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65 datasets found

  • Snow depth, canopy structure and meterorological datasets from the Davos area, Switzerland, Winters 2012/13-2014/15, used for high-resolution forest snow modelling

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    This dataset contains all snow, canopy and meteorological data presented and used in the publication: Mazzotti, G., Essery, R., Moeser, D. & Jonas T. (2020) 'Resolving spatial...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

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    • ZIP
    • snow-modelling
    • forest-snow
    • forest-structure
    • snow-energy-balance
    • snow-distribution
  • Wetlands of the canton of Zürich (Switzerland): Data on species richness and recent and historic area and connectivity of 55 fens

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    This dataset includes data on species richness of vascular plants and bryophytes in 55 wetlands of the canton of Zürich (Switzerland) as well as recent and historic data on the...

    Last updated: December 13, 2019

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    • vascular-plants
    • wetlands
    • nature-conservation
    • habitat-area
    • extinction-debt
    • species-richness
    • bryophytes
    • habitat-fragmentation
  • Stress thresholds of mature European beech trees

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    This data set contains the data presented in the figures 1-6 in Walthert et al. (2020): From the comfort zone to crown dieback: sequence of physiological stress thresholds in...

    Last updated: August 27, 2020

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    • native-embolism
    • dendrometer
    • transpiration
    • fagus-sylvatica
    • crown-dieback
    • early-defoliation
    • stress-thresholds
    • stem-growth
    • stable-isotopes
    • tree-water-deficit
    • permanent-wilting-point
    • xylem-vulnerability
    • leaf-water-potential
    • soil-water-uptake
    • stem-shrinking
    • soil-water-potential
    • drought-stress
  • Daily data of solute and stable water isotopes in stream water and precipitation in the Alp catchment, Central Switzerland

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    This dataset contain measurements of solute and stable water isotopes in stream water and precipitation in the Alp catchment and two of its tributaries (between 2015 -2018) . The...

    Last updated: August 25, 2021

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    • geochemical-solutes
    • spatially-distributed-sampling
    • precipitation
    • stream-water
    • stable-water-isotopes
  • Sediment transport observations in Swiss mountain streams

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    The Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL has extensive experience with surrogate bedload transport measurements. The first measuring site was established in the Erlenbach stream, a...

    Last updated: August 23, 2023

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    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • bedload-transport
    • surrogate-measurement
    • river
    • mountain-stream
    • sediment-transport
    • torrent
  • Swiss Canopy Crane II research site

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    Last updated: December 4, 2020

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    • drought
    • forest
    • ecosystem-functions
    • infrastructure
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • climate-change
    • damage-of-tree
  • Herb layer biomass in Swiss forests

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    The purpose of this project was to develop a model to estimate herb layer biomass and carbon stock based on the categorical cover estimate on each NFI sample plot. To this end,...

    Last updated: August 20, 2021

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    • XLS
    • grasses
    • herbs
    • biomass
    • national-forest-inventory
    • shrubs
    • ferns
    • sedges
  • Impact des événements météorologiques extrêmes sur l'économie forestière suisse: le point de vue des scieries

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    Extreme events impact on the Swiss forest economy: the sawmill perspective

    Supplementary Information This survey aimed at answering three main questions: (i) What are the Swiss...

    Last updated: June 7, 2022

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    • wood-market
    • marche-du-bois
    • chablis
    • bois-endommage
    • stockage-humide
    • wind-disturbance
    • scieries
    • wet-storage
    • sawmills
    • damaged-wood
  • Dataset on PV Production in Snow Covered Mountains

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    Overview The SUNWELL Modelling Environment is a combination of data and code that models electricity production from satellite-derived irradiance data and other spatial data sets...

    Last updated: December 16, 2020

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • mountain
    • albedo
    • energy
    • snow
    • photovoltaic
    • reflection
    • irradiance
  • Phosphatase leaching

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    Data on phosphomonoesterase activity in forest topsoil leachates and soil extracts as well as P forms in the leachate. Leachate samples were taken in Feb./Mar. and July 2019 with...

    Last updated: July 7, 2021

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    • forest-topsoil
    • phosphate
    • dissolved-organic-phosphorus
    • phoshporus-forms
    • phosphomonoesterase-activity
  • IceCube_microCT_Snow_grainsize

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    The specific surface area (SSA) of different snow types were measured with the IceCube instrument and the Scanco Medical microCT 40. In addition, the snow particles created during...

