Mission Statement
Our goal is to understand the processes that drive biodiversity patterns and their spatio-temporal dynamics across scales, the assembly of ecological communities, the factors that determine the value of landscapes for ecosystem service provision
By observing and predicting the long-term effects of global change and of socio-economic activities (including climate and landuse change, landscape fragmentation and habitat loss, biological invasions) on biodiversity patterns, we want to provide the knowledge basis for sound conservation management and ecological restoration.
News & Publications
Johannes Wessely, Kryštof Chytrý, Andreas Gattringer, Johannes Hausharter, Norbert Helm, Karl Hülber, Dietmar Moser, Otar Abdaladze, Christopher Andrews, Elena Barni, Debora Barolin, José-Luis Benito-Alonso, Raphael S. von Büren, Michele Carbognani, Pau Carnicero, Valter Di Cecco, Philippe Choler, Jan Dick, Rosa Fernández-Calzado, Pieter De Frenne, Mary Carolina García Lino, Dany Ghosn, Khatuna Gigauri, Bente J. Graae, Andreas Hilpold, Juan J. Jiménez, Katharina Kagerl, Róbert Kanka, Jozef Kollár, Andrea Lamprecht, Jonas Lembrechts, Jonathan Lenoir, Juan Lorite, Panagiotis Nyktas, Mihai Pușcaș, Christophe F. Randin, Christian Rixen, Graziano Rossi, Patrick Saccone, Tudor Mihai Ursu, Thomas Vanneste, Marco Varricchione, Pascal Vittoz, Manuela Winkler, Sonja Wipf, Harald Pauli, Stefan Dullinger
Rising plant extinction rates on European mountain summits
Science Volume 393, Issue 6815, 3. September 2026
DOI: 10.1126/science.aed2974
Giliba RA, Loos J, Fiedler K (2026)
Protection status and environmental gradients shape butterfly assemblages in an East African tropical ecosystem
Insect Conservation and Diversity doi.org/10.1111/icad.70125
Kropik, M., Zechmeister, H.G. 2026
Shifting urban baselines limit the abundance-based resolution of a classical lichen indicator
Ecological Indicators, Volume 189, August 2026, 115071https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.115071
2026-05-04
Moosflora von Österreich
Anlässlich der Veröffentlichung der Moosflora von Österreich hat „Der Standard“ ein Interview mit unserem Kollegen Harald Zechmeister geführt, in dem Einblicke in das Werk sowie in die Vielfalt und Bedeutung der Moose gegeben werden. Der Artikel ist hier nachzulesen:
www.derstandard.at/story/3000000312826/die-geheimen-tricks-der-1105-moosarten-in-oesterreich
Aycart-Lazo, P., Ivañez-Ballesteros, B., Ocampo-Ariza, C., Wessely, J., Dullinger, S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Thomas, E., Tscharntke, T., & Maas, B. (2025).
Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems.
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 385, 109545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109545
Kachali RN, Loos J (2026)
Navigating equity in protected and conserved areas: a literature map of conceptualizations and practical applications.
Local Environment. doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2026.2615020.
Berg, C., Köckinger, H., Kropik, M., Pöltl, M., Schröck, C. & Zechmeister, H. G. [Hrsg.] 2025.
Moosflora von Österreich. Band 1 bis 3.
Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Kärnten, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 1182 + LXXXVI S. im Anhang.
Zechmeister, H.G.; Kropik, M. 2025.
Bryophytes of the Loess Cliffs in the Pannonian Area of Austria.
Plants 2025, 14, 3128. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14203128
Kropik, M., Nummer, T., Häusler, A., Zechmeister, H.G. 2025
Trampling thresholds in dry grasslands: cross-taxon early-warning indicators.
Ecological Indicators 180 (2025) 114361. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.ecolind.2025.114361
Sheila Izquieta-Rojano, Yasser Morera-Gómez, David Elustondo, Esther Lasheras, Carolina Santamaría, Julen Torrens-Baile, Renate Alber, Lambe Barandovski, Mahmut Coşkun, Munevver Coskun, Helena Danielsson, Ludwig De Temmerman, Harry Harmens, Zvonka Jeran, Sébastien Leblond, Javier Martínez-Abaigar, Encarnación Núñez-Olivera, Winfried Schröder, Gunilla Pihl karlsson, Juha Piispanen, Harald Zechmeister, Zdravko Spiric, Trajče Stafilov, Lotti Thöni, Jesús Miguel Santamaría.
Spatial distribution and isotopic signatures of N and C in mosses across Europe.
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 958, 1 January 2025, Pages 178043. - Following: Corrigendum to “Spatial distribution and isotopic signatures of N and C in mosses across Europe” [Sci. Total Environ. 958 (2025) 178043]
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