Research

Harald Pauli

© Daniel Hinterramskogler

PD Mag. Dr. Harald Pauli

T +43 1 47654 83160
harald.pauli(at)oeaw.ac.at

www.gloria.ac.at

 

 

 

Key research and teaching areas

High-mountain ecology, methods of vegetation monitoring, ecological climate impact research, alpine biodiversity, biogeography, macroecology, conservation biology, scientific network management

Funktionen

  • Head of the GLORIA-Coordination
  • Member of the Commission on Biogeography and Biodiversity of the International Geographical Union (IGU)
  • Scientific Steering Committee member of the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)
  • Member of the Austrian MAB National Committee
  • Member of the Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIÖS) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (as of April 2019)
  • Editorial board member: Alpine Botany, Mediterranean Botany, Ekología

Selected publications

2022

2022

  • Steinbauer, K., Lamprecht, A., Winkler, M., Di Cecco, V., Fasching, V., Ghosn, D., et al. (2022). Recent changes in high-mountain plant community functional composition in contrasting climate regimes. Science Of The Total Environment, 829, 154541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154541
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  • Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Bender, O., Bertolotti, G., Branca, D., Braun, V., Bohleber, P., et al. (2022). Joint Endeavor Toward Sustainable Mountain Development: Research at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Mountain Research And Development, 42, P1-P4. https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-22-00002.1
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  • Staude, I. R., Pereira, H. M., Daskalova, G. N., Bernhardt‐Römermann, M., Diekmann, M., Pauli, H., & et al.,. (2022). Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters, 25, 466-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13937
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  • Porro, F., Orsenigo, S., Abeli, T., Mondoni, A., Corli, A., White, F. J., et al. (2022). Richer, greener, and more thermophilous? – a first overview of global warming induced changes in the Italian alpine plant communities within the new GLORIA ITALIA NETWORK. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing With All Aspects Of Plant Biology, 156, 307-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2021.1992527
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2021

2021

  • Lembrechts, J. J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, P., Kemppinen, J., et al. (2021). Global maps of soil temperature. Glob. Change Biol., 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060
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  • Bürli, S., Theurillat, J. P., Winkler, M., Lamprecht, A., Pauli, H., Rixen, C., et al. (2021). A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains. Alpine Botany, 131, 41–52.
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  • Lamprecht, A., Pauli, H., Fernández Calzado, M. R., Lorite, J., Molero Mesa, J., Steinbauer, K., & Winkler, M. (2021). Changes in plant diversity in a water-limited and isolated high-mountain range (Sierra Nevada, Spain). Alpine Botany, 131, 27–39.
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  • Niederheiser, R., Winkler, M., Di Cecco, V., Erschbamer, B., Fernández, R., Geitner, C., et al. (2021). Using automated vegetation cover estimation from close-range photogrammetric point clouds to compare vegetation location properties in mountain terrain. Giscience &Amp; Remote Sensing, 58, 120-137.
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2020

2020

  • Pauli, H. (2020). Klimawandel und Vegetationsdynamik im Hochgebirge. In Lozán J. L., Breckle, S. -W., & Grassl, H. et al. (Eds.), Warnsignal Klima: Hochgebirge im Wandel. (pp. 213-219).
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  • Lembrechts, J. J., ..,, Lamprecht, A., Pauli, H., Steinbauer, K., Winkler, M., & Nijs, I. (2020). SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology, 26, 6616-6629.
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  • Stanisci, A., Bricca, A., Calabrese, V., Cutini, M., Pauli, H., Steinbauer, K., & Carranza, M. L. (2020). Functional composition and diversity of leaf traits in subalpine versus alpine vegetation in the Apennines. Aob Plants, 12, plaa004 (11 pp.).
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  • Steinbauer, K., Lamprecht, A., Semenchuk, P., Winkler, M., & Pauli, H. (2020). Dieback and expansions: species‑specific responses during 20 years of amplified warming in the high Alps. Alpine Botany, 130, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00035-019-00230-6
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2019

