We are hiring: Interns wanted
Every year, the Institute for Alpine Environment hires trainees for biodiversity related projects who support the team in the fieldwork, while our interns learn a lot about monitoring methods and gain…
Biodiversity survey in chestnut orchards
Project description and objectives: Chestnut groves are extensive cultivated areas used to produce the sweet chestnut, the ‘Keschtn’ in South Tyrolean dialect. They are part of an aesthetic and valuable cultural…
Fungal diversity in South Tyrol’s forests: Survey in collaboration with Mycological Society Bresadola
Project description and objectives Forests of South Tyrol are characterized by a large diversity in terms of species and environmental conditions. They provide a key role in biodiversity conservation, offering…
19th Eurasian Grassland Conference themed “Grasslands as biodiversity hotspots” taking place in Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen in Italy 26 August – 1 September 2024
The 19th Eurasian Grassland Conference (EGC) will be hosted by the Institute for Alpine Environment of Eurac Research in Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), from 26 August until 1 September. The theme of…
Biodiversity: Project ‘Blumenwiesen – Prati fioriti’ has started!
The project ‘Blumenwiesen – Prati fioriti’ was officially launched at a meeting in Bolzano/Bozen. The aim is to protect and increase biodiversity. Over the next three years, 9,000 square meters…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: Impact of the Vaia windthrow on biodiversity
In autumn 2018, parts of South Tyrolean forests were severely affected by a major storm event called Vaia. In total, 6,000 hectares of forest in 86 South Tyrolean municipalities were…
17th EDGG Field Workshop taking place in South Tyrol
Inner alpine dry valleys of the southeastern Alps (Italy, Switzerland, 1-11 June 2023). Since 2009, when J. Dengler first proposed a new sampling methodology, that has been revised and improved…
Bird species increase if agricultural habitats are heterogeneous
As part of the Biodiversity Monitoring in South Tyrol, we introduced the use of remote sensing to detect habitat heterogeneity and model it with the bird communities found in 118…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: The biodiversity of glaciers in danger – is there a future?
Shrinking glaciers are the most obvious manifestation of climate change in the Alps, affecting biodiversity and water quality and quantity. Some species are threatened with extinction, those most specialized in…
Colloquium of the Platform Biodiversity: High mountain birds and habitat fragmentation: a wake-up call from landscape genomics
Species tied to alpine and open habitats are threatened by climate change and anthropogenic impacts. Under these circumstances, it is crucial that individuals can move and exchange between increasingly confined…