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Hochreutener, A.; Pachlatko, J.; Wyttenbach, M.; Boldt, A.; Rupf, R., |
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Aletsch Forest in the UNESCO natural World Heritage site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch: changes of visitor flows and vegetation in the last ten years |
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2021 |
Publication |
The 10th MMV Conference: Managing outdoor recreation experiences in the Anthropocene – Resources, markets, innovations |
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MINA fagrapport |
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Pages |
192-193 |
| Keywords |
MMV10 |
| Abstract |
The Aletsch Forest in Switzerland lies within the UNESCO natural World Heritage site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch and is one of the oldest of its kind. The 410 ha large forest is protected as a cantonal forest and nature reserve as well as a federal wildlife reserve. The private nature conservation organization Pro Natura manages the area on behalf of the canton of Valais. Recreationists greatly value this pristine nature and each summer many people visit the forest. Management of the Aletsch Forest therefore faces the challenge of finding a balance between use and protection. Utmost priority has the undisturbed natural development of the forest. It is prohibited to leave official trails or resting areas. Still, a sustainable recreational use should be possible. To navigate between these demands and to make effective visitor management decisions, the area management needs empirical data to characterise recreationists (Clivaz et al. 2013) as well as the natural setting (Stankey et al. 1985). |
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4286 |
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Kernen, R.; Furrer, M.; Rupf, R.; Wernli, M., |
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Visitor monitoring in the Protected Area Aletsch Forest |
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2010 |
Publication |
Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world |
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MMV 5 - Proceedings |
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291-293 |
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MMV5, visitor monitoring, visitor counting, Aletsch Forest, social carrying capacity |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 206 |
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2806 |
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Rupf, R., Haider, W., Riesen, M., Skov-Petersen, H., Pröbstl, U., |
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Developing parameters for agent-based models using choice experiments |
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2012 |
Publication |
The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas: Outdoor Recreation in Change – Current Knowledge and Future Challenges |
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NULL |
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MMV 6 - Proceedings |
Issue |
NULL |
Pages |
286-287 |
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MMV6 |
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NULL |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 501 |
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2945 |
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Rupf, R., Karlen, B., Wyttenbach, M. |
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The rocky path – defining a trail and route network for a new national park: Case study Parc Adula, Switzerland |
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2016 |
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Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas – ABSTRACT BOOK |
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MMV 8 - Proceedings |
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148-151 |
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MMV8 |
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Switzerland has the oldest national park in Central Europe and in the Alps – the Swiss National Park in the Engadin Valley. Established in 1914 and with an area of 170 km2, the park is well known, and has strict but well accepted rules for visitors (Backhaus and Rupf, 2014). The Swiss National Park is not classified as a National Park, but as a Strict Nature Reserve category Ia (IUCN). It only consists of a core area without a buffer zone. In 2007 the legal basis for new protected areas in Switzerland including national parks (IUCN category II) was established. This was the beginning of several initiatives to launch new national park projects. One of them is Parc Adula (see Figure 1), situated in the south eastern part of Switzerland, with a total area of 1,250 km2 and a core zone of 145 km2 (12 %). Parc Adula is part of the territory of two different cantons and authorities (Grison and Ticino). In addition, Parc Adula is home to three different languages and cultures (Italian, Romansh and German), with about 16,000 residents in 17 communities. The land drops from the highest peak, Piz Adula, from 3,402 m to 349 m, and different biogeographical regions are therefore represented. |
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3905 |
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Rupf, R.; Koechli, D.; Haider, W.; Skov-Petersen, H.; Pröbstl, U., |
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Framework Mafreina: management toolkit recreation and wildlife in the Swiss Alps |
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2010 |
Publication |
Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world |
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| Volume |
MMV 5 - Proceedings |
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Pages |
121-123 |
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MMV5, agent-based model, discrete choice experiment, environmental planning, GPS-logging, recreation |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 226 |
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2732 |
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Rupf, R.; Pachlatko, J.B.; Wyttenbach, M., |
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Backcountry winter recreation in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Engiadina Val Müstair, Switzerland – Developments in the last 10 years |
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2021 |
Publication |
The 10th MMV Conference: Managing outdoor recreation experiences in the Anthropocene – Resources, markets, innovations |
