A glimpse of the Cluozza-valley in the Swiss National Park by Norman Backhaus

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100 years of monitoring in the Swiss National Park reveals overall decreasing rock glacier velocities by Alberto Muñoz-Torrero Manchado, Simon Allen, Alessandro Cicoira, Samuel Wiesmann, Ruedi Haller, Markus Stoffel

“…Abstract The rock glaciers of the Swiss National Park were the first in the world where in-situ measurements of surface displacement were undertaken, starting with the pioneering work of Chaix in 1918. …”
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Boost in Visitor Numbers Post COVID-19 Shutdown: Consequences for an Alpine National Park by Sonja Wipf, Annina H. Michel, Diego Walder, Felix Poelsma, Pia Anderwald, Sam S. Cruickshank, Francesca Jaroszynska, Christian Rossi, Norman Backhaus

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The Influence of Wild Ungulates on Forest Regeneration in an Alpine National Park by Jeannine Fluri, Pia Anderwald, Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Sonja Wipf, Valentin Amrhein

“…It appears that in the investigated part of the Swiss National Park, the potential of the forest to regenerate has increased despite the high densities of wild ungulates.…”
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Weather-dependent changes in habitat use by Alpine chamois by Pia Anderwald, Sven Buchmann, Thomas Rempfler, Flurin Filli

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Le Parc naturel urbain en Suisse : une utopie ? by Gérald Hess, Joëlle Salomon Cavin

“…Using a philosophical approach of the idea of nature, it shows that the creation of the Swiss National Park was linked with an underlying opposition between human and nature. …”
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On the occurrence of relict populations of Pytho abieticola J. R. Sahlberg, 1875 in Switzerland (Coleoptera, Pythidae) by Yannick Chittaro, Andreas Sanchez, Alexander Szallies, Martin M. Gossner, Thibault Lachat

“…Several adults and larvae of Pytho abieticola were discovered in 2021 and 2022 at three different localities in two regions of Switzerland, the Jura mountains and the Swiss National Park in the Eastern Alps. This very rare saproxylic beetle has not been detected in Switzerland so far. …”
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Les effets écologiques d’un programme de restauration hydrologique d’une rivière artificialisée by Sabine Mannes, Christopher-Thomas Robinson, Urs Uehlinger, Thomas Scheurer, Johannes Ortlepp, Uta Mürle, Peter Molinari

“…This paper summarizes the effects of a long-term flood program (15 floods over 8 years) on the river Spöl, Swiss National Park, on water physico-chemistry and river biota (periphyton, macroinvertebrates and fish). …”
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Ecological effects of a long-term flood program in a flow-regulated river by Sabine Mannes, Christopher-Thomas Robinson, Urs Uehlinger, Thomas Scheurer, Johannes Ortlepp, Uta Mürle, Peter Molinari

“…This paper summarizes the effects of a long-term flood program (15 floods over 8 years) on the river Spöl, Swiss National Park, on water physico-chemistry and river biota (periphyton, macroinvertebrates and fish). …”
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Limnophyes knispelae sp. n. and L. sartorii sp. n., two new crenophilous species from the Swiss Alps (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) by Joel Moubayed, Brigitte Lods-Crozet

“… Limnophyes knispelae sp. n and L. sartorii sp. n. are diagnosed and described based on material collected in the high Alpine valley of the Rhône river and the cirque of Macun in the Swiss National Park (alt. 1800-2616 m a.s.l.). The first new species is described only as male adult, while the second as male adult and pupal exuviae. …”
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Long-term patterns of chironomid assemblages in a high elevation stream/lake network (Switzerland) – Implications to global change by Brigitte Lods-Crozet, Beat Oertli, Christopher T Robinson

“…A long-term monitoring program was initiated in 2002 on running and standing waters in a high elevation cirque landscape (Macun) in the Swiss National Park. The region comprises contrasting basins with different water sources, a glacier-fed basin and two precipitation-fed basins. …”
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Six groups of ground-dwelling arthropods show different diversity responses along elevational gradients in the Swiss Alps by José D. Gilgado, Hans-Peter Rusterholz, Brigitte Braschler, Stephan Zimmermann, Yannick Chittaro, Bruno Baur

“…Using a multi-taxa approach, we investigated the effects of elevation, area, habitat and soil characteristics on species richness, individual abundance and species composition of six groups of ground-dwelling arthropods along four transect lines in the Swiss National Park and its surroundings (Eastern Alps). …”
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Compound-Specific Carbon Isotopes and Concentrations of Carbohydrates and Organic Acids as Indicators of Tree Decline in Mountain Pine by Olga V. Churakova (Sidorova), Marco M. Lehmann, Matthias Saurer, Marina V. Fonti, Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, Christof Bigler

“…Domin) trees from the Swiss National Park (SNP), using compound-specific isotopes analysis (CSIA). …”
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Long-term response of diatoms in high-elevation streams influenced by rock glaciers by Łukasz Peszek, Barbara Kawecka, Christopher T. Robinson

“…In this study, we monitored diatom assemblages at various sites along a stream-lake network draining a glaciated alpine cirque landscape (2600 m asl) in the Swiss National Park over 19 years (2001–2020). The primary goal of this study was to examine the long-term changes in diatom assemblages in the running waters at high-elevation influenced by rock glaciers, and particularly the use of diatoms as indicators of environmental change. …”
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Little agreement among methodologies to determine fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in a mountain ungulate by Stefania Tampach, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera, Rupert Palme, Franz Schwarzenberger, Anna Hillegonda Baauw, Pia Anderwald, Elena Albanell

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