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12 datasets found

  • 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

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    • lwf
    • diameter-at-breast-height
    • forest
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • tree
    • scots-pine
    • irrigation
    • drought
    • dbh
    • crown-condition
    • tree-species
  • 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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    • photobiont
    • bryophyte
    • bryophyte-life-strategy
    • climate-change
    • lichen-growth-form
    • elevational-gradient
    • biodiversity
    • madeira-island
    • liverwort
    • disturbance
    • lichen
    • moss
    • climate-change-impact
    • functional-taxonomic-group
    • functional-taxonomic-groups
    • endemic
    • lichen-growthform
    • endemic-species
  • Short-term Drainage Density Dynamics Dataset

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    The dataset contains time series of water levels and precipitation measured in the Erlenbach catchment and its vicinity in summer and autumn 2021. Moreover, the dataset contains a...

    Last updated: October 24, 2023

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    • precipitation
    • drainage
    • catchment
    • channel
    • dynamics
    • catchment-data
    • drainage-network
    • dataset
    • erlenbach
    • water-level
    • data
  • 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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    • soil-impacts
    • biogeography
    • biodiversity
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • forest-management
  • 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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    • intercomparison
    • microct
    • snow
    • specific-surface-area
    • icecube
  • Factors influencing teenagers' forest visit frequency

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    The data results from a questionnaire survey conducted at 8 schools in the cantons Zurich, Aargau and St. Gallen. Respondents aged 13-22 years. The aim of the survey was to gain...

    Last updated: January 31, 2022

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    • adolescents
    • childhood
    • teenagers
    • forest
    • recreational-activities
  • High resolution global standardized drought indices

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    The dataset consists of the standardized precipitation (SPI) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) index with a 30 arcsec (~1km) horizontal resolution....

    Last updated: July 22, 2024

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    • extreme-events
    • megadrought
    • drought
    • multi-year-drought
    • precipitation
    • chelsa
    • potential-evapotranspiration
  • CH-Kleinstwasserkraftwerke - ein schweizweiter Datensatz zu Kleinstwasserkraftwerken

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    In der Schweiz werden Wasserkraftanlagen (WKA) mit einer Leistung von mehr als 300 kW systematisch erfasst und in der nationalen Wasserkraftstatistik (WASTA) zusammengetragen. Die...

    Last updated: June 20, 2024

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    • speed2zero
    • datensatz
    • wasserkraft
    • kleinstwasserkraftwerke
    • schweiz
  • Dataset for the publication Drivers of Droplet Formation in East Mediterranean Orographic Clouds

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    This repository contains the datasets that were used for used for the paper:: Drivers of Droplet Formation in East Mediterranean Orographic Clouds, EGUsphere,...

    Last updated: September 4, 2024

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    • hygroscopicity
    • cloud-droplets
    • ccn
    • aerosol
    • hac2
  • Data on interaction diversity in urban gardens

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    The data supports the paper "Local and landscape factors shape alpha and beta trophic interaction diversity in urban gardens". It provides: (1) the host-natural enemy interaction...

    Last updated: April 2, 2024

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    • urban-ecosystems
    • management-intensity
    • trap-nest
    • urbanization
    • urban-ecology
    • wasps
    • zurich
    • host-enemy-interactions
    • hymenoptera
    • bees
    • food-webs
    • cavity-nesting
  • 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: October 5, 2023

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    • occupancy-models
    • amphibians
    • landscape
    • wetlands
    • connectivity
    • conservation
  • 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

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    • gas-exchange
    • photosynthesis
    • vpd
    • acclimation
    • fluorescence
    • pinus-sylvestris
    • drought