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Avalanches and Other Snow Movements

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Together with rockfall, landslides, and debris flows, snow avalanches are among the most important gravitational natural hazards in mountain regions. On the one hand, forests perform important protective functions against these natural hazards, and on the other hand, ecosystems are also strongly influenced by these disturbances. In this chapter we give an overview of the important interactions between gravitational natural events and mountain ecosystems using the example of avalanches and other snow movements. We also discuss the interactions with other natural disturbances and human land use.

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  1. Alpine Environment and Natural Hazards Research Unit, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanches Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland

    Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt & Christian Rixen

  2. Climate Change, Extremes and Natural Hazards in Alpine Regions Research Center CERC, Davos Dorf, Switzerland

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Bebi, P., Bartelt, P., Rixen, C. (2022). Avalanches and Other Snow Movements. In: Wohlgemuth, T., Jentsch, A., Seidl, R. (eds) Disturbance Ecology. Landscape Series, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98756-5_9

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