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41 datasets found

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

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    • polystyrene
    • nanoplastic
    • forest-trees
    • uptake
    • 13c-labelling
  • Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist

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    What are the research data files about: Raw data on perfomance (dry weight, development and mortality) of emerald ash borer larvae used in published bioassays. Raw data on ash...

    Last updated: May 23, 2023

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    • emerald-ash-borer
    • intraspecific-variation
    • fraxinus
    • invasive-species
    • cross-resistance
    • ash-dieback
    • defense-chemistry
  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

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

    Paper Citation:

    Risch, A. C.; Zimmermann, S.; Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Schütz, M.; Frey, B.; Firn, J....

    Last updated: August 13, 2020

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    • grassland
    • soil-chemistry
    • global
    • soil-biology
    • nutrient-network
    • mineralization
    • soil
    • worldwide
  • Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review

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    Compiled data on the impacts of seven important NNTs (Acacia dealbata, Ailanthus altissima, Eucalyptus globulus, Prunus serotina, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus rubra, Robinia...

    Last updated: October 21, 2022

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    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • biodiversity
    • soil-impacts
    • biogeography
    • forest-management
  • 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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    • stable-water-isotopes
    • stream-water
    • precipitation
    • spatially-distributed-sampling
    • geochemical-solutes
  • Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina

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    This dataset contains the results of a case study analysing the potential impacts of a compound meteorological extreme event on the protective forest in the Val Mesolcina. These...

    Last updated: October 2, 2023

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    • drought
    • compound-events
    • forest-fire
    • protection-forest
    • protective-effect
    • extreme-events
    • natural-hazards
    • bark-beetles
  • Amphibian observation and pond data (Aargau, Switzerland)

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    In the canton of Aargau, hundreds of new ponds have been constructed since the 1990s to benefit declining amphibian populations. This dataset consists of monitoring data for all 12...

    Last updated: September 21, 2023

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    • SERVICE
    • HTML
    • wetlands
    • conservation
    • landscape
    • amphibians
    • occupancy-models
  • 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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    • lichen
    • endemic
    • endemic-species
    • elevational-gradient
    • madeira-island
    • liverwort
    • functional-taxonomic-groups
    • moss
    • photobiont
    • functional-taxonomic-group
    • climate-change
    • biodiversity
    • bryophyte-life-strategy
    • lichen-growthform
    • lichen-growth-form
    • bryophyte
    • disturbance
    • climate-change-impact
  • Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching from beech forest soils

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    Data on dissolved organic and inorganic phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in leachates and their corresponding fluxes from the litter layer, the Oe/Oa horizon, and the A...

    Last updated: July 14, 2021

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    • dissolved-organic-phosphorus
    • zero-tension-lysimeters
    • soil-temperature
    • phosphorus
    • seasons
    • beech
    • nitrogen
    • fertilization
    • forest-topsoil
    • nutrient-fluxes
  • Soil respiration - exclosure experiment

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    Location of data collection The Swiss National Park (SNP) is located in the southeastern part of Switzerland, and covers an area of 170 km2, 50 km2 of which is forested, 33 km2 is...

    Last updated: December 3, 2019

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    • grassland
    • subalpine
    • ungulates
    • soil-respiration
    • grazing
  • Restoring grassland multifunctionality

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    Education, culture and sport

    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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    • nematodes
    • restoration
    • bacteria
    • plants
    • mineralization
    • grassland
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • biodiversity
    • fungi
    • soil-biodiversity
  • 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
    • perialpine-lakes
    • lake-level-regulation
    • switzerland
    • hydrologic-and-hydrodynamic-modelling
    • climate-change
  • 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-structure
    • snow-energy-balance
    • forest-snow
    • snow-distribution
  • Long-term recovery of above-and belowground interactions in restored grasslands

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    Education, culture and sport

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

    Paper Citation:

    _Resch, M.C., Schütz, M., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Buchmann, N., Frey, B., Graf, U.,...

    Last updated: October 20, 2021

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    • grassland
    • biodiversity
    • soil
    • soil-biodiversity
    • fungi
    • restoration
    • nematodes
    • plants
    • topsoil-removal
    • bacteria
    • soil-chemistry
    • soil-biology
  • Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset

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    The Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset includes values for 65 biological and ecological traits and 25 bioclimatic variables for all 1816 bryophytes included in the European...

    Last updated: March 3, 2023

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    • red-list
    • iucn
    • liverworts
    • indicator-values
    • mosses
    • life-history-traits
    • hornworts
    • bioclimatic-variables
  • 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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    • carrion
    • carcass
    • bacteria
    • yellowstone
    • detritus
    • soil-biodiversity
    • fungi
    • wolf
    • decomposition
    • biogeochemical-cycling
  • Anthropogenic change and soil net N mineralization

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

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    • grassland
    • ammonification
    • herbivore
    • nitrification
    • mineralization
    • global-change
    • soil
    • fertilization
    • nutrient-network
    • nitrogen
    • climate
  • Shading by Trees and Fractional Snow Cover Control the Subcanopy Radiation Budget

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    This data set consists of incoming and outgoing short- and longwave radiation as well as sunlit-snow-view-fraction as described in the JGR-Atmospheres paper "Shading by trees and...

    Last updated: August 23, 2021

    • TXT
    • XLS
    • shortwave-radiation
    • longwave-radiation
    • shading
    • forest
    • fractional-snow
  • 3D_Snow_Models

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    The dataset contains several snow models in the Standard Tesselated Geometry File Format (stl) for 3D visualization, printing and additive manufacturing. Different snow types are...

    Last updated: January 5, 2023

    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • rounded-snow
    • snow
    • 3d-model
    • snow-cast
    • weak-layer
    • new-snow
    • depth-hoar
    • 3d-print