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MINA fagrapport |
Issue |
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Pages |
200-201 |
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MMV10 |
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The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Engiadina Val Müstair is situated in the easternmost part of Switzerland at the border to Italy. Since 2010, together with the Swiss National Park, it forms Switzerlands first UNESCO biosphere reserve in the alpine region. The biosphere reserve is well known for its wildlife such as the ibex, chamois and red deer as well as grouse such as the black grouse and capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus). The latter is a large woodland species with very specialized habitat preferences. Its population has declined in recent decades in Central Europe and therefore the species is classified as endangered EN on the Swiss red list of breeding birds. Due to cold conditions with high snow cover and a lack of feed, capercaillies are very sensitive to disturbance in winter.At the same time, Val Müstair biosphere reserve is a renowned backcountry winter recreation area which attracts many visitors who are passionate about winter sports activities like snowshoeing or ski mountaineering. As a consequence, the issue of conflicts between backcountry activities and conservation has emerged. The situation from 2008 to 2010 was analysed by Rupf et al. (2011). It could be demonstrated that winter recreationists travel quite often through capercaillie core habitats.According to Swiss nationwide representative surveysfrom 2008 to 2020, the number of declared active winter backcountry sports recreationists has increased by 275 % from about 165,000 to 455,000 (Lamprecht et al., 2009, 2015, 2020). Additionally, Haegeli et al. (2019) and Rupf et al. (2019) state that some backcountry visitor groups look to avoid crowds and therefore enter new terrain, even though it would increase their risk of being caught by an avalanche. Based on those findings, there is an implication that the wildlife habitats will continue to subjected to the pressure of recreational backcountry winter sports activities. In this article we will address following research questions:1) Could increased numbers of winter backcountry recreationists also be observed in the countryside, specifically in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Val Engiadina Val Müstair? – How have the numbers of usage changed in the last ten years?2) What effects did a forest clearance on a ski mountaineering route have for its neighbouring wildlife habitats? |
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4290 |
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| Author |
Rupf, R.; Stauble, A. |
| Title |
Monitoring methods of winter backcountry recreation in a wildlife sanctuary |
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2018 |
Publication |
Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas – ABSTRACT BOOK |
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MMV 9 - Proceedings |
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Pages |
131-134 |
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MMV9 |
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Wildlife management is an important issue in areas near human settlements and agricultural landscapes, such as the European Alps. In order to objectively assess the impact of backcountry winter routes and to increase acceptance of the results, the transparent recording of parameters such as the number of athletes or their area load is helpful. In this study we tested various different monitoring methods. |
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4081 |
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Rupf, R.; Wernli, M.; Haller, R., |
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How to elaborate precise visitor numbers? |
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2008 |
Publication |
Management for Protection and Sustainable Development |
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MMV 4 - Proceedings |
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161-164 |
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MMV4, Acoustic slab sensor, calibration, visitor census, visitor monitoring, Swiss National Park |
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Visitor numbers and visitor distribution are required information for various management tasks of recreational areas. Automatic data collection is a low-price opportunity to obtain data. The main problem of automatic methods is data precision. In the Swiss National Park, automatic visitor counting with acoustic slab sensors started in 2005. As precision did not appear to be satisfactory, the counting problems were investigated. Sensor installation strictly followed the instruction manuals given and fine tuning during the calibration period led to a deviance of 5%. Precise counting data resulted in the sum of persons counted whereas direction separated data was not as precise. Recommendations for counting site selection, installation and calibration counting are given. |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 960 |
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2601 |
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Siegrist, D.; Clivaz, C.; Gessner, S.; Manz, M.; Rinkel, A.; Rupf, R.; Stumm, N.; Wernli, M., |
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VISIMAN. Development of a flexible visitor management tool for national and regional natural parks |
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2010 |
Publication |
Recreation, tourism and nature in a changing world |
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MMV 5 - Proceedings |
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58-60 |
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MMV5, visitor management, visitor monitoring, parks and protected areas, management tool, IT |
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Within the scope if the VISIMAN project a new ITbased tool for visitor management in national and regional natural parks will be developed. The product comprises a systembased management platform with interfaces to the four functional units: ‘visitor information’, ‘expert information’, ‘visitor monitoring’, and ‘data management’. By keeping the interfaces open, the management can be extended for other functional units and applications on demand. Visitor monitoring was implemented and counting methods advanced. |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 84 |
