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65 datasets found

  • Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist

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    Education, culture and sport

    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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    • invasive-species
    • emerald-ash-borer
    • defense-chemistry
    • cross-resistance
    • fraxinus
    • ash-dieback
    • intraspecific-variation
  • RoRCC

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    The dataset "RoRCC" consists of simulation-based results on climate change impacts on Alpine RoR power production; it is based on 21 Swiss RoR power plants, with a total production...

    Last updated: August 11, 2022

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    • hydropower
    • run-of-river-power-plants
    • climate-change
    • environmental-flow
    • design-discharge
  • Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald, Switzerland

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    To study the performance of mature Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under chronic drought conditions in comparison to their immediate physiological response to drought release, a...

    Last updated: October 29, 2020

    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • HTML
    • tree-species
    • crown-condition
    • diameter-at-breast-height
    • tree
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • forest
    • drought
    • irrigation
    • dbh
    • lwf
    • scots-pine
  • Native and no-native plant interactions in Australian grasslands

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

    Paper Citation:

    _Schlierenzauer, C., Risch, A.C., Schütz, M., Firn, J. 2021. Non-native...

    Last updated: October 19, 2021

    • XLS
    • non-native-plant
    • native-plant
    • weed-management
    • herbivory
    • grassland
  • Spatial modelling of ecological indicator values

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    Ecologically meaningful predictors are often neglected in plant distribution studies, resulting in incomplete niche quantification and low predictive power of species distribution...

    Last updated: June 11, 2020

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • switzerland
    • ecological-indicator-values
    • plants
    • ecological-maps
    • soil-mapping
    • landolt
    • soil-moisture
    • soil-ph
  • Water availability of Swiss forests during the 2015 and 2018 droughts

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    The Swiss forests' water availability during the 2015 and 2018 droughts was modelled by implementing the mechanistic Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transport (SVAT) model LWF-Brook90...

    Last updated: July 5, 2022

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    • XLS
    • ZIP
    • european-summer-drought
    • plant-available-water-storage-capacity
    • physiological-drought
    • water-balance
    • root-water-uptake
  • Long-term recovery of above-and belowground interactions in restored grasslands

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    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

    • XLS
    • biodiversity
    • soil-biodiversity
    • grassland
    • soil-chemistry
    • restoration
    • bacteria
    • plants
    • soil
    • soil-biology
    • nematodes
    • topsoil-removal
    • fungi
  • 3D_Snow_Models

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • 3d-model
    • new-snow
    • rounded-snow
    • 3d-print
    • snow-cast
    • weak-layer
    • depth-hoar
    • snow
  • 2013-2020 gas exchange at Pfynwald

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    Gas exchange was measured on control, irrigated and irrigation-stop trees at the irrigation experiment Pfynwald, during the years 2013, 2014, 2016-2020. The measurement campaigns...

    Last updated: August 13, 2021

    • CSV
    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • fluorescence
    • photosynthesis
    • drought
    • pinus-sylvestris
    • vpd
    • acclimation
    • gas-exchange
  • Snow Drift Station - Flowcapt

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    The FlowCapt is an ultra-robust instrument measuring solid particle acoustic mass - flux intensities (g m‾ ² s‾ ¹) and wind speeds (m s‾ ¹). It was...

    Last updated: March 27, 2020

    • XLS
    • flowcapt
    • acoustic-mass-flux
    • wind-speed
    • snow-blowing
    • snowdrift
    • raclets
  • Ecosystem coupling and multifunctionality - exclosure experiment

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    Education, culture and sport

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

    Paper Citation:

    Risch AC, Ochoa-Hueso R, van der Putten WH, Bump JK, Busse MD, Frey B,...

    Last updated: September 8, 2020

    • XLS
    • subalpine
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • swiss-national-park
    • grazing
    • grassland
    • exclusion
    • ecosystem-functions
    • ecosystem-coupling
    • invertebrates
    • vertebrates
  • 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

    • XLS
    • soil-respiration
    • grazing
    • grassland
    • subalpine
    • ungulates
  • Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina

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    Education, culture and sport

    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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    • HTML
    • XLS
    • forest-fire
    • drought
    • bark-beetles
    • protection-forest
    • protective-effect
    • natural-hazards
    • extreme-events
    • compound-events
  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • XLS
    • grassland
    • worldwide
    • soil
    • nutrient-network
    • soil-chemistry
    • soil-biology
    • global
    • mineralization
  • Urals: latitudinal decline in treeline biomass and productivity

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    1. Stand characteristics of treeline ecotone along 18 elevational gradients of the Ural mountains.
    2. Extrapolated climate data at treeline using nearby meteo station...

    Last updated: January 29, 2020

    • XLS
    • climate
    • air-temperature
    • soil
    • elevational-gradient
    • biomass
    • permafrost
    • latitude
    • soil-temperature
    • nitrogen
    • phosphorus
    • treeline
  • Intraannual d18O measurements of Larix decidua from the Loetschental 2012/2013

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    This file contains isotopic and environmental data from seven individuals of Larix decidua, sampled at two sites located at an elevation of 1300 meters above sea level in the...

    Last updated: September 7, 2023

    • XLS
    • CSV
    • loetschental
    • larix-decidua
    • oxygen-isotopes
    • tree-rings
    • water-isotopes
  • Data Broedlin CNP

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    Mircocosm experiment to identify the individual patterns and controls of C, N, and P mobilization in soils under beech forests. Organic and mineral horizons sampled along a...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

    • XLS
    • drying-rewetting
    • nitrogen
    • stoichiometry
    • phosphorus
    • dissolved-organic-matter
    • mineralization
    • forest
    • soil
    • carbon
  • Potentials of domestic biomass resources for the energy transition in Switzerland

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    Education, culture and sport

    Switzerland has a reliable and cost efficient energy system. Due to phase out of nuclear energy it is necessary to find new options to maintain this powerful energy system. The...

    Last updated: June 14, 2023

    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • biomass-resources
    • availability
    • potential-assessment
    • sustainability
    • bioenergy
  • DISCHMEX - Impact of extreme land-surface heterogeneity on micrometeorology over spring snow-cover

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    This dataset contains eddy-covariance measurements in the ablation period of 2014-2016. Measurements were taken from two turbulence towers over a long-lasting snow patch, which are...

    Last updated: September 13, 2023

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • PNG
    • dischmex
    • snow-patch
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
    • eddy-covariance-measurements
    • patchy-snow-covers
  • Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • CSV
    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • biodiversity
    • forest-management
    • soil-impacts
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • biogeography