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8 datasets found

  • Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

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    Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

    The Sihlwald is one of the largest contiguous beech forests in the Swiss Plateau region. In the year 2000, timber harvesting...

    Last updated: April 20, 2022

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    • fagus-sylvatica
    • natural-forest-dynamics
    • forest-inventory
    • forest-reserves
    • sihlwald
  • Forest Reserves Monitoring in Switzerland

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    Long term monitoring of natural forests provides insights into ecological processes shaping forests without human intervention. To study natural forest dynamics, the former chair...

    Last updated: March 25, 2020

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    • natural-forest-dynamics
    • permanent-plot
    • long-term-monitoring
    • forest-reserves
    • switzerland
  • The Experimental Forest Management network

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    The EFM network is one of the longest running scientific projects in Switzerland and has been collecting growth and yield data since the late 1880’s. As of 2021, 28 plots had been...

    Last updated: September 21, 2021

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    • growth-and-yield
    • permanent-plot
    • switzerland
    • tree-height
    • forest-inventory
    • long-term-monitoring
    • crown-diameter
    • silviculture
  • Implementing the energy transition at municipal level in Switzerland: A regional survey

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    The dataset contains data from a survey, which was conducted in a periurban region close to Berne, Switzerland. The survey was conducted in Fall 2018 and contained opinion...

    Last updated: January 18, 2023

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    • municipality
    • switzerland
    • participation
    • survey
    • energy-transition
  • Hybrid choice modelling dataset for the effects of landscape-technology fit on public evaluations

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    We present stated preference data based on a national representative Swiss online panel survey for the preference of renewable energy infrastructure in landscapes. The data was...

    Last updated: February 3, 2021

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    • perceived-landscape-quality
    • landscape
    • landscape-meanings
    • landscape-technology-fit
    • energy
    • mixed-renewable-energy-landscapes
    • renewable-energy
    • hybrid-choice-model
    • stated-choice-model
    • renewable-energy-meanings
    • survey
  • Landscape in contemporary strategic spatial plans of European Urban regions

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    The present dataset is part of the published scientific paper Hersperger, A.M., Bürgi, M., Wende, W., Bacău, S. and Grădinaru, S.R., 2020. Does landscape play a role in strategic...

    Last updated: January 19, 2022

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    • strategic-plan
    • governance
    • landscape-principles
    • plan-evaluation
    • green-infrastructure
  • Arthropod biomass, abundance and species richness trends over 32 years in the agricultural Limpach valley, Switzerland

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    Recent publications about declines in arthropod biomass, abundance and species diversity raise concerns and call for measures. Agricultural intensification is likely one cause for...

    Last updated: December 12, 2022

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    • insect-decline
    • long-term
    • switzerland
    • time-series
    • biodiversity
  • Stated preference data on the insurance value of forests in Switzerland

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    We present stated preference data for improved forest management measures from seven Swiss municipalities in the Cantons of Grisons and Valais. The data was collected between...

    Last updated: October 13, 2020

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    • nature-based-solutions
    • ecosystem-services
    • discrete-choice
    • climate-change-adaptation
    • resilience