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7 datasets found

  • 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

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

    • XLS
    • nematodes
    • plants
    • grassland
    • restoration
    • soil-biodiversity
    • biodiversity
    • mineralization
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • bacteria
    • fungi
  • 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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    • SERVICE
    • 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
  • 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

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    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • soil-impacts
    • biogeography
    • biodiversity
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • forest-management
  • Life at chilly temperatures - A collection of microorganisms from extreme habitats

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    Education, culture and sport

    The cold habitats of the Swiss Alps and the Arctic are undergoing change and are at risk of disappearing completely or partially in the future. Along with them, a poorly known...

    Last updated: March 5, 2024

    • XLS
    • biobank
    • permafrost
    • biodiversity
    • conservation
    • arctic
    • glaciers
    • bacteria
    • swiss-alps
    • plastisphere
    • fungi
    • active-layer
    • extreme-habitat
    • collections
  • Beetle communities reared from beech branches and associated forest and environmental variables

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    Education, culture and sport

    The data was generated during a landscape experiment performed on 69 plots in Sihlwald forest between 2016 and 2019. Branch bundles of different sizes consisting of beech branches...

    Last updated: November 17, 2023

    • XLS
    • forest-management
    • saproxylic-beetles
    • habitat-heterogeneity
    • colonisation
    • dead-wood
    • sloss
    • biodiversity
    • habitat-availability
    • conservation
  • Schynige Platte Alpine Botanical Garden land-use experiment

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    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset was used for the publication "Boch, Blaser, Föhr, Küchler, Fischer (2024) Haymaking complemented by moderate disturbances can sustain and restore species-rich alpine...

    Last updated: August 15, 2024

    • XLS
    • vascular-plant
    • grassland-management
    • disturbance
    • biodiversity
    • land-use-abandonment