Author Correction: Changes in climate patterns and their association to natural hazard distribution in South Tyrol (Eastern Italian Alps)

Abstract. The study area (600 km2), consisting of Orco and Soana valleys in the Western Italian Alps, experienced different types of natural hazards, typical of the whole Alpine environment. Some of the authors have been requested to draw a civil protection plan for such mountainous regions. This offered the special opportunity (1) to draw a lot of unpublished historical data, dating back several centuries mostly concerning natural hazard processes and related damages, (2) to develop original detailed geo-morphological studies in a region still poorly known, (3) to prepare detailed thematic maps illustrating landscape components related to natural conditions and hazards, (4) to thoroughly check present-day situations in the area compared to the effects of past events and (5) to find adequate natural hazard scenarios for all sites exposed to risk. The method of work has been essentially to compare archival findings with field evidence in order to assess natural hazard processes, their occurrence and magnitude, and to arrange all such elements in a database for GIS-supported thematic maps. Several types of natural hazards, such as landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, stream floods and snow avalanches cause huge damage to lives and properties (housings, roads, tourist sites). We aim to obtain newly acquired knowledge in this large, still poorly understood area as well as develop easy-to-interpret products such as natural risk maps.

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Long-Term Monitoring of Soil Microbiological Activities in Two Forest Sites in South Tyrol in the Italian Alps

Microbes and Environments ◽

10.1264/jsme2.me14050 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 277-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Rosa Margesin ◽

Stefano Minerbi ◽

Franz Schinner

Keyword(s):

Italian Alps ◽

South Tyrol ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Long Term Monitoring ◽

Term Monitoring

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First observation of Verticillium wilt on Ailanthus altissima in the Eastern Italian Alps (Trentino-South Tyrol)

Journal of Plant Pathology ◽

10.1007/s42161-018-00217-y ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 101 (3) ◽

pp. 757-757 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claudia Maria Olivera Longa ◽

Marco Pietrogiovanna ◽

Stefano Minerbi ◽

Alessandro Andriolo ◽

Gessica Tolotti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Verticillium Wilt ◽

Ailanthus Altissima ◽

Italian Alps ◽

South Tyrol

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Catalogue of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from South Tyrol (Prov. Bolzano, Italy)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4435.1.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4435 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

HEINRICH SCHATZ

Keyword(s):

Oribatid Mite ◽

Wide Distribution ◽

Oribatid Mites ◽

General Distribution ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Mediterranean Species ◽

Italian Alps ◽

South Tyrol ◽

Mountainous Regions ◽

The Alps

A checklist of the oribatid mites reported in South Tyrol (Italy) is presented, covering all published records until 2017. Numerous unpublished records are added. Several species were revised, doubtful and erroneous records from previous publications are discussed and corrected if necessary. A total of 397 described species in 71 families are listed, complemented by two subspecies and 15 undetermined or undescribed species. The list includes all records of each species in South Tyrol, their known distribution in the Italian Alps sorted to provinces, the distribution in Italy, occurrence in the neighbouring countries Austria and Switzerland, and their general distribution. Occasional additional remarks give taxonomic information. A historical overview of the exploration of the oribatid mites in South Tyrol is outlined. The general distribution of the oribatid mite fauna of South Tyrol is analysed. Beside species with a wide distribution the region includes many “Mediterranean” species, species with their main distribution in Central Europe, and species restricted to the Alps, the latter mainly in higher mountainous regions.

