The dataset provides information about landscape dynamics in a diverse cultivated region which are displayed through shapefiles. The aim of the study was to calculate and visualize changing patterns in land-use, habitat diversity, urban sprawl and the structuring degree of open areas using a GIS. The study was conducted at the Stubai Valley (municipalities Fulpmes, Mieders, Telfes, Schönberg and Neustift)for the years 1860-2006.

The aim of the master thesis was to identify the soil organic carbon content (kg/m²) as a function of land use and pedogenic parameters. Therefor soil particle size distribution, bulk density, pH, organic carbon and total nitrogen contents were measured. The dataset provides values about physical and chemical soil parameters as well as the soil organic carbon (SOC) content at different soil depths (0-10cm, 10-30cm and 0-30cm) under varying vegetation cover (grasslands and forest) and elevation at the Modelregion Stubai Valley, Austria (municipalities Neustift + Fulpmes). The samples were taken in Summer 2012 and the measurements were conducted in fall 2012. For the SOC calculations paramters from 53 sites from earlier projects were added. The dataset also contains shapefiles representing the samplings sites and the sampling point distribution. The dataset also contains sampling points from earlier and present projects where C/N, NO3, NH4, soil type and pH values were measured.

Land uses and vegetation cover, based on photo interpretation of aerial photographs from 1956.

Vegetation and environmental data of the study site Putzach, a region in Obergurgl, are presented Vegetation data as well as pH-values were collected in 2010 as a part of the ALPO-Project (Alpine Land Use around Obergurgl). ALPO - Alpine Land Use around Obergurgl (Tyrol, Austria) (2010-2011): In the Inner Ötztal Valley, humans are supposed to have been present since at least 9600 years (archaeological data). Grazing indicator species were recorded at the treeline ecotone by palynological means for the last 6300 years. Thus, the extant landscape in this area is an expression of (pre-)historical and actual land use, driven by ecological and socio-economical constraints. The interdisciplinary project ALPO contributes therefore to the understanding of recent and (pre-)historical land use by means of toponomastic and historical knowledge, by investigating archaeological structures, and by studying present and past vegetation. The locality of Putzach (Obergurgl, Ötztal, Tyrol, Austria; 2300 m a.s.l.) was selected as key research area (i) to clarify the role of past climate and human activities, (ii) to evaluate the diversity changes due to land use changes, and (iii) to correlate microtoponomastic characteristics to archaeological findings and actual vegetation, and to palynological/ archaeobotanical data.

Land uses and vegetation cover, based on photo interpretation of aerial photographs from 2007.

This dataset contains information about the land cover and land use changes occurred for the time period 1957-2007 in an arid area of southeastern Spain. Such time frame was divided in three sub periods, i.e., 1956-1999, 1999-2003, 2003-2007. Three change processes was estimated: intensification, naturalization, neutral and no change in each ecoregion.

Since the mid-1990s a series of subalpine grassland sites have been established at the Kaserstattalm, Stubai Valley. They include hay meadows, pastures and abandoned grassland which have partley been reforested. The overarching aim of all studies is to assess effects of global changes on ecological processes and related functional relationships in mountain grasslands. Therefor basic shapefiles and maps were created. This dataset includes only shapefiles representing: historical land use map,soil maps (soil type, soil depth, and organic soil layer ) and vegetation cover.