Due to the effect of global change, the potential risk of natural hazards occurring in alpine areas is expected to increase to an even higher risklevel than has been recorded during the last century. These global changes potentially also have distinct influences on fluvial processes in torrents causing erosion on slopes and riverbanks in forested areas. Dating the time of root exposure along ri...

Abstract European ash dieback caused by the alien, invasive ascomycete species Hymenoscyphus fraxineus currently represents, along with its side effects, greatest threat to common ( Fraxinus excelsior ) trees in Europe. The disease is widely distributed Germany and present all regions where growing. In order study develop management strategies conserve as a forest tree species, concerted, inter...