna, Austria, 08.04.2018 - 13.04.2018] -
Jernej, I; Bohner, A; Walcher, R; Hussain, RI; Arnberger, A; Zaller, JG; Frank, T (2018): Impacts of land use intensity in mountain semi-dry meadows on earthworms, litter decomposition and plant diversity. [Poster]
, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 48, 49-49
[48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World, Vienna, Austria, 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018] -
Walcher, R; Hussain, RI; Karrer, J; Brandl, D; Sachslehner, L; Bohner, A; Jernej, I; Zaller, JG; Arnberger, A; Frank, T (2018): How abandonment of mountainous meadows influence bumblebees, true bugs and grasshoppers: studies from the Austrian and Swiss Alps.
In: Gesellschaft für Ökologie e.V. (Hrsg.), Ecology - Meeting the scientific challenges of a complex world
[48th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland GfÖ 2018 - Ecology – Meeting the Scientific Challenges of a complex World, Vienna, Austria, 10.09.2018 - 14.09.2018] -
** Walcher, R; Karrer, J; Sachslehner, L; Bohner, A; Pachinger, B; Brandl, D; Zaller, JG; Arnberger, A; Frank, T Diversity of bumblebees, heteropteran bugs and grasshoppers maintained by both: abandonment and extensive management of mountain meadows in three regions across the Austrian and Swiss Alps.
LANDSCAPE ECOL. 2017; 32(10): 1937-1951. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
Arnberger, A., Eder, R., Allex, B., Hutter, H.-P., Bauer, N., Hofmann, M., Zaller, J.G., Frank, T. (2017): Restorative effects of managed and unmanaged Alpine meadows .
In: Austrian Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape & Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Eds.). , Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Landscape and Human Health: Forests, Parks and Green Care , p. 44; ISBN: 978-3-902762-79-5 FullText
[3rd International Conference on Landscape and Human Health 2017 - Forests, Parks and Green Care, Vienna, Austria, 17.05.2017 - 19.05.2017] -
Walcher, R; Sachslehner, L; Hussain, R.I; Jernej, I; Arnberger, A; Zaller, J.G; Frank, T (2017): Two methods to assess grasshoppers in grassland habitats: a comparison of the frequently used acoustic-visual method and a novel soundscape approach.. [Poster]
In: British Ecological Society , Proceedings of the Conference Ecology-Across-Borders-2017
[Joint Annual Meeting Ecology Across Borders BES, GfÖ, NECOV, EEF 2017 – Lessons from Globally Distributed Observatories and Experiments, Ghent, Belgium, 11.12.2017 - 14.12.2017] -
Walcher, R; Brandl, D; Karrer, J; Zaller, J; Arnberger, A; Frank, T (2016): Impacts of land-use change on the diversity of bumblebees, bugs and grasshoppers in semi-dry alpine meadows.
[46th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Marburg, Germany, 05.09.2016 - 09.09.2016] -
Arnberger, A; Eder, R; Böhm, S; Ebenberger, M (2015): Healthy Alps: Erfassung der Erholungswirkung einer bewirtschafteten Bergwiese in der Steiermark.
Medi.um, 4, 4-4 -
Frank, T; Arnberger, A (2015): Healthy Alps - Alpine landscapes under global change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being.
Finanziert von: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), 12 -
Walcher, R; Frank, T (2015): Impacts of land use change on the biodiversity of bumblebees, grasshoppers and ecosystem services. [Poster]
In: Prof. Dr. Michael Bredemeier, University of Göttingen (Eds.), Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 45, 168-169, Book of Abstracts; ISBN: 0171-1113
[45th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Göttingen, Germany, 31.08.2015 - 04.09.2015]
- Vorträge
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Frank, T; Arnberger, A; Zaller, JG; Bauer, N; Walcher, R; Karrer, J; Eder, R; Ebenberger, M; Hofmann, M; Hutter, HP; Sachslehner, L; Michel, K, Bohner, A (2016): Healthy Alps - Alpine landscapes under global change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being. [Poster]
ESS Projektworkshop (ÖAW), JAN 14, 2016, Vienna, AUSTRIA -
Frank, T; Arnberger, A; Zaller, JG; Bauer, N; Walcher, R; Karrer, J; Eder, R; Ebenberger, M; Hofmann, M; Hutter, HP; Sachslehner, L; Michel, K, Bohner, A (2016): Healthy Alps - Alpine landscapes under global Change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem Services, biodiversity, human health and well-being.
ESS Projektworkshop (ÖAW), JAN 14, 2016, Vienna, AUSTRIA