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Effects of canopy disturbance on Swiss forests

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The files refer to the data used in Scherrer et al. (2021) "Canopy disturbances catalyse tree species shifts in Swiss forests" in Ecosystems.

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Dynamics of insect natural enemies of bark beetles

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In 1994 a large area of mountain spruce forest was infested by the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) in the Gandberg forest near Schwanden, canton Glarus, Switzerland...

Napf soil wetness monitoring data

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The dataset contains the soil wetness monitoring data from the publication Wicki et al. (2022). It was collected in Wasen i.E. (Napf area, Switzerland). The monitoring data is...

LiDAR metrics predict suitable forest foraging areas of endangered Mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis)

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Habitat shift caused by human impact on vegetation structure poses a great threat to species which are special- ized on unique habitats. Single layered beech forests, the main...

Discharge, rainfall, and deuterium compositions of streamwater, rainwater and groundwater, for four rainfall events in the Studibach, Alptal, Switzerland

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This dataset includes discharge and rainfall measurements and deuterium compositions of streamflow, rainfall and groundwater, for four rainfall events and three baseflow snapshot...

Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

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Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

The Sihlwald is one of the largest contiguous beech forests in the Swiss Plateau region. In the year 2000, timber harvesting...

Stability tests, avalanche observations, Switzerland, Norway

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Observational data used to quantitatively describe the key elements describing avalanche danger: snowpack stability, the frequency distribution of snowpack stability, and avalanche...

Debris-flow volumes at the Illgraben 2000-2017

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Debris-flow bulk volumes from the WSL monitoring station. More information can be found in McArdell et al. (2007) and Schlunegger et al. (2009).

Pine insects along elevational gradients

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The colonization of cut pine stems by wood-inhabiting insects was investigated at various elevations. The study sites were located in the regions of Aosta Valley (Italy), Valais...

Grassland restoration: insects and insect traits

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This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based.

Paper Citation:

Neff, F., Resch, M. C., Marty, A., Rolley, J. D., Schütz, M., Risch, A. C,...

Challenging the sustainability of urban beekeeping: evidence from Swiss cities

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Data on: (1) spatial distribution of urban beekeeping (number of hives and number of beekeeping locations) in 14 Swiss cities (Geneva, Lausanne, Biel, Neuchatel, Basel, Zurich,...

Quantifying Surface Heat Exchange over Heterogeneous Land Surfaces at Ultra-High Spatio-Temporal Resolution

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The lateral transport of heat above abrupt (sub-)metre-scale steps in land surface temperature influences the local surface energy balance. We present a novel experimental method...

Bats and nocturnal insects in urban green areas

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Animal biodiversity in cities is generally expected to be uniformly reduced, but recent studies show that this is modulated by the composition and configuration of Urban Green...

Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep elevation gradient in the East-ern Swiss Alps

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This database contains GNSS derived snow water equivalent (SWE), liquid water content (LWC), and snow height (HS) and reference data collected during the two winter 2018-2020 at 4...

Calibration data for empirical mortality models of 18 European tree species

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The dataset comprises > 90 000 records from inventories in 54 strict forest reserves in...

IMIS measuring network

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The Intercantonal Measurement and Information System (IMIS) consists of nearly 200 automatic measuring stations. They are distributed throughout the Swiss Alps and the Jura region...

Plutonium-239+240 and sediment yield data for a small catchment in Southern Italy

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Quantifying the rates of soil redistribution worldwide poses a significant challenge, which has been addressed using various methods such as direct sediment measurements, models,...

Niche partitioning between wild bees and honeybees

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Cities are socio-ecological systems that filter and select species, thus establishing unique species assemblages and biotic interactions. Urban ecosystems can host richer wild bee...

GPS-derived data of SWE, HS and LWC and corresponding validation data

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This data set includes GPS-derived snow water equivalent (SWE), snow depth (HS) and liquid water content (LWC) data for three entire snow-covered seasons (2015-2016, 2016-2017,...

Implementing the energy transition at municipal level in Switzerland: A regional survey

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The dataset contains data from a survey, which was conducted in a periurban region close to Berne, Switzerland. The survey was conducted in Fall 2018 and contained opinion...