    Last updated: February 19, 2023

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    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • intercomparison
    • specific-surface-area
    • microct
    • icecube
    • snow
  • Base cation dynamics in an Oriental beech forest

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    Throughfall, litterflow and soil solution were sampled during one whole year under five Oriental beech trees in a mixed Hyrcanian beech forest. The amounts of Ca2+, Mg2+, K+ and...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

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    • magnesium
    • biogeochemical-cycling
    • calcium
    • potassium
    • fagus-orientalis-lipsky
  • The usage of landscape ecological concepts in the planning literature

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    Table of content: 1. Frequency of early concepts; 2. Frequency of additional concepts; 3. Use of any early concept; 4. Use of any additional concept, 5. Planning steps; 6....

    Last updated: October 25, 2021

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    • sense-of-place
    • ecosystem-services
    • landscape-perception
    • landscape-services
    • multifunctionality
    • resilience
    • landscape-ecology
    • landscape-planning
    • decision-making
    • socio-ecological-system
    • planning
    • green-infrastructure
    • literature-review
    • pdfsearch
  • MadCrypto – Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity in laurel forests of Madeira

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    This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation...

    Last updated: May 5, 2022

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    • moss
    • biodiversity
    • lichen-growthform
    • lichen-growth-form
    • elevational-gradient
    • photobiont
    • endemic
    • bryophyte
    • functional-taxonomic-groups
    • lichen
    • madeira-island
    • climate-change
    • climate-change-impact
    • disturbance
    • functional-taxonomic-group
    • liverwort
    • endemic-species
    • bryophyte-life-strategy
  • Elk and bison carcasses in Yellowstone, USA

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

    Paper Citation:

    Risch, A.C., Frossard, A., Schütz, M., Frey, B., Morris, A.W., Bump, J.K....

    Last updated: June 10, 2020

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    • fungi
    • decomposition
    • carcass
    • carrion
    • bacteria
    • soil-biodiversity
    • biogeochemical-cycling
    • wolf
    • detritus
    • yellowstone
  • Snow Drift Station - Snow and Air Data

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    Snow and air data was monitored at Gotschnagrat (LON: 46.859 LAT: 9.849) by an infrarot radiometer (Campbell SI-111) for snow temperature (°C), a snow height sensor (Lufft SHM-31)...

    Last updated: March 27, 2020

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    • snow-height
    • snow-temperature
    • snow
    • temperature
    • snow-depth
    • raclets
  • Lake_climate_change_scenarios_CH2018

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    The dataset "Lake_climate_change_scenarios_CH2018" provides simulation-based climate change impact scenarios for perialpine lakes in Switzerland. These transient future scenarios...

    Last updated: September 5, 2023

    • XLS
    • switzerland
    • climate-change
    • lake-level-regulation
    • hydrologic-and-hydrodynamic-modelling
    • perialpine-lakes
  • Restoring grassland multifunctionality

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    Please cite this paper together with the citation for the datafile.

    Resch, M. C., Schütz, M., Buchmann, N., Frey, B., Graf, U., van der Putten, W. H., Zimmermann, S., Risch, A. C....

    Last updated: October 19, 2021

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    • bacteria
    • nematodes
    • fungi
    • restoration
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • soil-biodiversity
    • biodiversity
    • plants
    • grassland
    • mineralization
  • Anthropogenic change and soil net N mineralization

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

    Paper Citation:

    Risch Anita C., Zimmermann, Stefan, Moser, Barbara, Schütz, Martin, Hagedorn,...

    Last updated: August 20, 2020

    • XLS
    • soil
    • nitrification
    • mineralization
    • nitrogen
    • ammonification
    • climate
    • global-change
    • fertilization
    • grassland
    • nutrient-network
    • herbivore
  • Nanoplastics in forests: Exploring the effects of nanoplastics on forest soils and tree physiology (NanoPlast)

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    The fate of plastic in the environment is of global concern, because its production recently has increased strongly and it accumulates in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems....

    Last updated: June 14, 2023

    • XLS
    • uptake
    • 13c-labelling
    • polystyrene
    • nanoplastic
    • forest-trees