A. Polderman, Suzana Vurunić, Nadine Houbé, O. Bender, Andreas Haller
{"title":"WebGIS for communicating Alpine ecosystem services: stakeholder engagement in Slovenian protected areas","authors":"A. Polderman, Suzana Vurunić, Nadine Houbé, O. Bender, Andreas Haller","doi":"10.1553/eco.mont-12-1s55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-12-1s55","url":null,"abstract":"The Alpine Space project AlpES used a web-based Geographic Information System (WebGIS) to communicate knowledge on Alpine ecosystem services to stakeholders from three protected areas in Slovenia to support more sustainable decision-making. This has been a positive experience, yet some shortcomings became evident. In this report we focus on using stakeholders’ technical experiences, needs and knowledge to develop a WebGIS, and on communicating project results to stakeholders. We address some critical issues related to co-designing a WebGIS. We provide recommendations to more fully achieve the potential of a WebGIS as a tool for knowledge transfer.","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"21 1","pages":"55-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80325469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alpine research projects in Montana","authors":"M. Apple","doi":"10.1553/eco.mont-13-1s67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-13-1s67","url":null,"abstract":"Alpine field research often involves travel and hiking to steep but gorgeous mountain ranges where days are spent outdoors, and in our case, in botanical/ecological/sensor research Under the usual conditions, alpine field researchers in Montana need to consider integral hazards such as cliffs, snow, stormy weather, the alpine sun, and bears But what influence ds a pandemic have on alpine field research?","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80490671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why do people leave marked trails? Implications for managing outdoor recreationists","authors":"V. Kopp, J. Coppes","doi":"10.1553/eco.mont-12-2s33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-12-2s33","url":null,"abstract":"Outdoor winter sports activities are growing in popularity, causing conflicts with sensitive wildlife species. Many studies have shown negative effects of recreational activities on wildlife, with off-trail activities considered to be more detrimental compared to activities performed on marked trails. Small hand-held global positioning devices are readily available, facilitating navigation off marked trails. For adequate visitor management, it is essential to know the motives of visitors to nature areas. The motives of recreationists to leave marked trails are, however, rarely known. Using questionnaires, we studied why people leave trails and analysed the predictors according to the Fietkau-Kessel grid model of environmental behaviour. The main motives for leaving a marked trail were more fun compared to staying on marked trails, previous experience of guided tours which left marked trails, and the signs being unclear. High-quality recreation infrastructure significantly reduces the chances of leaving marked trails, and a person with a positive attitude towards wildlife conservation is more likely to stay on the trails. We recommend visitor-steering management that combines attractive recreation infrastructure and clear signposts with methods influencing people’s attitudes towards nature conservation and education to foster on-trail activities. Profile","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"33-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90971575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A contribution to the knowledge of Linaria tonzigii Lona, a steno-endemic species of the Orobie Bergamasche Regional Park (Italian Alps)","authors":"L. Giupponi, A. Giorgi","doi":"10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-1S16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-1S16","url":null,"abstract":"Linaria tonzigii is a rare steno-endemic species of Community interest that grows on some limestone screes in the Orobie Bergamasche Regional Park (Italian Alps). Information is scarce regarding its ecology (and especially synecology) and its Grime’s CSR functional strategy. For this reason, this research, as well as analysing the floristic composition and ecology of the L. tonzigii community by means of traditional methods, also evaluated the Grime’s CSR strategy of this endemic species using the latest methods and tools. Analysis of the phytosociological relevés conducted in five different areas revealed that the species constitutes a single plant community (the Linaria tonzigii-Hornungia alpina community) consisting of basophile and xerophile species mostly typical of limestone screes. The analysis of the CSR strategy revealed that the mean strategy of L. tonzigii is R / CSR, although the species presents slightly different strategies in the different sampling areas. This article reports the first ever data regarding inter-population variation in plant functional strategies in nature and suggests that the functional variability of the species is much wider than had been thought. The analysis of plant height of L. tonzigii also showed that the population isolated at the northern limit of the species’ distribution range has significantly taller and less stress-tolerant individuals than those in other areas, suggesting that it may be a different ecotype. This article aims to stimulate researchers to study little-known endemic species in order to protect and valorize the biodiversity of protected areas. Research eco.mont – Volume 11, Number 1, January 2019 ISSN 2073-106X pr int vers ion – ISSN 2073-1558 onl ine vers ion: ht tp://epub.oeaw.ac.at/eco.mont ht tps://dx.doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-11-1s16 16","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"217 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77439938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trail races in protected mountain areas and their effects on