{"id":2689,"date":"2020-11-13T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T09:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/?page_id=2689"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:02:59","slug":"researchers-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/nationalpark-gesaeuse\/forschung-und-monitoring\/forschungsblog\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher\u00b4s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id='lightpress__section--block_da95774e2d83872b6e809fa3ffec91b9' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Lichtverschmutzung in Mitteleuropa<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Dienstag, 31.03.2026, geschrieben von Marta Polizzi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_8869ee8e6a5ff9241e6d037c14768e96' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Hollinger-2918ab_NPG-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Grieshoflacke bei Nacht\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_a08214426709c547d7e85b980495e835' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>K\u00fcnstliches Licht in der Nacht ist zu einem pr\u00e4genden Merkmal moderner Landschaften geworden. Es erh\u00f6ht zwar die Sichtbarkeit und Sicherheit, stellt aber auch eine zunehmende Belastung f\u00fcr die Umwelt dar. Viele Arten sind f\u00fcr ihre Orientierung, Fortpflanzung und Nahrungssuche auf nat\u00fcrliche Hell-Dunkel-Rhythmen angewiesen. K\u00fcnstliche Beleuchtung kann diese Rhythmen st\u00f6ren, Insekten anlocken, die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Raub- und Beutetieren ver\u00e4ndern und die Funktionsweise von ganzen \u00d6kosystemen beeintr\u00e4chtigen.<\/p>\n<p>Im Rahmen des Interreg-Central Europe-Projekts DARKERSKY4CE leistet die FH K\u00e4rnten einen Beitrag zur Forschung, die darauf abzielt, Lichtverschmutzung besser zu verstehen und zu mindern. Das Projekt bringt Institutionen aus mehreren L\u00e4ndern zusammen, um die Helligkeit des Nachthimmels zu \u00fcberwachen, \u00f6kologische Auswirkungen zu bewerten und praktische Strategien zur Reduzierung unn\u00f6tiger Beleuchtung zu entwickeln.<\/p>\n<p>Schutzgebiete spielen bei diesen Bem\u00fchungen eine wichtige Rolle. Der Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use beteiligt sich als assoziierter Partner an der Initiative und bringt sein Fachwissen ein. Alpine und l\u00e4ndliche Regionen wie das Ges\u00e4use bieten noch vergleichsweise dunkle Nachthimmel, was sie zu wertvollen Referenzgebieten f\u00fcr die Untersuchung nat\u00fcrlicher, n\u00e4chtlicher Bedingungen macht.<\/p>\n<p>Durch die Kombination von wissenschaftlicher Forschung und Einbindung von Interessengruppen m\u00f6chte DARKERSKY4CE evidenzbasierte Ans\u00e4tze zum Schutz n\u00e4chtlicher \u00d6kosysteme f\u00f6rdern. Der Schutz der biologischen Vielfalt endet nicht bei Sonnenuntergang \u2013 er bedeutet auch, die nat\u00fcrliche Qualit\u00e4t der Nacht zu bewahren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_91bda39bb795f24c5970b032375125ae' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Steinadler Fachaustausch<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Montag, 16.03.2026, geschrieben von Gudrun Bruckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_90781e5fdd3b7a27f731a14583761a30' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gruppenfoto-Adler-Expertentreffen.jpg\" alt=\"Gruppenfoto Adler-Expertentreffen\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_80433923a3c39a447007d9d4c9a893a2' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In Admont trafen sich k\u00fcrzlich 25 Steinadler-Expert:innen aus Schutzgebieten und der Forschung. Teilnehmende aus Nieder\u00f6sterreich, Ober\u00f6sterreich, der Steiermark, Salzburg, K\u00e4rnten, Tirol und Bayern nutzten das Treffen f\u00fcr einen fachlichen Austausch.<\/p>\n<p>Im Mittelpunkt standen neue Erkenntnisse aus der Forschung sowie Erfahrungen aus dem Monitoring des Steinadlers. Diskutiert wurden unter anderem Methoden zur Beobachtung und Erfassung der Tiere sowie die Vergleichbarkeit von Daten aus verschiedenen Regionen.<\/p>\n<p>Solche Treffen sind wichtig, um Wissen zu teilen und die Zusammenarbeit \u00fcber Regionen hinweg zu st\u00e4rken. So k\u00f6nnen Forschung und Schutzma\u00dfnahmen f\u00fcr den Steinadler in den Ostalpen besser abgestimmt werden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_70135eae48e3efe81650f38ed5875637' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">H\u00f6hlenb\u00e4renskelett aus dem Ges\u00e4use<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Dienstag, 03.03.2026, geschrieben von Andreas Hollinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f966b1b8c61a3891841a46b8675d412f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hoehlenbaer.jpg\" alt=\"H\u00f6hlenb\u00e4r\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_24c9a507af87fe70504bf2ef2ad5b13d' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Ein besonderes St\u00fcck in der Dauerausstellung im neu er\u00f6ffneten Kinder-Eiszeit-Saal des <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhm.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naturhistorischen Museum Wien<\/a> ist ein Originalskelett eines jungen H\u00f6hlenb\u00e4ren.<\/p>\n<p>Das Skelett stammt aus einer Schenkung aus dem Jahr 1960. Das Tier d\u00fcrfte zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes etwa sieben Monate alt gewesen sein. Bemerkenswert ist der au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlich gute Erhaltungszustand: Das H\u00f6hlenb\u00e4renskelett wurde beinahe vollst\u00e4ndig geborgen. In der Ausstellung ist es gemeinsam mit einem ausgewachsenen und einem neugeborenen Tier zu sehen. Der Fundort des jungen H\u00f6hlenb\u00e4ren ist eine H\u00f6hle bei Hieflau im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>K\u00fcrzlich wurde das Skelett von einem 3D-Labor eingescannt. <a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/3d-models\/cave-bear-nhmw-geo-197920810001-2420291b7f184cc6a62ff57d4628223d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Den Sch\u00e4del k\u00f6nnen Sie online betrachten.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Und ja: Dieser Beitrag hat nicht direkt etwas mit aktueller Nationalpark-Forschung zu tun \u2013 aber wir finden sowohl Ausstellung als auch Scan einfach gro\u00dfartig und wollten sie euch nicht vorenthalten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b6294fb747d6c782835c11af487eda43' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Auftakt zu \u201eGes\u00e4use im Fluss\u201c<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Montag, 23.02.2026, geschrieben von Laura Vinter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_53f0587993b70f31bdb90edc3e4a90bd' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Auftaktveranstaltung_Gesaeuse_im_Fluss-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Auftaktveranstaltung Ges\u00e4use im Fluss\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_bb987b8bc183bc3b023415a48ca36007' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Auftakt zum Forschungsprojekt \u201eGes\u00e4use im Fluss\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mit der Auftaktveranstaltung am 3. Februar 2026 fiel der offizielle Startschuss f\u00fcr \u201eGes\u00e4use im Fluss\u201c. Rund 50 Interessierte informierten sich beim Stiegenwirt in Palfau \u00fcber Ziele und Perspektiven des Projekts. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die alpinen Flusslandschaften von Enns, Salza und Lassing \u2013 eine der urspr\u00fcnglichsten Regionen der Alpen, in der klare Gebirgsfl\u00fcsse durch eindrucksvolle Schluchten rauschen und seltene Arten wie Flussuferl\u00e4ufer und Tamariske noch wertvolle R\u00fcckzugsr\u00e4ume finden. Gemeinsam mit Fischereiberechtigten r\u00fccken auch Leitarten wie \u00c4sche und Bachforelle in den Fokus, etwa hinsichtlich Laichhabitaten und Abflussregimen.<\/p>\n<p>Gef\u00f6rdert von der \u00d6sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften und getragen von der Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr Bodenkultur Wien, dem Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use, dem Wildnisgebiet D\u00fcrrenstein-Lassingtal sowie dem UNESCO Global Geopark Steirische Eisenwurzen verfolgt das dreij\u00e4hrige Projekt einen transdisziplin\u00e4ren Ansatz. Untersucht werden hydrodynamische Prozesse, Sedimenthaushalt sowie Auswirkungen von Klimawandel und Schadstoffeintr\u00e4gen. Ziel sind naturbasierte L\u00f6sungen, die Schutz, Nutzung und Infrastruktur in Einklang bringen \u2013 mit Modellcharakter f\u00fcr den gesamten Alpenraum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eisenwurzen.com\/mein-natur-und-geopark\/gesaeuseimfluss\/\">Zur Projektwebsite<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_6db9c13168128d33427aa5243f709a30' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Internationaler Austausch<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\"><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"headline__rule\" \/>\n<div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\">\n<p>Mittwoch, 24.09.2025, geschrieben von Andreas Hollinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_c54681f2d6801b4c465c1a198d604def' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025_09_30_161307-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"BESTNATURE Field Week 2025\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0623efb75af54ca880aad9bd364a654a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Eine internationale Studierendengruppe mit rund 50 Teilnehmer:innen aus Deutschland, Italien und \u00d6sterreich nahm an der <strong data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"186\">BESTNATURE Field Week 2025<\/strong> teil und forschte in den Nationalparks Ges\u00e4use und Kalkalpen. Im Fokus standen Klimawandel, Biodiversit\u00e4t, Naturgefahren und Landnutzung, untersucht mit modernen Methoden wie Fernerkundung, Messstationen und geophysikalischen Verfahren. H\u00f6hepunkte waren der steile Aufstieg zur Forschungsstation Z\u00f6belboden sowie Forschungsarbeiten im Johnsbachtal. Die Kooperation zwischen der Universit\u00e4t Graz und dem Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use brachte zus\u00e4tzliche Dynamik in die aktuelle Forschungsarbeit. Der Austausch zeigt die Bedeutung der Nationalparks als Orte f\u00fcr Forschung, Bildung und internationale Vernetzung.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_372af8835d08aed6ae71eca5568b4e08' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Steinadler- nachwuchs<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Montag, 07.07.2025, geschrieben von Gudrun Bruckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d2e708d0127cc6e02dfb21103d6f9337' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Adlerbesenderung-6.25.jpg\" alt=\"Adlerbesenderung\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_66218b2463155f79860557ad638d18db' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Jeanny hebt ab: Steinadlernachwuchs im Nationalpark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use gab es heuer erneut einen besonderen Grund zur Freude: Ein junger weiblicher Steinadler, von den Forschenden liebevoll \u201eJeanny\u201c genannt, konnte erfolgreich besendert werden und erkundet mittlerweile schon den Nationalpark von oben.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die Geschichte begann Anfang April, als das Steinadlerpaar im Revier Johnsbach erstmals beim Wechsel des Horsts beobachtet wurde \u2013 ein erstes Indiz auf Brutaktivit\u00e4t. Kurze Zeit sp\u00e4ter, Anfang Mai, best\u00e4tigte sich der Verdacht: Beide Altv\u00f6gel wurden am Horst gesichtet, das Weibchen war beim F\u00fcttern zu beobachten \u2013 ein sicherer Hinweis auf geschl\u00fcpften Nachwuchs. Besonders heikel ist der n\u00e4chste Schritt: die Besenderung des Jungvogels. Daf\u00fcr ist pr\u00e4zise Planung notwendig, denn das Zeitfenster ist extrem klein. Das K\u00fcken muss schon gro\u00df genug sein, um den Sender tragen zu k\u00f6nnen, aber darf noch nicht fl\u00fcgge sein \u2013 sonst besteht die Gefahr, dass es bei der Aktion zu fr\u00fch das Nest verl\u00e4sst. Anfang Juni kam daher eine Drohne zum Einsatz, um aus sicherer Distanz das Alter des Jungadlers exakt zu bestimmen, denn die Besenderung kann nur in einem kleinen Zeitfenster von einem Alter von 51-53 Tagen stattfinden. Der junge Adler wurde kurzzeitig aus dem Horst entnommen, untersucht, der Sender angepasst und das Tier anschlie\u00dfend unversehrt zur\u00fcckgesetzt. Alles verlief ruhig und reibungslos. Seither sendet Jeanny regelm\u00e4\u00dfig Positionsdaten und gibt den Expert:innen damit spannende Einblicke in ihr Leben \u2013 vom Verlassen des Horstes, hoffentlich bis zur Gr\u00fcndung ihres eigenen Adlerreviers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anfang Juli war es dann so weit: Jeanny wagte ihren ersten Ausflug in die L\u00fcfte. Kurz zuvor wurde sie noch bei eifrigen Flug\u00fcbungen im Horst beobachtet \u2013 ein besonderer Moment f\u00fcr alle, die das Projekt begleitet haben.