2019

  • Kattge, J., ..,, Lamprecht, A., ..,, Pauli, H., ..,, et al. (2019). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26, 119-188.
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  • Pauli, H., & Halloy, S. R. P. (2019). High mountain ecosystems under climate change. Oxford Research Encyclopedia Of Climate Scienceoxford Research Encyclopedia Climate Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.764
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  • Pauli, H. (2019). GLORIA – Reaktionen der Hochgebirgsflora auf den Klimawandel. Geographische Rundschau, 12-2019, 12-17.
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  • Cuesta, F., Tovar, C., Llambí, L. D., Gosling, W. D., Halloy, S., Carilla, J., et al. (2019). Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming. Journal Of Biogeography, 47, 408–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13759
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  • Futschik, A., Winkler, M., Steinbauer, K., Lamprecht, A., Rumpf, S. B., Barančok, P., et al. (2019). Disentangling observer error and climate change effects in long-term monitoring of alpine plant species composition and cover. Journal Of Vegetation Science, 31, 14-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12822
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  • Praeg, N., Pauli, H., & Illmer, P. (2019). Microbial diversity in bulk and rhizosphere soil of Ranunculus glacialis along a high-alpine altitudinal gradient. Frontiers In Microbiology, 10, 1429.
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2006-2018

2006-2018

  • Kambach, S., Lenoir, J., Decocq, G., Welk, E., Seidler, G., Dullinger, S., et al. (2018). Of niches and distributions: range size increases with niche breadth both globally and regionally but regional estimates poorly relate to global estimates. Ecography, 41, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03495
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  • Winkler, M., Illmer, P., Querner, P., Fischer, B. M., Hofmann, K., Lamprecht, A., et al. (2018). Side by side? Vascular Plant, invertebrate, and microorganism distribution patterns along an alpine to nival elevation gradient. Arctic, Antarctic, And Alpine Research, 50, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2018.1475951
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  • Lamprecht, A., Semenchuk, P. R., Steinbauer, K., Winkler, M., & Pauli, H. (2018). Climate change leads to accelerated transformation of high-elevation vegetation in the central Alps. New Phytologist, 220, 447-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15290
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  • Steinbauer, M. J., Grytnes, J. A., Jurasinski, G., Kulonen, A., Lenoir, J., Pauli, H., et al. (2018). Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming. Nature, 556, 231–234. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0005-6
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  • Rogora, M., Frate, L., Carranza, M., Freppaz, M., Stanisci, A., Bertani, I., et al. (2018). Assessment of climate change effects on mountain ecosystems through a cross-site analysis in the Alps and Apennines. Science Of The Total Environment, 624, 1429–1442.
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  • Pauli, H. (2017). Biodiversity monitoring along the fundamental climatic gradients: Targets, current status and recent results of the GLORIA long-term observation programme. (N. Schallhart, Erschbamer, B., Béguin, D., & Prunier, P., Eds.).
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  • Niederheiser, R., Rutzinger, M., Lamprecht, A., Bardy-Durchhalter, M., Pauli, H., & Winkler, M. (2017). Mapping topographic plant location properties using a dense matching approach.
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  • Cuesta, F., Muriel, P., Llambí, L. D., Halloy, S., Aguirre, N., Beck, S., et al. (2017). Latitudinal and altitudinal patterns of plant community diversity on mountain summits across the tropical Andes. Ecography, 40, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02567
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  • Winkler, M., Lamprecht, A., Steinbauer, K., Hülber, K., Theurillat, J. P., Breiner, F., et al. (2016). The rich sides of mountain summits–a pan‐European view on aspect preferences of alpine plants. Journal Of Biogeography, 43, 2261–2273. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12835
