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8 datasets found

  • How is avalanche danger described in textual descriptions in avalanche forecasts in Switzerland?

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    The data set contains the danger descriptions (German) of the avalanche forecasts published at 5 pm between 27-Nov-2012 and 13-Feb-2020.

    Last updated: January 12, 2022

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    • danger-description
    • avalanche-danger
    • avalanche
    • switzerland
    • avalanche-bulletin
    • avalanche-forecast
    • consistency
  • 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.

    The two data files contain...

    Last updated: April 20, 2021

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    • pinus-sylvestris
    • windthrow
    • switzerland
    • insect-outbreaks
    • castanea-sativa
    • tree-recruitment
    • vegetation-shift
    • picea-abies
    • national-forest-inventory
    • drought
    • disturbance
  • The Experimental Forest Management network

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    The EFM network is one of the longest running scientific projects in Switzerland and has been collecting growth and yield data since the late 1880’s. As of 2021, 28 plots had been...

    Last updated: September 21, 2021

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    • crown-diameter
    • tree-height
    • growth-and-yield
    • permanent-plot
    • silviculture
    • forest-inventory
    • long-term-monitoring
    • switzerland
  • Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the agricultural Limpach valley, Switzerland

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    Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensification is likely one cause for...

    Last updated: December 12, 2022

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    • long-term
    • insect-decline
    • biodiversity
    • time-series
    • switzerland
  • Mean insect occupancy 1970–2020

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    Education, culture and sport

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

    Paper Citation:

    Neff, F., Korner-Nievergelt, F., Rey, E., Albrecht, M., Bollmann, K.,...

    Last updated: December 12, 2022

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    • switzerland
    • biogeographical-region
    • occupancy-models
    • elevation
    • insects
    • insect-decline
    • infospecies
    • butterflies
  • 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...

    Last updated: January 18, 2023

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    • switzerland
    • municipality
    • participation
    • energy-transition
    • survey
  • 'Latent reserves' within the Swiss NFI

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    The files refer to the data used in Portier et al. "‘Latent reserves’: a hidden treasure in National Forest Inventories" (2020) Journal of Ecology.

    'Latent reserves' are...

    Last updated: February 4, 2021

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    • national-forest-inventory
    • forest-reserves
    • switzerland
    • tree-mortality
    • near-natural-forest
  • Forest Reserves Monitoring in Switzerland

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    Long term monitoring of natural forests provides insights into ecological processes shaping forests without human intervention. To study natural forest dynamics, the former chair...

    Last updated: March 25, 2020

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    • forest-reserves
    • permanent-plot
    • natural-forest-dynamics
    • long-term-monitoring
    • switzerland