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Steinadlerpaar fliegt zu Horst\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zV-Jw8KUZQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0a28f569467b6f84ec2f821e62dc3463' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Austausch im Alpenraum<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\">\n<p>Montag, 02.07.2025, geschrieben von Gudrun Bruckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7d43767d47c57a4363435531edfba820' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20250618-WA0002.jpg\" alt=\"Austausch im Alpenraum\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9a2acef6889627608b680d14c3fcaa1b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Austausch mit anderen Schutzgebieten im Alpenraum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Der direkte Austausch mit Kolleg:innen aus anderen Schutzgebieten im Alpenraum ist enorm wertvoll \u2013 besonders wenn genug Zeit f\u00fcr pers\u00f6nliche Gespr\u00e4che bleibt. Fragen wie \u201eWie macht ihr das eigentlich?\u201c, \u201eWie l\u00e4uft das bei euch?\u201c oder \u201eHabt ihr dazu ein Monitoring?\u201c er\u00f6ffnen den Raum f\u00fcr praxisnahe Einblicke. Die Themen reichen von Neophyten-Management \u00fcber den Schutz von Raufu\u00dfh\u00fchnern bis hin zu hochtechnologisierten Biodiversit\u00e4tsmonitorings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mitte Juni traf sich das AlpsLife-Konsortium in Zernez im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Eine Exkursion bot spannende Einblicke in die Arbeit der Schweizer Kolleg:innen vor Ort. Zudem informierten die Arbeitspaket-Leitenden \u00fcber den aktuellen Stand des Projekts, und erste Ergebnisse wurden vorgestellt. In einer intensiven Workshop-Session wurden schlie\u00dflich wichtige Weichen f\u00fcr die zuk\u00fcnftige Entwicklung von AlpsLife gestellt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Das Potenzial dieses Austauschs ist gro\u00df: Wir m\u00fcssen nicht dieselben Fehler wiederholen, k\u00f6nnen voneinander lernen und Methoden sowie Daten abgleichen. So entsteht langfristig eine bessere Vergleichbarkeit der Biodiversit\u00e4tsdaten im gesamten Alpenraum \u2013 ein entscheidender Schritt f\u00fcr gro\u00dffl\u00e4chig wirksamen Naturschutz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9c5357dfb6abc17bfe7575f26666086c' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">MASTERARBEIT: Naturnacht<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\">\n<p>Montag, 02.07.2025, geschrieben von Gudrun Bruckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_701c935116f2bcdbcd59840047236ea2' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hufeisennase.jpg\" alt=\"Kleine Hufeisennase\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e45b8ef1efc34ccb2c7c8490bbccae23' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Gudrun Bruckner untersuchte im Rahmen ihrer Masterarbeit die naturschutzfachliche Relevanz von nat\u00fcrlicher Dunkelheit unter Verwendung lichtempfindlicher Fledermausarten (<em>Myotis <\/em>and <em>Rhinolophus<\/em> Arten) als Indikatoren. Als Untersuchungsgebiet diente das in Zentral\u00f6sterreich liegende Planungsgebiet des ersten International Dark Sky Reserves \u00d6sterreichs (Naturnachtgebiet Eisenwurzen). Es wurden GIS-Analysen von Fledermaus- und Lichtverschmutzungsdaten durchgef\u00fchrt, um festzustellen, wie stark Population oder Habitate betroffen sind. Au\u00dferdem wurden Strategien zur Kunstlichtminderung erarbeitet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich derzeit nur etwa 10 % der Fledermaus-Wochenstuben innerhalb der vorgeschlagenen Kernzone des Dark Sky Reserves befinden. Dar\u00fcber hinaus sind fast 47 % aller Wochenstuben der untersuchten Arten direkt von Lichtverschmutzung betroffen, bei einem Radius von 2,5 km sind es sogar 68 %. Praktische Herausforderungen bestehen bei der Erweiterung der Kernzone, so dass umfassendere Lichtmanagementstrategien unerl\u00e4sslich sind. Methoden wie die Einf\u00fchrung von Beleuchtungspl\u00e4nen, die Anpassung von Lichtfarbe und Intensit\u00e4t sowie die Priorisierung von fledermausempfindlichen Bereichen sind entscheidend f\u00fcr die Minimierung \u00f6kologischer Auswirkungen. Zusammenfassend zeigt diese Arbeit, dass auch bei begrenzter Datenverf\u00fcgbarkeit strategische Schutzma\u00dfnahmen gegen Lichtverschmutzung m\u00f6glich sind. Die wachsende internationale Aufmerksamkeit und die Entwicklung von Rahmenbedingungen zur Eind\u00e4mmung von Lichtverschmutzung geben Hoffnung auf gro\u00dffl\u00e4chig wirksame Ma\u00dfnahmen. Letztlich wird die strategische Bek\u00e4mpfung der Lichtverschmutzung erhebliche \u00f6kologische und gesellschaftliche Vorteile bringen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Die Arbeit ist hier nachzulesen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=55466\">https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=55466<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f9d67a9e453940dca67dfbeb5d8ba41c' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Ausschreibung Doktorat<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Montag, 31.03.2025, geschrieben von Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4860915a958b501393c2f1db864763ee' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/gseng-em_15072_ChristinaRemschak-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Doktoratsprogramm\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4d0a1275b79008067184db0841850c9e' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Stellenausschreibung Doktoratsprogramm f\u00fcr alpine Quell-Forschung<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die Alpen beherbergen eine hohe Geo- und Biodiversit\u00e4t und sind stark von vergangenen, gegenw\u00e4rtigen und zuk\u00fcnftigen Umweltver\u00e4nderungen betroffen. In dem neuen Doktoratsprogramm der Universit\u00e4t Salzburg wird eine hochmoderne, interdisziplin\u00e4re Forschungs- und Ausbildungsagenda verfolgt. Mit einem Konsortium, das Wissenschaftler:innen aus verschiedenen Disziplinen wie Geologie, Geomorphologie, \u00f6kologischer und evolution\u00e4rer Botanik und Zoologie sowie Geschichte umfasst, stellen wir die Fragen: (1) Welche Auswirkungen haben Umweltst\u00f6rungen auf Geo- und Biosysteme und wie \u00fcbersetzen sich Ver\u00e4nderungen in einem System auf das andere System? (2) Welche R\u00fcckkopplungsschleifen bestehen zwischen Geo- und Biosystemen? (3) Welche vergangenen und zuk\u00fcnftigen Dynamiken k\u00f6nnen abgeleitet werden, wenn Daten aus Geowissenschaften, Biowissenschaften und Geschichte integriert werden?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Projekt 3 &#8222;Hydrogeological patterns and alpine spring metacommunities&#8220; wird auch zum Teil seinen Schwerpunkt im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use haben. Der Starttermin ist flexibel zwischen Oktober 2025 und Januar 2026. Die Dissertationsstelle wird f\u00fcr 3,5 Jahre voll finanziert.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plus.ac.at\/doctorate-school-plus-en\/doctorate-school-plus\/kollegs-der-doctorate-school-plus-2022-2025\/dynamic-mountain-environments-society-vol-2-en\/doc-funds\/?lang=en\">https:\/\/www.plus.ac.at\/doctorate-school-plus-en\/doctorate-school-plus\/kollegs-der-doctorate-school-plus-2022-2025\/dynamic-mountain-environments-society-vol-2-en\/doc-funds\/?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2a2106aa32d6050712a915c70aa7dce7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Ein Adler macht noch keinen Sommer<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Dienstag, 18.03.2025, geschrieben von Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d474ff17a0da53474ec996e659a4ddfd' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/6935443F_HerbertWoelger.jpg\" alt=\"Golden eagle\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f91b006208617708a68f910da32e94b5' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>W\u00e4hrend die ersten Zugv\u00f6gel aus dem S\u00fcden zur\u00fcckkehren und die heimischen Singv\u00f6gel in Brutlaune kommen, ist bei den Wanderfalken und Steinadlern im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use schon alles ausgemacht! Die beiden Greifvogelarten, die auch im Winter bei uns wohnen, haben die Grenzen ihrer Reviere mit Artgenossen bereits ausgefochten. Nun geht es rasch an das Gelege, das \u00fcblicherweise in unzug\u00e4nglichen Felsen angelegt wird. Dabei suchen Wanderfalken Brutnischen, die meist gar nicht einsehbar sind, und Steinadler bauen, dort wo sich f\u00fcr die gro\u00dfen V\u00f6gel gen\u00fcgend Platz bietet, ihre Horste aus \u00c4sten auf. Die genutzten Standorte werden weise gew\u00e4hlt und bleiben oft \u00fcber Jahrzehnte hinweg gleich. Ein gutes Brutrevier bietet mehrere solcher Horste, die Auswahl spielt also eine Rolle im Leben der Greifv\u00f6gel.<\/p>\n<p>Zu dieser Jahreszeit sind auch die Mitarbeiter:innen des Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use flei\u00dfig unterwegs, um vom Boden aus die Greifv\u00f6gel zu beobachten. Die Informationen \u00fcber die Raumnutzung erm\u00f6glichen eine vorausschauende Planung von Transportfl\u00fcgen zu Schutzh\u00fctten oder Baustellen im Gebiet. Dadurch kann eine Beeintr\u00e4chtigung auf die Jungv\u00f6gel abgemindert werden. Denn l\u00e4rmende Hubschrauber wirken sich nachweislich negativ auf den Bruterfolg von Felsenbr\u00fctern aus. Durch das bew\u00e4hrte Miteinander gibt uns die langj\u00e4hrige Brutstatistik aber keinen Anlass zur Sorge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Infos zum Luftraum und gesetzlichen Regelungen: <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/aviation\/\">https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/fliegerei\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9d39a2f7a6defe09dd5e4612a37b8b1b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Heuschrecken zeigen Wert der Lawinenrinnen<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Montag, 27.01.2025, geschrieben von Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_c553310fa588ec9f053d3cfd555cba10' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Heuschrecken.jpg\" alt=\"Heuschrecken\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_37aee8ae33b8fafd1f390eb485812ada' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Die sonnigen, w\u00e4rmebeg\u00fcnstigten Lawinenrinnen an den s\u00fcdlichen Abh\u00e4ngen des Tamischbachturms sind im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use besonders artenreiche Lebensr\u00e4ume. Das zeigte sich nun erneut in der zu Jahresanfang fertiggestellten Studie. Heuschrecken gelten als Indikatoren f\u00fcr naturschutzfachlich wertvolle Habitate und standen daher im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung.<\/p>\n<p>In den abwechslungsreichen Biotopen der Lawinen wurden 21 Heuschreckenarten, darunter der gef\u00e4hrdete Warzenbei\u00dfer (<em>Decticus verrucivorus<\/em>) und die Gew\u00f6hnliche Gebirgsschrecke (<em>Podisma pedestris<\/em>), nachgewiesen. Beachtliche weitere 10 Arten gelten als nahezu gef\u00e4hrdet, sind also anderenorts bereits sehr selten geworden.<\/p>\n<p>Im Fokus standen auch die Schotterb\u00e4nke an der Enns und am Johnsbach, die aber aufgrund der \u00dcberschwemmung bei Hochw\u00e4ssern nicht so hohe Individuen- und Artenzahlen erreichen. Auf der M\u00e4hwiese beim Erlebniszentrum Weidendom traten immerhin zehn Arten auf, was den Gr\u00fcnlandstandort aus heuschreckenkundlicher Sicht auszeichnet, so die Forscher.