sustainable development","authors":"Joan Babí, Eduard Inglés, Susanna Soler","doi":"10.1553/eco.mont-11-2s18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-11-2s18","url":null,"abstract":"This article addresses the degree of sustainability generated by trail races in the development of the territory in protected mountain areas, focusing on the extent of the protection of natural areas and on the kinds of entities that organize these events. It is based on the feedback from 95 questionnaires completed by a sample of organizers of trail-race events held within 26 protected mountain areas in Catalonia in 2015. Analysis allowed us to identify those trail races with the most exemplary practices. No differences in the degree of sustainable development were found with regard to the degree of protection of natural areas. Profit-making organizations generate a greater degree of sustainability where development of the territory is concerned than do non-profit entities. The study provides protected mountain area managers and trail-race managers with an instrument with which to diagnose the impact that such races have on the land. Research eco.mont – Volume 11, Number 2, July 2019 ISSN 2073-106X pr int vers ion – ISSN 2073-1558 onl ine vers ion: ht tp://epub.oeaw.ac.at/eco.mont ht tps://dx.doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-11-2s18 18","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84005313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial by Herbert Wölger","authors":"Herbert Wölger","doi":"10.1553/eco.mont-11-2s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/eco.mont-11-2s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88264359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Manríquez, P. Mansilla, Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz
{"title":"Geodiversity meets Biodiversity: a landscape approach for biogeocultural conservation and governance in Mediterranean central Chile","authors":"H. Manríquez, P. Mansilla, Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz","doi":"10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-1S43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-1S43","url":null,"abstract":"Biodiversity has gained huge importance as a fundamental concept for environmental conservation, yet the physical support of biodiversity (e. g., soils, landforms and geological units, recognized as geodiversity) remains little observed within the scientific community. At the same time, advances in effective biodiversity conservation in critical hotspots, as in Central Chile, are limited due to the lack of public lands, direct impacts on biodiversity like urban sprawl and wildfires, and the weakness of governance approaches for effective conservation planning. Here we discuss possibilities for improving bio(geo)cultural conservation in Mediterranean Central Chile through a landscape approach. Profile","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"2013 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87982950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The UNESCO Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve – A model for cultural landscape management","authors":"Petr Čupa, P. Maděra","doi":"10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-2S36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-2S36","url":null,"abstract":"The Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve (BR) is located in the southeast corner of the Czech Republic. Covering nearly 350 km2, the area includes sites of great natural and cultural value, and of national and international importance. Among the sites are numerous protected areas. The whole region is known for its rich folklore traditions, wine production and intensive agriculture. The Dolni Morava BR is the most recent and the smallest of the six Czech BRs, and the only one not situated completely within a National Park or Protected Landscape Area. It strives to combine various protection goals with sustainable development. In 2014, the reserve was declared a model for stakeholder-based management structure within UNESCO’s World Network of BRs. Profile","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91369422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A method to determine the potential for flora tourism in mountainous regions: a case study of the Kackar Mountains National Park, Turkey","authors":"Derya Sarı","doi":"10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-2S27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1553/ECO.MONT-11-2S27","url":null,"abstract":"Various mountainous areas in the world are noted for their floristic diversity and the presence of endemic plants. However, no serious studies on the management of flora tourism in areas that have a serious potential for flora tourism have previously been conducted. The present study focuses on analysing the potential for flora tourism within the context of sustainable alternative tourism. In this context, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method facilitates decision-making, and allows the consistency of assessment criteria to be measured and their degrees of significance to be determined. Nine main assessment criteria were identified (endemic-rare plant count, conservation and scientific value, floristic diversity, vegetation diversity, aesthetic plant communities, seasonal attractiveness, accessibility for visits, diversity of utilizable plants, services provided). The priority and consistency for these criteria were confirmed using AHP. Based on the results, the weight score for each criterion was converted to a percentage. The method was tested using the Kackar Mountains National Park (Turkey) as an example and the flora tourism potential of the area was calculated, resulting in an assessment scale for the sustainability of the flora in mountainous areas that could be applied easily in other areas. Profile","PeriodicalId":49079,"journal":{"name":"Eco Mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89598139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}