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2705 |
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Skov-Petersen, H., Rupf, R., Köchli, D., Snizek, B., |
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Revealing recreational behaviour and preferences from GPS recordings |
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2012 |
Publication |
The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas: Outdoor Recreation in Change – Current Knowledge and Future Challenges |
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NULL |
| Volume |
MMV 6 - Proceedings |
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NULL |
Pages |
288-289 |
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MMV6 |
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NULL |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 502 |
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2946 |
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Wyttenbach, M., Graf, R.F., Sigrist, B., Karlen, B., Rupf, R. |
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Mountain biking and wildlife – disturbance experiments with roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Switzerland |
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2016 |
Publication |
Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas – ABSTRACT BOOK |
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MMV 8 - Proceedings |
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444-447 |
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MMV8 |
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In addition to being the main habitat of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), forests provide diverse and outstanding settings for recreational activities such as hiking, horse riding and mountain biking (Jacsman, 1990). The effects of new patterns of recreational use such as night rides with bright floodlights are hotly discussed topics associated with the management of recreational forests. Animal ecology so far has mainly focused on spatio-temporal behaviour of individuals in undisturbed remote areas, while research on human behaviour mainly focused on visitor conflicts in highly frequented recreational forests (Arnberger, 2006). Therefore, our knowledge about the effects of new recreational activities on wildlife is currently insufficient. We studied the effects of mountain biking events on the immediate spatio-temporal reaction and subsequent habitat use of roe deer. Furthermore, we compared the effect of on-trail mountain bike events with other disturbance events that occurred off-trail such as hunting, orienteering and on site observations. |
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4001 |
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Wyttenbach, M., Haider, W., Pröbstl, U., Rupf, R., |
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Too many people in the mountains in the winter time? |
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2012 |
Publication |
The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas: Outdoor Recreation in Change – Current Knowledge and Future Challenges |
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NULL |
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MMV 6 - Proceedings |
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NULL |
Pages |
298-299 |
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MMV6 |
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NULL |
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ILEN @ m.sokopp @ 506 |
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2950 |
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Wyttenbach, M.; Volpert, F.; Hochreutener, A.; Rupf, R., |
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Disturbance caused by recreational activities -Case study Regional Nature Parc Beverin (RNPB), Switzerland |
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2021 |
Publication |
The 10th MMV Conference: Managing outdoor recreation experiences in the Anthropocene – Resources, markets, innovations |
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MINA fagrapport |
Issue |
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120-121 |
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MMV10 |
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Due to their structural diversity and altitude gradients, mountain regions provide suitable habitats for a diverse range of wildlife and plant species (Ingold, 2005). At the same time, they are important recreational areas for humans. Due to the increase in outdoor activities, negative impacts on nature and wildlife should be counteracted by means of focussed visitor management (Clivaz et al., 2013). The RNPB is visited by tourists all year round, with a greater proportion in the summer season. The landscape consists mainly of forests, alpine areas, extensive meadows, pastures, habitats for pioneer species, and covers an area of 412 km2. The RNPB aims to enable recreationists to experience nature without disturbing it at the same time. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to determine which types of recreational activities may be practised in the area and how they can be characterised (spatially, temporally, frequency). The aim of this study is to identify areas in summer and winter in which a potential conflict between recreationalists and nature could occur based on a spatial mapping approach. |
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4253 |
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Wyttenbach, M.; Walker, D.; Rupf, R. |
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E-Mountain biking – Potential for Swiss Tourism Destinations |
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2018 |
Publication |
Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas – ABSTRACT BOOK |
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MMV 9 - Proceedings |
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184-186 |
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MMV9 |
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Since the 1990s, mountain biking has been one of the fastest growing outdoor recreational activities in Switzerland and now represents an important branch in Swiss tourism. In this study, focus groups were formed to examine the needs of Swiss tourism destinations for adaptation to E-mountain biking, most of them without E-MTB experience. A total of six focus group workshops took place in 2016 in Swiss tourism destinations |
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4099 |
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