<\/p>\n<p>Die Experten unterstreichen den naturschutzfachlichen Wert der Lawinenrinnen, in denen die Dynamik langfristig erhalten bleibt. Im Vergleich sind in den letzten 15 Jahren die Artenzahlen leicht gestiegen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=54927\">Link zur Studie von Derbuch &amp; Frie\u00df 2025:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d17550f939dc85c98b2c105d0a60fbc5' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Viel Totholz = viele Pilze<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\"><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"headline__rule\" \/>\n<div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\">\n<p>Dienstag, 03.12.2024, geschrieben von Barbara Bock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d6a898a51f17ec4c4b4412c063bafcfc' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_IMG_9517_Bock-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Gew\u00f6hnlicher Buchenkreisling_Barbara Bock\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d8c9889b449a7f8b7f673620712f2d0f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Im Herbst 2024 fanden die ersten Aufnahmen zum Projekt \u201eSukzession auf Totholz in der Lettmair Au\u201c statt. Dabei sollen \u00fcber die n\u00e4chsten Jahrzehnte vier unterschiedliche Totholzst\u00e4mme auf die Artenzusammensetzung von Pilzen, Flechten, Moosen und Gef\u00e4\u00dfpflanzen im Laufe ihrer Zersetzung untersucht werden.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die erste Erhebung der Pilze, durchgef\u00fchrt von Gernot Friebes, erbrachte beachtliche 45 verschiedene Arten, wobei der artenreichste Totholzbaum die Buche mit 25 Pilzen war, gefolgt von der Schwarzpappel mit 16, Fichte mit 10 und Tanne mit 8 Arten. Da die ausgew\u00e4hlten Totholzb\u00e4ume erst 2 Jahre zuvor von einer heftigen Windb\u00f6e umgeworfen wurden, ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass die Zahl jener Pilze, die bereits frisch abgestorbenes Totholz besiedeln k\u00f6nnen, noch entsprechend hoch war. Dennoch konnte die Fundliste durch einzelne Arten erg\u00e4nzt werden, die l\u00e4nger abgestorbenes Substrat besiedeln, da derartige Stellen bei den meisten B\u00e4umen ebenfalls schon vorhanden waren (vor allem \u00c4ste im Kronenbereich).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neben den zu erwartenden Arten, wie dem Gew\u00f6hnlichen Buchenkreisling, ein attraktiver und charakteristischer Bewohner von totem Buchenholz (Bild 1 &#8211; oben), sorgten auch einige seltene Pilze f\u00fcr \u00dcberraschung. Das Rotstielige Laubblatt-Sklerotium-Fadenkeulchen (Bild 2 &#8211; unten) wurde bisher nur zweimal in der Steiermark nachgewiesen. Im Zuge der Erhebung konnte es aber sogar an drei der vier Totholzst\u00e4mme festgestellt werden!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_50feb2f6ed841b9a003ec855c84899d6' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_2024-10-04-2024-10-02-NP-Gesaeuse-Lettmair-Au-0003_Friebes-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Typhula erythropus Barbara Bock\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_cb65865774df989e157dafe30dec4ada' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Neophytencamp 2024<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Mittwoch, 07.08.2024, geschrieben von David Gonzalez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_8d3ef2444ee7f1e982525896ab29a45d' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Staudenknoeterich-Danya-Carolina-Corona-Chavez-.jpg\" alt=\"Staudenknoeterich\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_c5dcb2ba8131209a3187ef20d0c11251' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Eine der gr\u00f6\u00dften Bedrohungen f\u00fcr die Biodiversit\u00e4t der wertvollen \u00d6kosysteme des Ges\u00e4uses sind Neophyten, invasive Pflanzenarten. Sie stammen aus anderen Regionen der Welt und k\u00f6nnen sich in einem neuen Gebiet rasant und unkontrolliert ausbreiten, heimische Arten verdr\u00e4ngen und somit die Dynamik und Diversit\u00e4t dieser \u00d6kosysteme beeintr\u00e4chtigen. Speziell handelt es sich im Ges\u00e4use um f\u00fcnf verschiedene Pflanzenarten: das chinesische Springkraut (<em>Impatiens glandulifera<\/em>), die kanadische Goldrute (<em>Solidago canadensis<\/em>), die Riesengoldrute (<em>Solidago gigantea<\/em>), das einj\u00e4hrige Berufskraut (<em>Erigeron annuus<\/em>) und den japanischen Staudenkn\u00f6terich (<em>Fallopia japonica<\/em>).<br \/>\nDer Kampf gegen diese \u201eAliens\u201c ist sehr aufw\u00e4ndig, m\u00fchsam und zeitintensiv. Wichtig ist, dass sie zum richtigen Zeitpunkt des Jahres bek\u00e4mpft werden, um ihre weitere Verbreitung und ein erneutes Aussamen zu verhindern.<br \/>\nUm diesen Au\u00dferirdischen die Stirn bieten zu k\u00f6nnen, wurde dieses Jahr Ende Juli die zweite Edition der <em>Invasive Alien Action Days<\/em> durchgef\u00fchrt. Dabei handelt es sich um ein einw\u00f6chiges Workcamp f\u00fcr circa 15 Teilnehmer aus aller Welt, die uns in diesem Zeitraum tatkr\u00e4ftig beim Kampf gegen die Neophyten im Nationalpark unterst\u00fctzen. Organisiert wurde das Workcamp in Kooperation mit <em>Service Civil International (SCI)<\/em>, einer Organisation f\u00fcr internationale Freiwilligen-Workcamps.<br \/>\nDieses Jahr hatten wir viel Gl\u00fcck mit der Wetterlage, trotz angesagten Regens wurden wir nur in der Enns nach einem harten Bek\u00e4mpfungstag nass. Bearbeitet wurden verschiedenste Fl\u00e4chen \u00fcber den ganzen Nationalpark verteilt, besonders in sehr sch\u00fctzenswerten Gebieten wie dem Kalktal.<br \/>\nDie Fr\u00fcchte der Mithilfe von den motivierten freiwilligen Helfern wurden schon bald sichtbar. Nennenswert ist die diesj\u00e4hrig erfolgreich abgeschlossene Bek\u00e4mpfung des japanischen Staudenkn\u00f6terichs, der mit Abstand der hartn\u00e4ckigste der f\u00fcnf Neophyten ist. Somit wurde er beispielsweise ein Jahr mehr daran gehindert in den Johnsbach einzutreten und sich an seinen Ufern auszubreiten.<br \/>\nBelohnt wurden unsere Freiwilligen f\u00fcr ihre Arbeit nat\u00fcrlich auch, unter anderem an ihrem freien Tag mit der atemberaubenden Aussicht bei einer Wanderung auf den Tamischbachturm.<\/p>\n<p>David Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_336edef13517e5048b5c8c048c71b107' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Schneehuhn-Monitoring im Ges\u00e4use<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Mittwoch, 26.06.2024, geschrieben von David Gonzalez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f7ad4d93536e444dbff7789d4351aab6' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foto-G.Bruckner-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Schneehuhn-Monitoring im Ges\u00e4use\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_df43775bf62f0f4a0643a77e48c0de25' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Eine der charismatischsten Tierarten des Nationalparks Ges\u00e4use sowie der Alpen insgesamt ist das Schneehuhn. Sowohl gut getarnt in einem Mosaik von Schnee, Fels und alpinem Rasen durch sein st\u00e4ndig wechselndes Federkleid, als auch sehr k\u00e4ltetolerant ist es gut angepasst an das schroffe Habitat oberhalb der Baumgrenze in den Alpen.<br \/>\nBedingt durch den Klimawandel und menschliche St\u00f6rungen in ihrem Lebensraum ist ihr Bestand vielerorts jedoch r\u00fcckl\u00e4ufig. Das Schneehuhn gilt als Klimawandel-Verlierer, da es bei steigenden Temperaturen, im Gegensatz zu Arten niedrigerer Lagen, nicht noch h\u00f6her in k\u00fchlere Lagen ausweichen kann. Um diesen Trend im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use zu \u00fcberwachen und den Schneehuhn Bestand bestm\u00f6glich zu erhalten, wurde dieses Jahr der erste Schritt hin zu einem langfristigen Monitoring gesetzt. Dass es in unserem Nationalpark Schneehuhn-Populationen gibt, war uns schon lange bekannt, jedoch war es n\u00f6tig genaue Individuenzahlen an ausgew\u00e4hlten Standorten zu erheben, um so die Populationsgr\u00f6\u00dfe zu sch\u00e4tzen und langfristige Trends und Ver\u00e4nderungen erkennen zu k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Um das zu erreichen wurden dieses Jahr an zwei verschiedenen Standorten innerhalb des Nationalparks insgesamt drei Mal Schneeh\u00fchner gez\u00e4hlt. Beide Referenzgebiete besitzen je eine Fl\u00e4che von circa einem Quadratkilometer, wodurch bei jeder Z\u00e4hlung zwischen f\u00fcnf und sechs Mitarbeiter:innen beteiligt waren, um die Fl\u00e4che ausreichend abzudecken.<br \/>\nSchneeh\u00fchner sind d\u00e4mmerungsaktive Tiere, eine Anpassung um die Aktivit\u00e4tsphasen ihrer Fressfeinde zu vermeiden. Um die Tiere in ihrer aktivsten Phase beobachten zu k\u00f6nnen und so die Chance zu nutzen so viele Schneeh\u00fchner wie m\u00f6glich zu identifizieren, mussten die Z\u00e4hlungen an den Rhythmus der Tiere angepasst werden. Praktisch hie\u00df das f\u00fcr die Kolleg:innen, vor Sonnenaufgang, um circa 3 Uhr in der Fr\u00fch aufzustehen und um 4 Uhr mit dem Z\u00e4hlen zu beginnen. Der resultierende Schlafmangel, die K\u00e4lte und die N\u00e4sse wurden dabei durch die Faszination so seltene Tiere zu beobachten in Kombination mit einem atemberaubenden Sonnenaufgang ausgeglichen.<br \/>\nVor allem der charakteristische Ruf des Schneehuhns, der stark an das Knarren einer alten T\u00fcr erinnert, war die wichtigste Hilfe, um die H\u00e4hne im Gel\u00e4nde aufsp\u00fcren und z\u00e4hlen zu k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pro Z\u00e4hlung wurde etwa drei Stunden lang gez\u00e4hlt und direkt danach die aufgenommenen Daten miteinander verglichen. Anhand des Vergleichs und der Auswertung der Daten wurde auf die vorhandene Individuenzahl der H\u00e4hne im Untersuchungsgebiet gesch\u00e4tzt. Durch die Anzahl der H\u00e4hne kann in der Brutsaison des Weiteren auch auf die Anzahl der Hennen und Territorien geschlossen und so eine Sch\u00e4tzung f\u00fcr die gesamte Populationsgr\u00f6\u00dfe der zwei Standorte gewonnen werden.<br \/>\nDie Ergebnisse der diesj\u00e4hrigen Z\u00e4hlung lassen auf 6 bis 7 H\u00e4hne in einem und 7 bis 9 H\u00e4hne im anderen Gebiet schlie\u00dfen. Weiterf\u00fchrendes Monitoring in den n\u00e4chsten Jahren wird wom\u00f6glich einen Aufschluss \u00fcber die tats\u00e4chliche Populationsgr\u00f6\u00dfe, ihren Trend im Zusammenhang mit dem Klimawandel, und potenziellen Aktionsbedarf, um sie zu erhalten, geben.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_34c825f3229cd6b1e5b99cb2520787aa' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Preise f\u00fcr Forschung im Ges\u00e4use<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Freitag, 14.06.2024, geschrieben von Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e95eef5a1d33216e8856388705ee59ab' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024_06_25_Forschungspreis_NPAustria_Alon_Mekin_2024-59-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Forschungspreis 2024\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_c645ef7e3e707acc10d5b124b6732402' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>J\u00e4hrlich vergibt Nationalparks Austria Forschungspreise an junge Wissenschaftler:innen. Am 03. Juni 2024 fand die feierliche Urkundenverleihung im Klimaschutzministerium in Wien statt, bei der sich alles um die Forschung in den \u00f6sterreichischen Nationalparks drehte. Die wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten wurden dabei kurz vorgestellt und anschlie\u00dfend die Urkunden \u00fcberreicht. Die Auszeichnungen zeigen die Vielfalt der Forschung im Nationalpark sehr deutlich:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stefan Ulz, TU Graz: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=54018\">Green&#8217;s Function Method for the Analysis of Soil Heat Flux in the Mountain Group Ges\u00e4use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nora Landl, Universit\u00e4t Graz: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=51200\">Untersuchung der Auswirkungen menschlicher Aktivit\u00e4t auf die geomorphologischen Prozesse des K\u00fchgrabens im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use unter Verwendung von UAV-Daten<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moritz Ladurner, Universit\u00e4t Innsbruck: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=53084\">Pflanzengro\u00dfrestanalytische Rekonstruktion der sp\u00e4tglazialen und holoz\u00e4nen Floren- und Vegetationsgeschichte im und in der Umgebung des Sulzkarsees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angelika Kosjek, Privaten P\u00e4dagogische Hochschule Augustinum: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=51571\">Verbesserung des Umweltbewusstseins durch das Partnerschulprojekt des Nationalparks Ges\u00e4use<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mehr zu Abschlussarbeiten und Forschungsantr\u00e4gen im Nationalpark Ges\u00e4use:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/create-national-park\/theses\/\">https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/nationalpark-mitgestalten\/forschungskooperation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_834542196671eba4dcf674cfeb7fbd3f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Die Flussuferl\u00e4ufer sind da!