Ingrid Kohl,
Reinhard Pekny
S. 51 - 54
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-3-1s51
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
doi:
10.1553/eco.mont-3-1s51
Abstract:
The Dürrenstein Wilderness Area (WA) is the first and only wilderness area in Austria to date that is recognized by the IUCN as a Category I (a + b) area. It is situated in the south-west of Lower Austria, in the district of Scheibbs near the border with the federal province of Styria. Coordinates: 47° 47’ 18’’ N latitude; 15° 03’ 18’’ E longitude; altitude 685 – 1 878 m The WA is surrounded by the Natura 2000 area Ötscher-Dürrenstein. Currently the total size of the WA is 25 km². On a global scale, this is one of the smallest wilderness areas of its kind and will remain so, even if substantial expansion is planned for the near future. For Central Europe, however, the quality of the natural assets and the size must be considered exceptional. One reason for this is the largest remnant of primeval mountain forest in the Alps, the Rothwald. This virgin forest of spruce, fir and beech was the initial cause for creating the WA to protect this natural treasure and to mitigate impacts from outside. Rothwald virgin forest covers nearly 500 hectares on the southern slope of the Dürrenstein and makes up the core of the WA. It is surrounded by near-natural woodland that was last used for timber about 200 – 250 years ago. Since that time these forests have grown up on clearances without any human intervention.
bark-beetle primeval-landscape self-regulation dead-wood wildlife-and-visitor-management controlling-hoofed-game
Published Online:
2011/05/20 07:29:08
Document Date:
2011/05/20 07:29:00
Object Identifier:
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Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
The journal “eco.mont” – Journal of protected mountain areas research and management – was published for the first time in June 2009.
The journal was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the University of Innsbruck.
The journal aims to highlight research on and management issues in protected areas in the Alps without excluding other protected mountain areas in Europe or overseas. Its target audiences are scientists from all related disciplines, managers of protected areas and interested individuals including practitioners, visitors, teachers, etc.
The journal presents peer-reviewed articles in English by authors who research protected mountain areas and management issues within these areas. It's published twice a year as a collaboration of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press – responsible for the e-version – and Innsbruck University Press – responsible for the print version.
Die Zeitschrift „eco.mont“ – Zeitschrift zur Forschung in Gebirgsschutzgebieten – erschien im Juni 2009 zum ersten Mal. Die Zeitschrift wurde auf Initiative des Netzwerks Alpiner Schutzgebiete (ALPARC), der Schweizer Akademie der Naturwissenschaften (ISCAR), der Österreichischen Akademie für Wissenschaft (ÖAW) und der Universität Innsbruck gegründet. Sie hat das Ziel, Themen zu behandeln, die gleichzeitig Forschung und Verwaltung in und über die Schutzgebiete der Alpen betreffen, ohne dabei andere Gebirgsschutzgebiete Europas oder anderswo auszuschließen. Diese neue Zeitschrift richtet sich an ein Publikum von Wissenschaftlern der verschiedensten Fachbereiche, an die Verwalter von Schutzgebieten und an alle sonstigen Interessierten, Praktiker, Besucher, Lehrpersonal etc. einbegriffen. Die Zeitschrift veröffentlicht begutachtete Beiträge auf Englisch von Autoren, die Fragen der Gebirgsschutzgebieten und deren Verwaltung forschen. Sie erscheint zweimal pro Jahr, auf der Basis der gemeinsamen Anstrengungen des Verlags der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, der für die digitale Fassung verantwortlich ist, und der Presse der Universität Innsbruck, verantwortlich für die gedruckte Fassung.
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