TELLO GARCÍA Elena PhD
University of Innsbruck
Department of Ecology
Research Group: Ecosystem and Landscape Ecology
Sternwartestraße 15, Room 102
A-6020 Innsbruck
T +43 512 507-51601
Elena.Tello-Garcia@uibk.ac.at
Research interests
Effects of global change on mountain ecosystems
Plant functional traits and ecosystem processes
Plant-soil interactions
Projects
AlpsLife: Protect Alpine Life by monitoring and managing Alpine biodiversity for the future. “Observing globally, acting locally” (Interreg Alpine Space, 2024 – 2027), Lead Partner: EURAC, PI-UIBK: Georg Leitinger, Co-PI-UIBK: Johannes Rüdisser
LUCSES Forecasting impacts of land-use and climate change on ecosystem services from shrub-encroached mountain grassland (FWF, 2021-2025), PI: Georg Leitinger
Publications
Tello-García, E.; Huber, L.; Leitinger, G.; Peters, A.; Newesely, C.; Ringler, M-E.; Tasser, E. (2020): Drought- and heat-induced shifts in vegetation composition impact biomass production and water use of Alpine grasslands.
In: Environmental and Experimental Botany 169, No. 103921. (DOI
Tello-García, E., Gamboa-Badilla, N., Álvarez, E., Fuentes, L., Basnou, C., Espelta, J.M., Pino, J. (2021) Plant species surplus in recent peri-urban forests: the role of forest connectivity, species’ habitat requirements and dispersal types. Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 365–384 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02094-3
Bernués, A., Tello-García, E., Rodríguez-Ortega, T., Ripoll-Bosch, R., Casasús, I. (2016) Agricultural practices, ecosystem services and sustainability in High Nature Value farmland: Unraveling the perceptions of farmers and nonfarmers. Land Use Policy 59, 130-142 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.08.033