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><hr class=\"headline__rule\" \/>\n<div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\">\n<p>Dienstag, 16.04.2024, geschrieben von Andreas Hollinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_5051f95aafa83024a0dfa202e60e1323' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluffi-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Flussuferl\u00e4ufer 2024\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0d3c582a22cfd7fd9eff206c6adf44cf' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Etwas fr\u00fcher als letztes Jahr trafen am 07. April die ersten Flussuferl\u00e4ufer im Nationalpark ein. Sofort nach der Ankunft stellten sich offenbar auch schon Fr\u00fchlingsgef\u00fchle ein. Was daraus wird, wird sich zeigen. Eine Tafel mit der aktuellen Zahl an Brutpaaren und Jungv\u00f6gel informiert bei der Beobachtungsh\u00fctte beim \u201eLeierweg\u201c.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f82614ff2a3d7ac1c01f078e72ca2a2c' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Ptarmigan census - Help us!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 08.02.2024, written by Andreas Hollinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_6be51186f54b71e73b94bd7d7728c255' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fliegendes-Schneehuhn.jpg\" alt=\"Ptarmigan in flight\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ec5c02baadd5fac53b32b5fb2f7dddaf' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>How many ptarmigans currently live in the Ges\u00e4use National Park? We don't know exactly ourselves! For this reason, we will try to count them, or rather, observe individual areas more closely and draw conclusions about the total population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you also spotted ptarmigans in the Ges\u00e4use National Park? Please let us know when and where exactly: <a class=\"highlight-facebook highlight-facebook-url\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/create-national-park\/your-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To the online form<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_782ef0062ba8b339c1acdbfa503a0508' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Master's thesis \"Golden Eagle\"<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 21.12.2023, written by Rebekka Kreikenbohm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_a9a3a1213b15f6efcc43ea59d7943b06' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rebekka_Bild_vonH.Woelger.jpg\" alt=\"Rebekka Kreikenbohm\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ab1be48c611e9abfe4b125016a697ff3' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In her Master's thesis, Rebekka Kreikenbohm analysed the influence of weather and climate on the breeding performance of golden eagles in the Northern Limestone Alps. The analyses included breeding data from 18 years of monitoring in the Ges\u00e4use National Park. Weather influences in the winter before the start of breeding as well as during the egg and nestling phase were analysed. Surprisingly, the eagles began breeding more frequently after cold and rainy weather in winter and had a higher hatching success after similar weather conditions in spring. Although the birds' energy requirements are greater in cold weather, they may have benefited from an improved food supply and reduced human activity during bad weather in the mountains. The effects of climate change, with warmer winters and less snow in spring, could pose challenges for the golden eagles of the Northern Limestone Alps in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The work was carried out as part of the cross-border golden eagle project, which is coordinated by the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour, Radolfzell, in close collaboration with the Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach and the Konrad Lorenz Research Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Biology, Gr\u00fcnau im Almtal. The work was supervised by Assistant Professor Dr Petra Sumasgutner (University of Vienna), Dr Matthias Loretto (Technical University of Munich) and Professor Dr Sonia Kleindorfer (University of Vienna).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7eb91e99b2d74b1abb3364f34c95d408' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Revierpaar_Winter_vonR.Kreikenbohm.jpg\" alt=\"Pair of golden eagles Winter\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f00ff5180830093fddf56d63a1d61563' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Master's thesis \"Measuring climate systems\"<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 30.10.2023, written by Stephan Ulz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_8f2f08030a4972945b2e66a181ef9296' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/logger.png\" alt=\"A buried logger for measurement, (c) Ges\u00e4use National Park Archive\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_446e032ebe296a214b238e78cb5f7043' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Stephan Ulz is a physicist and in his master's thesis he studied essential climate variables that describe the state of the Earth's climate. In his work, he analysed the data from soil temperature loggers in the national park and developed an equation that derives the soil heat flux. This is an important contribution to the understanding of climate change in the national park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is the state of the climate system or ecosystems? To answer this question, special state variables have been defined. Important representatives in this regard are the temperature and the heat flow at the earth's or soil's surface. But how do you measure these? You could hold a thermometer to the earth, but then you face the problem that you can no longer tell whether you are measuring the temperature of the soil or that of the air. Besides, you can't tell anything about heat flows with a thermometer. Or can you? So what do you do? You bury the thermometer.<\/p>\n<p>But we still want to know the temperature and the heat flow at the surface of the soil. No problem, mathematics helps us! A bit of modelling, a bit of solving equations and typing the whole thing into the computer. Voil\u00e0, we have already found the temperature at the earth's surface, and as an extra we have the heat flow and other important quantities. Soon available in the database.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_6ece937ba3488dab8425ee732fff184d' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/foto_stephan.jpg\" alt=\"Stephan Ulz climbing in the Ges\u00e4use, a balance to solving equations, (c) Stephan Ulz\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_374f63e493e722748190350963573d8a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Caving in the Ges\u00e4use<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 10.10.2023, written by Gudrun Bruckner; pictures: E. Herrmann and G. Bruckner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_81d943b8bca44650f95d0f332250f2a4' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9650-1643-86-Kopie.jpg\" alt=\"Speleologists in the Hollinger Ice Cave\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0f59256759a172fbb7902d00ff3b2cc1' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>For more than 20 years, members of the Association of Austrian Speleologists have been coming to the Ges\u00e4use Mountains for a week in late summer. Because there is still a great need for research in their field here. Since the karst landscape of the Ges\u00e4use is very steep and rugged, many caves are vertical shafts, which makes access difficult and presents the speleologists with challenges time and again. This year, new cave systems were again explored and mapped. During the survey of the Schneekarei Cave in the Hochtor Group, the researchers penetrated more than 500 metres below the surface. The newly discovered Hollinger Ice Cave, 460 metres long and 60 metres deep, is the largest cave in the Buchstein Massif to date. The researchers were not only active underground, but also documented geological phenomena on the surface. The sediment samples and cave wall remains from the Buchstein could be of great scientific interest. Here sediment profiles were recorded and coal-bearing rock samples collected, from which an age determination is now to be made through pollen remains in the sediment. These results will tell us more about the geomorphological development of the Buchsteinstock. Perhaps there were karst phenomena and cave formation here much earlier than previously assumed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_27f1c0195f93a6fcb1964a1346d11da6' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2312.jpg\" alt=\"Rock sample with palaeobiological inclusions\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2cce340125dee8b396504f47439f7cbf' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Rock sample with palaeobiological inclusions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2142062302c053f8cb97c6df963f106d' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2223.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_18ad231b1b695b4a9fac298f5a39d1ac' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Documentation of the sediment profiles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_250ba195d66ca5eecf9d4e79c913dc7b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Mycological hotspot hartelsgraben<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 09.10.2023, written by Gernot Friebes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0d9e9f078ac377d1c8e7929425d8e977' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/ag_Cre_mal-2.jpg\" alt=\"Crepidotus malachioides, Gernot Friebes\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2125330fb6956d2f7329e3c678eb302a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Due to its abundance of deadwood and high humidity, the Hartelsgraben is undoubtedly one of the most interesting areas of the National Park from a mycological point of view. Although the ditch has already been mapped several times by mycologists, numerous interesting and new species for the area were observed during two inspections this summer. Among them are even five new records for Styria and two first records for Austria, all of them wood-inhabiting fungi: The pale orange stubby foot (Crepidotus ehrendorferi), the head-cell spherical stubby foot (Crepidotus malachioides; see photo), the spindle-cystid bark fungus (Hyphoderma involutum), the round-spored head cystidium Repetobasidium vestitum and the orange-brown spruce layer fungus (Veluticeps ambigua), each new for Styria, as well as the two bark fungi Basidiodendron radians and Peniophorella martinii, which have no German names, as new finds for Austria. Two of the species found are also classified as \"endangered\" (Cat. 3 - VU) in the Austria-wide Red List, four even as \"severely endangered\" (Cat. 2 - EN)!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_09bd05265a450b8a08d28a068e323554' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Experiment on bark beetle development<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 23.08.2023, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2d4e4c00b6adbbbeae97579ab1856b41' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Borken.jpg\" alt=\"Bark beetle experiment\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_8c75b1c5b592973270830219572f14b0' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In the Ges\u00e4use National Park, an experiment on bark beetle development was started at different locations. This involves a box with a fine-meshed net in which a counted number of bark beetles are already present. Only climatic influences have an effect, insects can neither get in nor out. This field experiment complements extensive laboratory work at BOKU in Vienna.