The Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF) at its headquarters in Innsbruck focuses on inter- and transdisciplinary mountain research in cooperation with international groups of scientists. It also includes GLORIA, the long-term global monitoring network in alpine areas. It maintains a cooperation with the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI), Berne/Switzerland, and is member of the Mountain Partnership (FAO), Rome. For Austria the IGF is administrating the Swiss-Austrian mountain research alliance (CH-AT). Together with the Research Focus Alpine Space: Man & Environment of the Innsbruck University http://www.uibk.ac.at/alpinerraum/index.html.en and the alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies it forms the Innsbruck Mountain Competence.

• Borsdorf, A. & Ch. Stadel 2013. Die Anden. Ein geographisches Porträt. Heidelberg.
• Borsdorf, A., M. Mergili & L.A. Ortega 2013. La Reserva de la Biosfera Cinturón Andino, Colombia. Una región modelo de estrageias de adaptación als cambio climático y de desarrollo regional sustentable? In: Revista de Geografía Norte Grande 55: 7-18.
• Bremer, M., M. Rutzinger & V. Wichmann 2013. Derivation of tree skeletons and error assessment using LiDAR point cloud data of varying quality. In: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 80: 39-50.
• Dobler, Ch., G. Bürger & J. Stötter 2013. Simulating future precipitation extremes in a complex Alpine catchment. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2 (13): 263-277.
• Fernández-Calzado, R., D. Ghosn, D., M. Gottfried, G. Kazakis, J. Molero Mesa, H. Pauli & A. Merzouki. 2013. Patterns of endemism along an elevation gradient in Sierra Nevada (Spain) and Lefka Ori (Crete, Greece). In: Pirineos. Revista de Ecología de Montaña 168: 7-24.
• Grünewald, T., J. Stötter, J.W. Pomeroy, R. Dadic, I. Moreno Banos, M. Spross, C. Hopkinson, P. Burlando & M. Lehning 2013. Statistical modelling of the accumulation snow depth distribution in open alpine terrain. In: Hydrological Earth System Sciences 17: 3005-3021.
• Kanitscheider, S. & O. Bender 2013. Las regiones de montañas como espacios de oportunidad para la integración bioceánica: el ejemplo del Paso de Jama en los Andes Centrales. In: Revista de Geografía Norte Grande 55: 43-54.
• Marchant, C. & A. Borsdorf 2013. Protected areas in Northern Colombia – on track to sustainable development? In: eco.mont - Journal on Mountain Protected Areas Research and Management 5, 2: 5-14.
• Noroozi, J., W. Willner, H. Pauli & G. Grabherr 2013. Phytosociology and ecology of the highalpine to subnival scree vegetation of N and NW Iran (Alborz and Azerbaijan Mts.). In: Applied Vegetation Science Online first: 1-20.
• Orsi, F., Geneletti, D. & A. Borsdorf 2013. Mapping wildness for protected area management: A methodological appoach and application for the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site (Italy). Landcape and Urban Planning 120: 1-15.
• Pfurtscheller, C. & A. H. Thieken 2013. The price of safety: costs for mitigating and coping with Alpine hazards. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13: 2619-2637.
• Pichler, T., Nicolussi, K., Goldenberg, G., Hanke, K., Kovács, K. & A. Thurner 2013. Charcoal from a prehistoric copper mine in the Austrian Alps: Dendrochronological and dendrological data, demand for wood and forest utilisatio. Journal of Archaeological Science 40, 2: 11.
• Wiegand, C., Kringer, K., Geitner, C. & M. Rutzinger 2013. Regolith structure analysis — A contribution to understanding the local occurrence of shallow landslides (Austrian Tyrol). Geomorphology 183: 5-13.
• Wiegand, C., Rutzinger, M., Heinrich, K. & C. Geitner 2013. Automated Extraction of Shallow Erosion Areas Based on Multi-Temporal Ortho-Imagery. Remote Sensing 5, 5: 2292-2307.
• Zemp, M., Thibert, E., Huss, M., Stumm, D., Rolstad Denby, C., Nuth, C., Nussbaumer, S. U., Moholdt,G., Mercer, A., Mayer, C., Joerg, P. C., Jansson, P., Hynek, B., Fischer, A., Escher-Vetter H., Elvehøy, H. & L. M. Andreassen 2013. Uncertainties and reanalysis of glacier mass balance measurements. The Cryosphere Discussions 7: 789-839.

• VOICE - Voluntary work in disaster management - Challenges for adaptation to climate change; Austrian Climate Research Program (2013 - 2015) http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/projects/100-projects/ongoing-projects/328-voice-en.html
• Investigating Cultural Sustainability; COST Action IS1007 (2011–2015) http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/projects/100-projects/ongoing-projects/287-cost-is1007-en.html
• Glacier monitoring on the Hallstatt Glacier; Land Oberösterreich (2012–2016) http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/projects/100-projects/ongoing-projects/329-hallstatt-glacier-en.html
• Glacier monitoring Venedigerkees; Hydrographical Service of Salzburg province (2012–2016) http://www.mountainresearch.at/index.php/en/projects/100-projects/ongoing-projects/268-glacier-rmonitoring-venedigerkees.html
• mountain.TRIP. Mountain Sustainability - Transforming Research into Practice; FP7 (2010-2012) http://www.mountaintrip.eu/

• Borsdorf, Axel
• Fischer, Andrea - Austrian of the Year 2013, Section Research
• Grabherr, Georg - Austrian Scientist of the Year 2012

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