Department of Botany

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Research Topics at the Department of Botany

Biodiversity in the Alps and other mountain ranges

Adaptation processes to extreme environments

Effects of climate change

Extant and past vegetation dynamics

Applied research

National and International Research Networks

Our department is part of the research area Alpine Space - Man and Environment and contributes to three research centres: Ecology of the Alpine Region, HiMAT, Mountain Agriculture, and Earth System Science

• We are responsible for the key part of the
  LTER/LTSER Platform Tyrolean High Alps at the Alpine Research Centre Obergurgl
• We are partner in the worldwide operating program GLORIA