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d70a88f710e07576f1521762ce8aebfb' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">A close look: the Draim\u00e4nnige Grimaldimoos<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Friday, 11.08.2023, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_1d02ce2041a6aca0a0e97a0e94b64b6b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grimaldi.jpg\" alt=\"Three-male Grimaldimoos\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_a31b3b010873ddc496f530c7c6d768e7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In cooperation with the University of Vienna (Mag. Dr. Harald Zechmeister), the nature conservation student Anna-Lena Hauser is investigating the rock dwarf moss \"Mannia triandra\", which is native to the Ges\u00e4use National Park. It is an endangered species with special habitat requirements, which is listed in the European Union's Habitats Directive (FFH-RL). From March until the end of the population's survival period, the development of the moss is studied at various sites. The temperature and humidity of the individual sites are also measured. The tiny moss impressively shows how beautiful and exciting even the very small things can be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_19c8f7f2b0bd681ba7da038186157659' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">BIRD MARkERS TO PROTECT Rough-legged chickens<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 18.07.2023, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ea6d66d5fa8b62f859925dcedfdf1041' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ennstalerhuette-32-Kopie-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bird marker\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e698e5a504c3565af9efa10f5a1d3905' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>The Ges\u00e4use National Park is home to protected grouse species such as capercaillie and black grouse. Suspension cables or overhead power lines at canopy height pose a danger to the birds. Experts therefore recommend making the obstacles visible to the animals.<br \/>\nOne of the capercaillie occurrences in the National Park is in the Gstatterboden basin. If you go higher up, you enter the habitat of the black grouse. Both habitats are intersected by the material cableway to the Ennstaler H\u00fctte. In order to prevent possible collisions, we were able to implement the installation of so-called \"bird protection markers\" in close coordination with the hut keepers and the Steyr Alpine Club. These are flags made of robust plastic, which are clipped onto an auxiliary rope. They are conspicuously coloured and reflect in order to warn birds flying through of the obstacle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7aae791bfd5a73ce0692c815e11e427b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Insect tents for biodiversity data<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 31.05.2023, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_49aada107b968b59de9e2e0f90e9c0b3' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20230531-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"Insect trap K\u00f6lblalm\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_99a7daf139ab1106f8993782ae5c0fd3' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>A tent-like insect trap was installed above the K\u00f6lblalm Hut as part of an EU-wide project. Important biodiversity data is collected here and state-of-the-art DNA methods are also used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0488a302dcf3c47bd46bffb5c7ac0690' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Welcome back Fluffi!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 26.04.2023, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f75cb11c598e19857a7e734593031cd7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluffi-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9e0f1c88df2a50a019bf23bbc5ce8ebb' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>There is great joy about the long-awaited arrival of the sandpipers in the Ges\u00e4use National Park. These migratory birds fly north from Africa every year and spend the summer in the Ges\u00e4use to breed and raise their young. This year, despite bad weather, the first arrivals were sighted on 12.4. The National Park team celebrated the happy event with Fluffi beer brewed by National Park employee Markus Blank. This was accompanied by Fluffi cake and some funny bird-style disguises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_99af419315034748900e15a4d4a1fdc2' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Two new species for the Ges\u00e4use National Park!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 19.09.2022, written by Barbara Bock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2d81f0a5ecb7310a14032def8a4acaca' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mannia_triandra_cH.-Zechmeister-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b254a77b0a932a285a8070142ae2d01a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Two new species for the Ges\u00e4use National Park!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a targeted search by the two bryologists Harald Zechmeister and Michaela Kropik, two new moss species of the Habitats Directive Annex II were found this summer. These are the two small, difficult to determine liverwort species <em>Mannia triandra<\/em><em>, the rocky grass dimoos, <\/em>and <em>Scapania carinthiaca<\/em><em>, Carinthian Spade Moss<\/em>. <em>Mannia triandra<\/em> was found at seven locations within the national park. <em>Scapania carinthiaca<\/em> at least three. Neither species seems to be endangered in the National Park. The high site dynamics are very favourable to them here: As species with low competition, they are dependent on newly created small sites where competition is still low. Local extinctions can be compensated for by recolonisation if there is a sufficient supply of new replacement sites. The Ges\u00e4use National Park has a high responsibility for the survival of both species in Austria and Europe due to its natural conditions and the vital populations of both species.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0be1b52271a343f7164e8342fe3fc445' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Ges\u00e4use research top internationally<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 15.09.2022, written by Alexander Maringer, photo by Aslan Kudrnofsky<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4d16ca14a68c81b958680c5d641a4417' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00a9AslanKudrnofsky-5122.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_714c8f42e5b1e5f4e8633cfaf216e850' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Under the title \"Protected areas confront the biodiversity crisis\", the National Parks Austria Research Symposium took place from 7 to 9 September on the campus of the University of Vienna.  Over 100 researchers presented their work from international protected areas. The focus was on the role of protected areas in global change, wilderness development and modern biodiversity research.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Komposch (\u00d6koteam), Dorian Shire-Peterlechner (BOKU), Tobias K\u00f6stl (E.C.O.), Robert Schabetsberger (Uni Salzburg) and Christina Remschak, Magdalena Kaltenbrunner and Alexander Maringer contributed to the Ges\u00e4use research. The networking of the Ges\u00e4use National Park with other research groups, such as Austrian Barcode of Life (ABOL) and Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA), became visible in many other presentations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conference was attended by 350 participants. The programme consisted of 25 sessions with 106 individual presentations, numerous poster contributions and four excursions. Highly topical issues such as the state of the sodalacks in the Neusiedler See - Seewinkel National Park and its consequences for water birds were discussed as well as the pioneering work of fungi in the natural balance or the potential of new technologies in research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d0c11260a9973c64f677f8b176a5e3ac' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">National Parks Austria Research Award<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Geoelectrical monitoring in a limestone-alpine gravel body,<br \/>\nwritten by Raphael Gl\u00fcck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_a78ac1390d914a9f0db7f45d3ad84a35' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Glueck_6-788c203a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_509704ba34602fdd548064296eb96d47' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalparksaustria.at\/de\/news-detail-aktuelles\/geoelektrisches-monitoring-in-einem-kalkalpinen-schotterkoerper.html\">Nationalparks Austria Research Award: Geoelectrical monitoring in a calcareous alpine gravel body<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This case study deals, using geoelectric monitoring, with the measurement of electrical conductivity in a calcareous alpine gravel body. The change in electrical conductivity was monitored from November 2019 to October 2020 (nine field campaigns) in a gravel trench in the Ges\u00e4use National Park (Johnsbachtal, Styria) during Raphael Gl\u00fcck's master thesis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the trail in the gravel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Langgriesgraben in the Reichenstein Group is part of a channel with high morphodynamic activity, which drains into the Johnsbach running across the ditch. The Langgriesgraben, filled with main and Wetterstein dolomite, slope debris breccias and Raibler strata, has a powerful groundwater body, the size and location of which is influenced by precipitation events. The change in the groundwater body as well as the rise and fall of the groundwater level can be derived from the specific electrical resistance. The geoelectrical resistivity measurement in this work is carried out with the Wenner configuration, in the data evaluation with Res2Dinv the least squares and time-lapse inversion methods as well as bedrock detection were used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The electrical conductivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By means of 17 profiles, with four or two metre electrode spacing, it could be shown that the electrical conductivity in the Langgriesgraben changes strongly in the course of the year due to climatic conditions. Repeat measurements have shown that the electrical conductivity decreases more strongly in summer at the surface of the Langgriesgraben than in the underlying layers. During frequent precipitation events, the electrical conductivity increases and leads to an increasing water saturation of the unconsolidated sediments in the gravel body and to the regulation of the position and thickness of the groundwater body. The comparison of meteorological data of the WegenerNet in the Johnsbach valley could also show that the electrical conductivity increases significantly in autumn, both on the surface and in the subsurface.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=49995\">About the Master's thesis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalparksaustria.at\/de\/forschungspreis.html\">Info on the National Parks Austria Research Award<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Text and photo: Raphael Gl\u00fcck<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4ac3e56f740f95c4b510464b2dacc025' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Students discover biodiversity<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 22.08.2022, written by Barbara Bock and Gernot Kunz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_01ab57203c69ed09cb5ab19e62650002' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leuchtabend_Kunz.