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  • Hofmann, K., Lamprecht, A., Pauli, H., & Illmer, P. (2016). Distribution of Prokaryotic Abundance and Microbial Nutrient Cycling Across a High-Alpine Altitudinal Gradient in the Austrian Central Alps is Affected by Vegetation, Temperature, and Soil Nutrients, 72, 704-716.
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  • Niederheiser, R., Rutzinger, M., Lamprecht, A., Steinbauer, K., & Winkler, M. (2016). Mapping alpine vegetation location properties by dense matching. (R. S. and S. I. S. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Ed.). https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B5-881-2016
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  • Douda, J., Boublík, K., Slezák, M., Biurrun, I., Nociar, J., Havrdová, A., et al. (2016). Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. Applied Vegetation Science, 19, 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12201
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Lamprecht, A., Nießner, S., Rumpf, S., Winkler, M., et al. (2016). The GLORIA field manual – standard Multi-Summit approach, supplementary methods and extra approaches, Chinese Version. Wien. https://doi.org/10.2777/823061
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  • Pauli, H. (2016). Climate change impacts on high-altitude ecosystems by Münir Öztürk et al., Springer Internat. Publishing. Book review, 36, 125-126.
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  • Fischer, B. M., Schatz, H., Quernera, P., & Pauli, H. (2016). Ceratozetes spitsbergensis Thor, 1934: an Arctic mite new to continental Europe (Acari: Oribatida). International Journal Of Acarology, 42, 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2015.1133702
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  • Hofmann, K., Pauli, H., Praeg, N., Wagner, A. O., & Illmer, P. (2016). Methane-cycling microorganisms in soils of a high-alpine altitudinal gradient. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 92.
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  • Pauli H,. (2016). Pflanzen an der Grenze - Internationales Biodiversitätsmonitoring in kalten Lebensräumen, 1/16, 6-8.
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  • Nießner, S., Lamprecht, A., & Pauli, H. (2015). Botrychium lanceolatum (Ophioglossaceae), 7, 124-169.
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Lamprecht, A., Niessner, S., Rumpf, S., Winkler, M., et al. (2015). Manual para el trabajo de campo del proyecto GLORIA. Aproximación al estudio de las cimas. Métodos básico, complementarios y adicionales. Wien.
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  • Douda, J., Boublik, K., Slezak, M., Biurrun, I., Nociar, J., Havrdova, A., et al. (2015). Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. Applied Vegetation Science, 19, 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12201
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  • Douda, J., Boublík, K., Slezák, M., Biurrun, I., Nociar, J., Havrdová, A., et al. (2015). Vegetation classification and biogeography of European floodplain forests and alder carrs. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12201
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  • Wasof, S., Lenoir, J., Aarrestad, P. A., Alsos, I. G., Armbruster, W. S., Austrheim, G., et al. (2015). Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches. Global Ecology And Biogeography, 24, 1401–1412. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12375
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Lamprecht, A., Nießner, S., Rumpf, S., Winkler, M., et al. (2015). The GLORIA field manual – standard Multi-Summit approach, supplementary methods and extra approaches. Wien. https://doi.org/10.2777/095439
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  • Chettri, N., Bubb, P., Kotru, R., Rawat, G., Ghate, R., Murthy, M. S. R., et al. (2015). Long-term environmental and socioecological monitoring in transboundary landscapes. Retrieved de http://lib.icimod.org/record/30619/files/WP%202015_2.pdf