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When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ◽

10.1002/esp.5099 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Christian Kofler ◽

Volkmar Mair ◽

Stephan Gruber ◽

Maria Cristina Todisco ◽

Ian Nettleton ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Italian Alps ◽

Rock Glacier ◽

South Tyrol

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An inventory-driven rock glacier status model (intact vs. relict) for South Tyrol, Eastern Italian Alps

Geomorphology ◽

10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106887 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 350 ◽

pp. 106887 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christian Kofler ◽

Stefan Steger ◽

Volkmar Mair ◽

Marc Zebisch ◽

Francesco Comiti ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Italian Alps ◽

Rock Glacier ◽

South Tyrol

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Seasonality and function of Mesolithic valley-bottom sites: Results from Galgenbühel/Dos de la Forca, Adige valley (South Tyrol, Italian Alps)

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.009 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 423 ◽

pp. 102-122 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ursula Wierer ◽

Lorenzo Betti ◽

Monica Gala ◽

Antonio Tagliacozzo ◽

Paolo Boscato

Keyword(s):

Italian Alps ◽

Valley Bottom ◽

South Tyrol ◽

And Function

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The price of safety: costs for mitigating and coping with Alpine hazards

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ◽

10.5194/nhess-13-2619-2013 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (10) ◽

pp. 2619-2637 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

C. Pfurtscheller ◽

A. H. Thieken

Keyword(s):

Natural Hazards ◽

Natural Hazard ◽

Emergency Services ◽

Federal State ◽

Aggregated Data ◽

South Tyrol ◽

Hazard And Risk ◽

Autonomous Province ◽

And Coping ◽

Purchasing Power Parities

Abstract. Due to limited public budgets and the need to economize, the analysis of costs of hazard mitigation and emergency management of natural hazards becomes increasingly important for public natural hazard and risk management. In recent years there has been a growing body of literature on the estimation of losses which supported to help to determine benefits of measures in terms of prevented losses. On the contrary, the costs of mitigation are hardly addressed. This paper thus aims to shed some light on expenses for mitigation and emergency services. For this, we analysed the annual costs of mitigation efforts in four regions/countries of the Alpine Arc: Bavaria (Germany), Tyrol (Austria), South Tyrol (Italy) and Switzerland. On the basis of PPP values (purchasing power parities), annual expenses on public safety ranged from EUR 44 per capita in the Free State of Bavaria to EUR 216 in the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol. To analyse the (variable) costs for emergency services in case of an event, we used detailed data from the 2005 floods in the Federal State of Tyrol (Austria) as well as aggregated data from the 2002 floods in Germany. The analysis revealed that multi-hazards, the occurrence and intermixture of different natural hazard processes, contribute to increasing emergency costs. Based on these findings, research gaps and recommendations for costing Alpine natural hazards are discussed.

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Rock Art and Trade Networks: From Scandinavia to the Italian Alps

Open Archaeology ◽

10.1515/opar-2020-0101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 86-106

Author(s):

Lene Melheim ◽

Anette Sand-Eriksen

Keyword(s):

Social Relations ◽

Rock Art ◽

Italian Alps ◽

Trade Networks ◽

Social Fabric ◽

South Tyrol ◽

Trade Relations ◽

Third Millennium Bce ◽

First Millennium ◽

Cultural Connections

AbstractThis article uses rock art to explore potential bonds between Scandinavia and Italy, starting in the second half of the third millennium BCE with the enigmatic Mjeltehaugen burial monument in coastal western Norway and its striking rock art images, and ending in the first millennium BCE with ship motifs in inland Val Camonica, Italy. While the carved dagger on the Mjeltehaugen slab is unique in its Nordic setting, such weapon depictions are frequently seen on the Continent, e.g. in South Tyrol, and more often in later Nordic rock art. Strong evidence of trade relations between the Italian Alps and Scandinavia is found c. 1500–1100 BCE when the importation of copper from South Tyrol coincided with two-way transmission of luxury items, and again in a different form, c. 1000–700 BCE when strong similarities in burial traditions between the two areas may be seen as evidence of direct cultural connections or a shared cultural koiné. In order to understand the social fabric of these relations and how they unfolded through time, the authors discuss several different models of interaction. It is hypothesised that rock art practices played a role in establishing and maintaining durable social relations, through what we consider to be a two-way transmission of symbolic concepts and iconography during seasonal meetings related to trade and travel.

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