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e5b007698933d2c6b5d7a93186168d60' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Students discover biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of the new course \"Excursions to the Fauna of Austria\", students at the University of Graz, under the direction of Dr. Gernot Kunz, learn about the native fauna in the most diverse habitats of Styria. At the end of July, the Ges\u00e4use National Park with its unbelievably rich endemic fauna was also the destination of this course.<\/p>\n<p>Three UV light towers were set up in the area of the Ennsbodenweg to attract moths &amp; co. In addition, the students searched the surrounding area for any animals on the ground, in the bushes and on the trees.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in only four hours from 20:00-24:00 and despite less than optimal weather conditions, a total of 700 animals could be observed, belonging to about 200 different species. Among them are the EU-protected Spanish Flag (<em>Euplagia quadripunctaria<\/em>), as well as the Sch\u00f6nb\u00e4r (<em>Callimorpha dominula<\/em>) and two red-coloured ribbons (<em>Catocala nupta<\/em> and <em>Catocala erecta<\/em>). In order to make the collected data sets scientifically available, all animals were documented photographically and georeferenced and uploaded to the iNaturalist reporting platform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All these finds can be found on the project page \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/biodiversitaet-im-nationalpark-gesaeuse\">Biodiversity in the Ges\u00e4use National Park<\/a>\" can be browsed publicly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_367b8b2f6b2e10ecc20a69d0b4280f41' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Successful premiere<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 25.05.2022, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_cab3e55ab00844cd594831cfbf343fe3' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Praesentation1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ff1d4ec6a8c35ac503ca59f8f5fd4ad6' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>The City-Nature-Challenge 2022 is over. In the successful worldwide campaign, almost 1.7 million observations of more than 50,000 species, including around 2200 endangered or threatened species, were documented in four days.<\/p>\n<p>The Ges\u00e4use did very well with 1330 observations of 457 species, placing it in the good midfield worldwide and in 7th place in Austria!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, wood cowslip, snow lily and liverwort are the species we noted most often. We found endangered species such as the blue ground beetle the most exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all who participated diligently. First and foremost, thanks to the Junior Rangers, who spent a day criss-crossing the area with their mobile phones! Next year we will certainly take part in this international challenge again - the Gesaeuse region is a biodiversity hotspot and there is a lot to discover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_fbce10539f29cc266aa681c01c20d4fc' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Welcome back! The riverside runners are back!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 05.05.2022, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7d2631455f383ce3c3446a711cb33de4' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/fluffy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_31a3782d9ab3870516a367405c9986f2' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Every year in spring, the sandpipers make the long journey north to spend the summer in the Ges\u00e4use and raise their young. After the first arrivals of the year were spotted on 13.4, there was a \"Fluffy Welcome Drink\" in the Weidendomh\u00fctte to celebrate. With Markus Blank's home-brewed Fluffy beer, the National Park staff toasted to a hopefully successful breeding and monitoring season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_aab3e38b51e70d9d355147bf595c4221' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Detection and mapping of grayling <\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 30.03.2022, written by Sarah Sturm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_5d23ccef00d785bee23e9d565fcf15ec' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0030-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_3086fca1b7f6be7495eadde7eadec902' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>Sarah Sturm conducted research for her diploma thesis in the Ges\u00e4use National Park, where she wanted to find out whether grayling (<\/strong><em><strong>Thymallus thymallus<\/strong><\/em><strong>) ascend into the Johnsbach or not.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Within the framework of a diploma thesis, sections of the Enns and the Johnsbach in the area of the \"Ges\u00e4use National Park\" were sampled between the end of April and the end of May. The primary aim was to test whether grayling (<em>Thymallus thymallus<\/em>) rise into the Johnsbach or not. To determine this, the eDNA qPCR protocol was used or tested.<br \/>\nSampling was carried out at a total of five sites, three of which were in the Enns and two in the Johnsbach. These easily accessible sites were chosen so that the sandpiper (<em>(Actitis hypoleucos)<\/em>) was not disturbed while breeding.<br \/>\nThe sample sites in the Johnsbach were right next to the car park of the \"Bachbr\u00fccke\" inn and the \"Hellichter Stein\" visitor car park. The coordinates were determined using a GPS device (Garmin GPS MAP\u00ae 64) and checked and illustrated with the help of the digital Styrian atlas.<br \/>\nThe first sampling point of the Enns was on the right bank of the river before the \"Johnsbach - Steg\" and after the mouth of the Enns \/ Johnsbach. The second sampling point was at the entrance to the white-water rafting course and the third at the campsite \"Gstatterboden\" shortly after the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>At each sample site, a total of 1 litre of water was forced through the filter to collect the eDNA. The samples were then extracted in the laboratory and tested by qPCR to see if they contained grayling DNA.<br \/>\nThe protocol worked in both the Enns and the Johnsbach, as at least one replicate amplified at each site. It was thus established that the protocol also works in larger rivers such as the Enns, where the grayling population density is low in relation to the size of the river. Even in the Johnsbach, where no grayling were expected, a few replicates amplified, so it can be assumed that grayling ascend at least as far as the sample site \"Hellichter Stein\".<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=38495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue to work<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_446bdd08fa94d71d36f7e08d27e64ed5' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">(Dis)order in nature<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 26.01.2022, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7045c26ab93d3774ced70a1ed0980feb' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/BD16_Unordnung-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_0a50899a5661d2e079f4e8d622875a82' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Do we expose ourselves to uncontrollable danger if we stop dominating the landscape around us? Or do we ensure our own survival if we change our perspective and give nature more space?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the help of many high-calibre contributions, this new book sheds light on the National Park core theme of \"wilderness\". The development of the Ges\u00e4use National Park over the past 20 years, experiences from other areas such as the Swiss National Park and the expertise of Austrian scientists show what could still await the Ges\u00e4use on its way to wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Un-)Ordnung in der Natur - Volume 16 of the \"Schriften des Nationalparks Ges\u00e4use\" - is now available in our National Park Shop at the price of \u20ac 24.90 plus shipping costs:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/discover-national-park\/shop\/\">www.nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/nationalpark-erleben\/shop\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_6e238028374baef7451aba80d52e32fc' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">The home of the peregrine falcons<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 16.12.2021, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_cf6a2fbdba90b19785cf1e2de7d39cd7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/falke-himbeer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ac84a91bf901fd9f7d98a8d3a6fa0281' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>The striking raspberry stone is an excellent nursery for our peregrine falcons. We know this for a fact, because this year a pair of peregrine falcons successfully nested here and three young birds fledged at the end of May. It takes a lot of experience and patience to spot the agile and well-camouflaged flyers from a great distance against the background of the same colour. If you got too close to them, they would react very sensitively and perhaps give up their nursery in the Ges\u00e4use forever. Therefore, the Raspberry Rock is taboo as a climbing rock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_7a8c006a16f0c175b084437b0c8bc1c6' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">A good year for the shore tamarisk<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 05.10.2021, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_aafc8d0142ac4d66c85beb14d0a9a2d1' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tamariskenverjuengung_Gesaeuseeingang_20210929-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9d1a9705a3577a580b75ba691f79e710' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>A discovery we made in autumn gives us hope. Four years after the reintroduction of the first riparian tamarisk in the Ges\u00e4use, seedlings were found for the first time this year!<\/p>\n<p>Seeds have germinated in the immediate vicinity of an already stately specimen. Riparian tamarisk is a pioneer plant. Their strategy is to invest energy in a very large quantity of seeds. However, the longevity of the seeds suffers as a result. If the conditions in the germination bed, i.e. subsoil, moisture and temperature for seed ripening are not optimal, the seeds cannot wait for better times, but die. However, this summer and the location probably fulfilled all conditions, so that at least 15 seedlings could grow into approx. 10 cm tall plants in one place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_158871947b4b38519392ab79387750ee' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">The Digital Twin<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 28.09.2021, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_80ddcafd258b8064e2cecfb16176461f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/coin_201201_tb1_greyscale.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f3e2d72338bbf848b68753b1ddc2e06b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Sounds like a hacker attack, data theft and internet fraud. But fortunately it is quite different. Researchers are constantly looking for efficient, fast and better methods of data collection. One promising approach, which can be applied in architecture, mechanical engineering but also agriculture, forestry and nature reserves, is terrestrial laser scanning. A device emits several 100,000 laser beams per second and uses them to scan its surroundings. The direction and distance to each surface is stored. The resulting point cloud can be viewed and evaluated three-dimensionally on a PC. It is an exact copy of the forest stand on the PC, hence \"digital twin\".