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  • Nieto-Lugilde, D., Lenoir, J., Abdulhak, S., Aeschimann, D., Dullinger, S., Gégout, J. -C., et al. (2014). Tree cover at fine and coarse spatial grains interacts with shade tolerance to shape plant species distributions across the Alps. Ecography, 37, 01-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00954
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  • Lexer, M. J. (2014). Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Biosphäre und Ökosystemleistungen. In H. Kromp-Kolb Nakicenovic (Ed.) (pp. 467-556). Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-7001-7699-2.
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  • Grabherr, G., Gottfried, M., Pauli, H., Lamprecht, A., & Nießner, S. (2014). Beobachtete und prognostizierte Veränderungen in der alpinen Lebewelt. Warnsignal Klima, Gefahren für Pflanzen, Tiere, Menschen, elektronische Veröffentlichung.
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  • Noroozi, J., Willner, W., Pauli, H., & Grabherr, G. (2014). Phytosociology and ecology of the high-alpine to subnival scree vegetation of N and NW Iran (Alborz and Azerbaijan Mts.). Applied Vegetation Science, 17, 142-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12031
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Essl, F., & Grabherr, G. (2013). GLORIA – globales Klimawandelmonitoring an der Kältegrenze des Lebens. In F. Essl & Rabitsch, W. (Eds.), Biodiversität und Klimawandel - Auswirkungen und Handlungsoptionen für den Naturschutz in Mitteleuropa (pp. 197-198). Retrieved de http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/860/bok%253A978-3-642-29692-5.pdf?auth66=1382180852_3bef164fb146523f230701ec4dc01f3c&ext=.pdf
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Lamprecht, A., Nießner, S., & Grabherr, G. (2013). Protected areas and climate change impact research: roles, challenges, needs. (K. Bauch, Ed.), 5th Symposium for Research in Protected Areas - Conference volume.
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  • Noroozi, J., Willner, W., Pauli, H., & Grabherr, G. (2013). Phytosociology and ecology of the high-alpine to subnival scree vegetation of N and NW Iran (Alborz and Azerbaijan Mts.). Applied Vegetation Science, online first, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12031
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  • Fernández-Calzado, R., Ghosn, D., Gottfried, M., Kazakis, G., Molero Mesa, J., Pauli, H., & Merzouki, A. (2013). Patterns of endemism along an elevation gradient in Sierra Nevada (Spain) and Lefka Ori (Crete, Greece). Pirineos. Revista De Ecología De Montaña, 168, 7-24. https://doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2013.168001
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  • Gottfried, M., Pauli, H., Klettner, C., Laimer, S., & Grabherr, G. (2012). Gipfelfluren Europas zu Beginn eines  warmen  Jahrhunderts:  Klimawandel  und  Beobachtungen  derArtenzusammensetzung  in  der  alpinen Vegetation. (Meyer E. & Meyer S., Ed.), 15. Treffen der Österreichischen Botanikerinnen und Botaniker, Innsbruck, 27.‐29.9.2012. Innsbruck: Ber. nat.‐med. Verein.
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  • Jonathan Lenoir, J. -C. S. (2012). The Alps Vegetation Database – a geo-referenced community-level archive of all terrestrial plants occurring in the Alps. Biodiversity &Amp; Ecology, 331-332.
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., Dullinger, S., Abdaladze, O., Akhalkatsi, M., Alonso, J. L. B., et al. (2012). Recent Plant Diversity Changes on Europe's Mountain Summits. Science, 336, 353-355. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1219033
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  • Gottfried, M., Pauli, H., Futschik, A., Akhalkatsi, M., Barancok, P., Benito Alonso, J. L., et al. (2012). Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 111-115. https://doi.org/10.1038/NCLIMATE1329
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  • Friedmann, B., Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., & Grabherr, G. (2011). Suitability of methods for recording species numbers and cover in alpine long-term vegetation monitoring. Phytocoenologia, 41(2), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1127/ 0340 - 269X/2011/0041 - 0480
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  • Grabherr, G., Gottfried, M., & Pauli, H. (2011). Global change effects on alpine plant diversity. In F. E. Zachos & Habel, J. C. (Eds.), Biodiversity hotspots - distribution and protection of conservation priority areas (pp. 149 - 163). Berlin: Springer Verlag.
