Umbrella site of Rofental - Austria, Obergurgl - Austria & GLORIA Master Site Schrankogel (AT-SCH), Stubaier Alpen - Austria

Vegetational description of inner Venter-valley and outer Rofen-valley along an altitudinal gradient from 1695 m to 2865 m a.s.l. Vegetation records were made in plots according to minimum areal of Braun-Blanquet (1964) In sum, 229 vegetation records were made (one record=one plot). Also ecological indicator-values are given. Ten vegetation associations were recorded, altitude and aspect were the most important criteria for the determination of different vegetation types. GPS-data were taken from googlemaps, according to the study site given in the report (Diploma-project).

At the Biosphere Reserve Gurgler Kamm, Obergurgl, AT, three study sites were established and soil temperature was measured. Two sites are at Liebener Rippe and one at the glacier foreland moraine 2009 (ice free since 2009). On each study site (LR1, LR2, GF), 4 permanent plots were established = 12 plots all together. Additionally, vegetation records from each study site, were recorded in 2011.

Dataset contains subnival soil temperatures (°C) measured in 10 cm soil depth in three different subnival plots in Obergurgl, Austria. Data Logger: TidBit v2TempLogger onsetcomp.com Soil temperature was calculated in Mean temperature, mean daily Maximum and mean daily Minimum temperatures. Subnival locations: 1. Liebener Rippe, 2830 m a.s.l., pioneer stage, sparse vegetation 2. Liebener Rippe, 2790 m a.s.l., Elynetum, alpine grassland 3. Glacier foreland, moraine 2009, 2490 m a.s.l., sparse vegetation

In 2012 permanent plots with size of one square meter were established, to occupy the vegetational developement of alpine grassland with Kobresia myosuroides, in aspects of climate change and long-term monitoring Data records are presented from 23.07.2012 to 30.08.2012 Data includes vegetational coverage in 43 different plots and pH-values of soils measured in 29 plots

Vegetation and environmental data were collected during the summers 1996-1999 along two lateral-transects and two longitudinal-transects of the Rotmoos valley glacierforeland Successional pattern of the vegetation on the area exposed by glacial retreat was recorded by studying discontinuous plots. All plots have a size of 1 m²; vegetational records were made using a metal frame of 1m² The lateral-transects were located across morainic ridges formed by intermittent glacial retreats in 1858 and 1923. Vegetation records were made in 1996 and 1997 The longitudinal-transects ranched from the glacier-tounge (1996) to the terminal moraine from 1858. Vegetation records were made in 1998 and1999. Additionally soil samplings were taken and pH-values were determined in each plot. Also soil moisture factors were estimated along the lateral-transect.

Permanent plots were established in 1996. A total of 40 permanent plots were established on moraines ice-free for 35 and 50 years on vegetated and bare-ground areas. Half of them were treated with a seed mixture in 1996 and 1997. The vegetation was mapped and coverage was estimated in permanentplots in 1996 and from 2002-2014. Records were made by splitting the 25x25 cm plots in 5x5 cm segments (=subplots). Vegetation coverage was estimated by subplots and then summed up to the plot size of 25x25 cm. Plot description: 1v71 - 5v71: Plots with vegetation on glacier foreland moraine 1971 1vs71 - 5vs71: Plots with vegetation on glacier foreland moraine 1971 and sowing in 1996 and 1997 1b71 - 5b71: Plots without vegetation (bare ground) on glacier foreland moraine 1971 1bs71 - 5bs71: Plots without vegetation (bare ground) on glacier foreland moraine 1971 and sowing in 1996 and 1997 1v56 - 5v56: Plots with vegetation on glacier foreland moraine 1956 1vs56 - 5vs56: Plots with vegetation on glacier foreland moraine 1956 and sowing in 1996 and 1997 1b56 - 5b56: Plots without vegetation (bare ground) on glacier foreland moraine 1956 1bs56 - 5bs56: Plots without vegetation (bare ground) on glacier foreland moraine 1956 and sowing in 1996 and 1997

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.

During the long-term monitoring project in Obergurgl, the aboveground phytomass of vegetation at four study sites was collected in the year 2005. The project was established in 2000, with the aim to record vegetational development in subalpine to alpine altitudes in aspects on the effect of grazing and grazing exclosure. Phytomass-data regards to a study site at Schoenwieskopf and three bogs in the Rotmoos-Valley. Aboveground phytomass was recorded by cutting the sod with sissors. The sod was cutted close to the soil surface in areas of 25x25 cm, next to the existing permanent plots per study site. On each study site, 24 areas were collected. 12 within the established fenced, 12 outside the fences in the control area. The sod was then splitted in fractions: grasses, herbs and cryptogams. The phytomass was then dried in a compartment drier, 24 hours with 80°C. Then, dry weight was measured out.

In the Biosphere Reserve Gurgler Kamm near Obergurgl (Central Alps, Tyrol, Austria) multi factorial experiments were carried out in the lower alpine zone from 2005 to 2007 to investigate the effects of simulated trampling, seed addition, and a combination of these two treatments. Permanent plots of 1 m² were established within (= exclosures) and outside (= controls) of fences at three peat bog sites and in a Nardus stricta-community at about 2300 m a.s.l. In autumn 2005 the following treatments were performed in the exclosures and controls, respectively: - artificial gap creation, - sowing of seeds collected in the study area and in the surrounding, - a combination of gaps x sowing.