<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The method is suitable for measuring trees precisely, assessing crown and trunk, calculating volumes and much more. However, even years later, the digital twin can still be studied down to the smallest detail, special features can be elicited from it and comparisons can be made. Perhaps in the future it will even be possible to have all data automatically evaluated by the computer and thus to get to the bottom of the secrets of forest growth even better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_cb00bee58164fc82088e8d5c0f30c45b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Neophyte control in the Ges\u00e4use National Park<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 23.08.2021, Guest article by Anja Brunner, Lisa Neubauer and Judith Quirgst (teacher training programme for biology at the University of Vienna), researched and created in the course of the excursion week in the Ges\u00e4use<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_1b1647cbd8584b933eb98bdc189aa302' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5739.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2d6b2faa5eea6bf5aea2c3896c5ab3b7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>On the first day of our small research task, we dealt with the control of the hawkweed, <em>Impatiens glandulifera<\/em>. In Gstatterboden, near the Forstgarten campsite, we carried out six vegetation surveys measuring 3\u00d73 metres according to Braun-Blanquet - three areas with and three areas without neophytes. Afterwards, we pulled out the knapweed and hung it on trees to dry. This method is sufficient for annual touch-me-not. However, since the seeds can remain germinable in the soil for up to 5 years, control must still be repeated several years in order to successfully suppress the invasive neophyte.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day, we dealt with the neophyte control of Japanese knotweed, <em>Fallopia japonica. <\/em>Immediately next to the Enns on a sandbank we laid a 25 m long transect in an area of tall herbaceous vegetation. Four vegetation patches were recorded along this line. As on the first day, we identified all species present. The Japanese knotweed is treated annually by the National Park team. Since the smallest pieces of rhizome can immediately grow out again, the plant parts have to be thermally composted.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, no significant correlation between the occurrence of neophytes and species diversity could be proven. However, this could be due to the fact that the National Park has been combating the neophytes at these sites for several years, thus also steadily reducing the populations. These less dense neophyte stands may have no or only minimal influence on biodiversity. Thus, our results would be a good sign of the success of the National Park team in combating neophytes!<\/p>\n<p>However, we were able to establish that there are correlations between the occurrence of certain species. Together with <em>Impatiens glandulifera<\/em> the great touch-me-not (<em>Impatiens noli-tangere<\/em>) and also the stinging nettle (<em>Urtica dioica<\/em>) and the common butterbur (<em>Petasites hybridus<\/em>). With regard to the occurrence of the lesser touch-me-not (<em>Impatiens parviflora<\/em>) and <em>Impatiens glandulifera<\/em> a negative correlation was found.<\/p>\n<p>It was noticeable that the common butterbur (<em>Petasites hybridus<\/em>) and Japanese knotweed (<em>Fallopia japonica<\/em>) do not occur together on a recording surface. It cannot be determined which of the two species was here first, so to speak, or displaces the other. But they are obviously competitors that exclude each other in their simultaneous occurrence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_ceeadbabe60fd7665bd1bc69045402ce' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5741.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_15892f31465660bc36094bb678ad9995' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">A month under the spell of golden eagles, sandpipers and co.<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 03.08.2021, written by Julia Balasch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_acb879a72d0d53927433b0bd6c203ff8' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG-20210730-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_2cf88c6383c31e9ad828c886fff79b6d' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><em>\"In May (and for corona-related reasons also for a week in July) I was allowed to accompany the work of the National Park's Nature Conservation &amp; Research Department as a volunteer. We started on the very first day with a short snowshoe hike to Lake Sulzkar to count amphibians, and the rest of the time was just as exciting - with the observation and recording of this year's golden eagle and common sandpiper populations, wild camera evaluations and neophyte care missions. Along the way, we were also able to attend project meetings and construction surveys and thus gain even better insights into the day-to-day work of the department. Besides breathtaking experiences in nature and the opportunity to gain a lot of new knowledge and experience, I especially enjoyed the pleasant working atmosphere. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you for a wonderful time!\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Julia for your help and the time you have given free of charge for nature in the Ges\u00e4use National Park!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Ges\u00e4use there are many opportunities to help shape the National Park. Be it in the course of final theses, in the youth advisory board or internships and voluntary work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/create-national-park\/\">https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/nationalpark-mitgestalten\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_688938f13109ff8db0a533f86a09d2f7' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Common sandpiper visibly at ease<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 2021-06-21, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_625f093ae26a5227a13c45fe485b3be1' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluffytafel_MarkusBlank.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b12b20825409b2f14717325c51ef6e7a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>We have been working intensively for years to ensure that sandpipers find quiet breeding areas in the Ges\u00e4use. It seems that we are succeeding more and more through the proven guidance of visitors. For this we say a big thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the founding of the Ges\u00e4use National Park, around five breeding pairs were confirmed each year; ten years ago, the low of two pairs caused concern. Now we are happy again about 7-8 breeding pairs along the Enns between the Ges\u00e4use entrance and Gstatterboden. That doesn't sound like much, but it accounts for more than a quarter of the breeding population in Styria and is the largest known breeding occurrence in the state!<\/p>\n<p>You can find more about our natural phenomena and the animals in the Ges\u00e4use National Park <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/national-park-enclosures\/natural-phenomena\/animals\/\">here<\/a>. How to behave so that you do not disturb the sandpiper, we summarized in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mk0nationalparkwgb9c.kinstacdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fair_play_Sommer-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Play Folder<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e7cd04392c07ace2b80f4c7e0382b1c8' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">We protect Austria's natural heritage<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 2021-05-25, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_d6526b7d5d3105d0789c7acbaf99aaf0' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Andreas-Hollinger-1154_NPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_756ea3337ac5cd1da0b06436474b9e9f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Since their foundation, the six Austrian national parks have been recording the diversity of their fauna and flora. In a joint project, the Federal Environment Agency and the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna now analyzed these data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Austria's national parks occupy just under 3% of the country's land area, but complement each other in protecting biodiversity. While the hotspots of vertebrates are located in the national parks Seewinkel and Donau-Auen, the inner alpine national parks are characterized by species diversity in endemics, plants and habitats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the study authors also note that climate change, invasive species, and air pollutants do not stop at any national park boundary. The task of national parks to maintain natural ecosystem processes, on the basis of which species and habitats can persist, is complicated by many human interventions outside national parks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most important facts about the study:<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalparksaustria.at\/unsernaturerbe\">www.nationalparksaustria.at\/unsernaturerbe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full Report: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npa\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=42247\">http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npa\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=42247<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b944c5dd39ab2fae32ab7e85ed78c137' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image-text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"image-text\">\n    <div class=\"image-text__content image-text__column\">\n        <p class=\"image-text__subtitle\">19.05.2021<\/p>\n        <h3 class=\"image-text__title uppercase color-text-darker\">Networking meeting Eisenwurzen<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"image-text__text wysiwyg color-text-grey\">\n            <p>Networking meeting Eisenwurzen<br \/>\nResearch in the region - research for the region<\/p>\n<p>For more info on the workshop, click the link below.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/en\/vernetzungstreffen-eisenwurzen\/\"               class=\"image-text__link button button--dark\">\n                Networking meeting Eisenwurzen\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/027_Nationalpark_Gesaeuse_Naturschutz_Ranger\u00a9StefanLeitner_NPG-min-e1641808200879.jpg\" alt=\"027_Nationalpark_Ges\u00e4use_Naturschutz_Ranger\u00a9StefanLeitner_NPG-min\" class=\"image-text__image image-text__column\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_18e0815e3caa6d5618831b7777d591f4' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Alpine hotspot of biodiversity<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Thursday, 2021-04-22, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_33b7b7c0702bc6387b714d7eb462f760' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ostoma_ferruginea_Peltis_grossa_S-Aurenhammer-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4547b51cfdbdc4765f6c7e3034c261cc' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>We do not always succeed in making our research results accessible to such a broad audience. But when a major Austrian daily newspaper picks up on a scientific paper, we are particularly pleased.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/2000125619765\/nationalpark-gesaeuse-alpiner-hotspot-der-artenvielfalt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research Special - Der Standard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/350053201_Biodiversitat_im_Nationalpark_Gesause_-_Eine_taxaubergreifende_zoologische_Analyse_Arachnida_Araneae_Opiliones_Insecta_Auchenorrhyncha_Coleoptera_Heteroptera_Mollusca_Gastropoda_-_Entomologica_Austria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alpine hotspot of biodiversity - Researchgate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b44c68d106d7540c4e961bad324cca57' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Windkantenrasen - say what?