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  • Pauli, H. (2011). Alpenpflanzen im Porträt - Der Hochgebirgsökologe Harald Pauli stellt seltene und bedrohte Alpenpflanzen vor (2). Gebirgsfreundmagazin Des Österreichischen Gebirgsvereins, 28. Retrieved de http://www.gebirgsverein.at/service/Zeitungen/oegv-zeitung/2011_2/index.htm
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  • Gottfried, M., Hantel, M., Maurer, C., Töchterle, R., Pauli, H., & Grabherr, G. (2011). Coincidence of the alpine-nival ecotone with the summer snowline. Environmental Research Letters, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014013
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  • Noroozi, J., Pauli, H., Grabherr, G., & Breckle, S. -W. (2011). The subnival–nival vascular plant species of Iran: a unique high-mountain flora and its threat from climate warming. Biodiversity And Conservation, 1319-1338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-011-0029-9
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., & Grabherr, G. (2011). Nemorale und mediterrane Hochgebirge: Klima, Vegetationsstufen, Artenvielfalt und Klimawandel am Beispiel der Alpen und der spanischen Sierra Nevada. In D. Anhuf Fickert (Tran.), Ökozonen im WandelPassauer Kontaktstudium Geographie (pp. 145 - 158). Passau: Selbstverlag Fach GEOGRAPHIE der Universtität Passau.
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  • Pauli, H. (2011). Alpenpflanzen im Portrait - Der Hochgebirgsökologe Harald Pauli stellt seltene und bedrohte Alpenpflanzen vor. Gebirgsfreundmagazin Des Österreichischen Gebirgsvereins, 30 - 31. Retrieved de http://www.gebirgsverein.at/service/Zeitungen/oegv-zeitung/2011_1/index.htm
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  • Hohenwallner, D., Zechmeister, H. G., Moser, D., Gottfried, M., Reiter, K., & Grabherr, G. (2011). Alpine Bryophytes as indicators for climate change. A case study from the Austrian Alps. In Z. Tuba, Slack, N. G., & Stark, L. R. (Eds.), Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change (pp. 237 - 250). Cambridge University Press. Retrieved de http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521767637
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  • Lenoir, J., Gégout, J. -C., Guisan, A., Wohlgemuth, T., Zimmermann, N. E., Dullinger, S., et al. (2010). Cross-scale analysis of the region effect on vascular plant species diversity in southern and northern european mountain ranges. Plos One, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015734
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  • Pauli, H., Gottfried, M., & Grabherr, G. (2010). Impacts of climate change on mountain biodiversity: the global observation network GLORIA. In E. M. Spehn, Rudmann-Maurer, K., Körner, C., & Maselli, D. (Eds.), Mountain Biodiversity and Global Change (pp. 38-39). Basel: GMBA-DIVERSITAS.
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  • Grabherr, G. ;, Pauli, H. ;, & Gottfried, M. (2010). The Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments: Status – Ergebnisse – Ausblick. Berichte Der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft, 66-80.
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  • Gottfried, M., Grabherr, G., & Pauli, H. (2010). Mountains at risk. In A. Borsdorf, Grabherr, G., Heinrich, K., Scott, B., & Stötter, J. (Eds.), Challenges for Mountain Regions – Tackling Complexity (pp. 48-57). Wien: Böhlau.
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  • Gottfried, M., Grabherr, G., Klettner, C., & Pauli, H. (2010). Mount Schrankogel (3 497 m, Stubaier Alpen, Tyrol) – the GLORIA pioneer master site. In A. Borsdorf, Grabherr, G., Heinrich, K., Scott, B., & Stötter, J. (Eds.), Challenges for Mountain Regions – Tackling Complexity (pp. 58-67). Wien: Böhlau.
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  • Georg Grabherr, H. P. & M. G. (2010). A worldwide observation of effects of climate change on mountain ecosystems. In A. Borsdorf, Grabherr, G., Heinrich, K., Scott, B., & Stötter, J. (Eds.), Challenges for Mountain Regions – Tackling Complexity (pp. 48-57). Wien: Böhlau.
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Curriculum vitae

Harald Pauli