Veronika Mitterwallner researches the interactions between nature sports and the environment. One thematic focus is the study of spatial and temporal activity patterns of humans and animals in mountain ecosystems and how they interact.

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Selcted Publications

Mitterwallner, V., Peters, A., Edelhoff, H., Mathes, G., Nguyen, H., Peters, W., Heurich, M. and Steinbauer, M.J. (2024), Automated visitor and wildlife monitoring with camera traps and machine learning. Remote Sens Ecol Conserv. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.367

Kuwaczka, Lukas F., Mitterwallner, Veronika, Audorff, Volker, Audorff, Steinbauer, Manuel J. (2023), Ecological impacts of (electrically assisted) mountain biking, Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 44, 2023, e02475, ISSN 2351-9894, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02475.

Mitterwallner V, Steinbauer MJ, Besold M, Dreitz A, Karl M, Wachsmuth N, Zügler V & Audorff V (2021). Electrically assisted mountain biking: Riding faster, higher, farther in natural mountain systems. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 36, 100448, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2021.100448.

Mitterwallner V, Suci ANN, Zamani N et al. (2021). Exposure to moderately elevated temperatures changes food preferences in the tropical marine herbivore Haliotis squamata. Mar Biol 168, 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03922-y

Piehl S, Mitterwallner V, Atwood EC, Bochow M & Laforsch C (2019). Abundance and distribution of large microplastics (1–5 mm) within beach sediments at the Po River Delta, northeast Italy. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 149, 110515, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110515.

Schweizer AM, Leiderer A, Mitterwallner V, Walentowitz A, Mathes GH, et al. (2021) Outdoor cycling activity affected by COVID-19 related epidemic-control-decisions. PLOS ONE 16(5): e0249268. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249268