<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 2021-03-23, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_5052c43f8e6b08947091110d87cc3618' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/npro_abb2_Tamischbachturm_UAV-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_24d9561399aa3c39b377a4f0e2c71947' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Wind energy plays a central role in the mountains. No, we are not talking about wind turbines now. Especially at ridges and summits often a strong breeze blows. Plants growing in this area must be well adapted to cold anyway, because especially in winter life near the summit is extremely hard. When the snow is blown away, it is really icy. The low temperatures and the ice crystals whirled up by the wind act like a sandblaster. If you want to survive up there, you need special protective mechanisms. The plants therefore stay close to the ground, form robust leaves and often grow in compact pads.<\/p>\n<p>Plant communities that grow in such extremely windy places and whose plants have these adapted characteristics are called wind edge grasslands. In 2020, exactly these special species communities were documented in a study at the Tamischbach Tower.<\/p>\n<p>To download the entire research paper, visit the Data Center:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=41831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About the research work<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_6cef853d52ffaab483b973747323ae0a' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image-slider lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"image-slider\">\n    <div class=\"image-slider__header color-light\">\n        <h2 class=\"image-slider__title uppercase\"><\/h2>\n        <div class=\"image-slider__description\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Slider main container -->\n    <div class=\"image-slider__slider swiper-container\">\n        <!-- Additional required wrapper -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n            <!-- Slides -->\n                            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<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_62ee638bb135c113bfe0f05de40c483e' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">New bat species detected<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 2021-02-15, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_43917e38d7812641c23ee8569c0ec15e' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021_02_11_Kleines_Mausohr_c_Simone_Pysarczuk-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_137868d3e291bcd5ea3920e2b30ab5cd' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In the Ges\u00e4use National Park, the first record of the \"lesser mouse-eared bat\" was made. The species inhabits only a very small area in Austria and is threatened with extinction. This bat species lives in large colonies together with its sister species, the mouse ear, in summer and is therefore very difficult to detect. The new evidence from the National Park is therefore particularly valuable.<\/p>\n<p>For the researchers, the demanding terrain and the large number of caves during the two-year study naturally pose a challenge. In the Ges\u00e4use National Park, a total of 18 species have been detected, compared to 26 bat species in Styria as a whole. This is an impressive number for a mountain habitat. The unspoiled mountain landscape but also the traditional alpine pastures are a refuge for many species and the quiet winter quarters in the rocky niches and caves of the Ges\u00e4use are particularly appreciated by the bats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To download the entire research paper, visit the Data Center:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=41404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.parcs.at\/npg\/mmd_fullentry.php?docu_id=41404<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_fa981c755affda2fad974c333c755d1f' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Winter authorities for nature conservation<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 2020-12-21, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_dde705dc2e8d30ceefb54a60f89778b0' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leitner_0144-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"auf einsamer Skitour\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_169a0a6379171fffccf16cdb387bb41c' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p><strong>We are there for you<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\"We are there for you!\" say the national park authorities to the grouse. The Ges\u00e4use National Park is also supervised during the winter months. The sworn organs take care of the ski routes and their signposting, monitor compliance with legal regulations and are contact persons* for everyone who visits us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b04cc5a98d594d001233cdf67892ea8b' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">When trees grow into the sky<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 2020-09-01, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_14ef197b8e8526b6906256ed7f89c630' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Himmelstosstanne-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_62303e2222ba5a28d65116e32ee0542c' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>The Himmelsto\u00df fir is well on its way to growing into the sky. A measurement showed that it is an astonishing 47 meters tall and has a massive circumference of 3.95 meters at chest height!<\/p>\n<p>However, this is not quite true, because trees cannot grow into the sky. This is due to physics. Leaves evaporate water. Evaporation ensures that water can be drawn from the roots into the crown via complicated conduits. However, the higher the tree gets, the more difficult it is to transport the water that far up, and at some point a limit is reached where gas bubbles would form and the system would no longer work. That's why trees - not even the Himmelsto\u00df fir - don't grow to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.: This fir is named after the legendary forestry director Franz Himmelsto\u00df, head of the Steierm\u00e4rkische Landesforste forestry operation from 1953 to 1967, who campaigned massively and emphatically for the preservation of the strong solitary trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_4ff124e333398f6f9d5144ccaca237a8' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Dare to look into history with wood<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 2020-08-20, written by Magdalena Kaltenbrunner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_646d73ad5dc2681ffd096eafa496d924' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sulzkarsee.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e1b6ce1a46aa62f111ca97af1445f570' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>Many secrets lie dormant in Sulzkar Lake. For example, two spruce logs have been lying in the lake for almost 1400 years. As part of the Sulzkarsee project, one piece of each was recovered and has now been dated.<\/p>\n<p>Trees produce wood during their lifetime. In our latitudes, this wood growth is interrupted during the winter half-year. This results in clearly defined annual rings and, depending on the weather sequence over several years, a unique pattern that is recognizable in all trees of a wood species and region. The pattern can be used for dating.<\/p>\n<p>The two logs from Sulzkarsee in the Ges\u00e4use National Park fell into the lake in the years after 617 and 590 AD, respectively, and were at least 150 and 377 years old. The older one was therefore already standing on the lakeshore around the year 200 AD!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_9af9e4f7ed1b23d4226618b1b2200693' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Tear-out-dig-out-dispose<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Monday, 2020-08-03, written by Barbara Bock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_adc1655f5744b36a2558cd9406fbfffc' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Knterich.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_661c29c21f121a2e338b84145facc0af' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>At the end of July, a team of 7 people went out with spades and shovels to once again get to grips with an occurrence of Japanese knotweed in the national park.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese knotweed is considered a highly invasive neophyte that affects the diversity of our plant and therefore animal life through its rapid growth and large-scale spread.<\/p>\n<p>To bring knotweed to its knees, it must be dug up as deep as possible. This is easier said than done - meter-long rhizomes and deep-reaching roots make the task difficult. And last but not least, the battlefield must be thoroughly cleaned up, because a small, forgotten piece of stem can develop into a complete plant again within a short time.<\/p>\n<p>The knotweed stand on the Enns River was treated for the third time this year and the control measures are showing initial success. In the meantime, its growth has been reduced by two thirds. A total of nine garbage bags, each containing 80 liters of plant material, were removed and taken to the waste management association in Liezen for proper disposal.<br \/>\nIn fall, there is still a follow-up inspection to remove any new shoots.<\/p>\n<p>The Neophyte Action Day took place, as in previous years, in cooperation with the HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein. Many thanks for your great support!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_e4e25976d73aa459f0cf40ff36a82db8' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">Natural dynamics during thunderstorms<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Tuesday, 2020-07-07, written by Alexander Maringer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_b5d5c0513bab1dac595c5a4e0a600cd1' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>During a violent thunderstorm, not one stone is left on the other...<\/p>\n<p>The normally dry stream bed of the Haindlkar turns into a torrent of water, mud and debris within minutes during heavy rain. The way to the Haindlkar hut is then life-threatening and impassable.<\/p>\n<p>The Weissenbachl east of Gstatterboden is a small, clear stream. This changes abruptly during a thunderstorm. Water, mud and debris make their way down to the Enns. The video is from July 1, 2020, with thanks to Christoph Strobl from AOS rafting.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafting.at\/\">www.rafting.at<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"avPlayerWrapper avVideo\">\n<div class=\"avPlayerContainer\">\n<div id=\"AVPlayerID_1_e2534bfb7d3f567c990f07d27b6f0945\" class=\"avPlayerBlock\"><iframe title=\"JoomlaWorks AllVideos Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4UmckkKoUPY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f63f04b55d8fead0a558f16294744ac8' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--headline lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'><div class=\"headline\">\n    <h2 class=\"headline__title uppercase color-headline-light\">New butterfly species named after Ges\u00e4use researcher!<\/h2>\n    <hr class=\"headline__rule\">\n            <div class=\"headline__text color-text-grey\"><p>Wednesday, 2020-02-19, written by Barbara Bock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_f462073d5154fe4379394b6756209bad' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--image lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalpark-gesaeuse.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fig01.OrthosiahabeleriHTIranKerman-Kopie-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n<section id='lightpress__section--block_241b6948d96bd88411deb9a2496b32c5' class='lightpress__section lightpress__section--text lightpress__section--full_width lightpress__section--'>    <div><p>In science, new species are sometimes named after deserving personalities. Recently, a new butterfly species from Iran was given the name of the Styrian butterfly researcher Heinz Habeler, who died in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\"<em>In honor of Heinz Habeler, one of my mentors, we named a Noctuid species from Iran after him<\/em>\", writes Benjamin Wiesmair of the Tiroler Landesmuseum about the new type \"<em>Orthosia habeleri<\/em>\".<\/p>\n<p>Habeler has spent decades researching the butterfly diversity in Styria and was very attached to the Ges\u00e4use National Park. 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