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41 datasets found

  • 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

    • XLS
    • global-change
    • nitrification
    • climate
    • nitrogen
    • soil
    • nutrient-network
    • herbivore
    • ammonification
    • mineralization
    • grassland
    • fertilization
  • Daily data of the volumes, solutes and isotopes in snowpack outflow measured at three locations in the southern Alp catchment

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    Education, culture and sport

    This data contain volumes, solutes and isotopes of snowpack outflow measured by a snowmelt lysimeter system at three locations in the southern Alp catchment, situated Central...

    Last updated: August 25, 2021

    • XLS
    • snowmelt-rate
    • snowpack-outflow
    • stable-water-isotopes
    • solutes
    • snowmelt-lysimeter
  • 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
    • nematodes
    • grassland
    • soil-biodiversity
    • restoration
    • fungi
    • biodiversity
    • bacteria
    • soil-chemistry
    • plants
    • topsoil-removal
    • soil-biology
    • soil
  • DISCHMEX - Impact of extreme land-surface heterogeneity on micrometeorology over spring snow-cover

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    Education, culture and sport

    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
    • eddy-covariance-measurements
    • patchy-snow-covers
    • dischmex
    • snow-patch
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
  • Data Broedlin CNP

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    Education, culture and sport

    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
    • phosphorus
    • nitrogen
    • carbon
    • soil
    • stoichiometry
    • drying-rewetting
    • mineralization
    • dissolved-organic-matter
    • forest
  • Grassland restoration: nematodes and plant communities

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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., Graf, U., Wagenaar, R., van der Putten, W.H., Risch,...

    Last updated: October 19, 2021

    • XLS
    • diversity
    • grassland
    • long-term-experiment
    • nematodes
    • vegetation
    • topsoil-removal
    • restoration
  • Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)

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    Education, culture and sport

    This data set includes 54 years of hydrometeorological measurements from small (first-order) catchments in the pre-alpine valley Alptal. Here we provide daily mean values; values...

    Last updated: March 3, 2023

    • XLS
    • meteorological-data
    • snow
    • runoff
    • first-order-catchment
    • alptal
    • subalpine
  • Snow Drift Station - Flowcapt

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    Education, culture and sport

    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
    • acoustic-mass-flux
    • wind-speed
    • snowdrift
    • snow-blowing
    • raclets
    • flowcapt
  • Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • XLS
    • TXT
    • PDF
    • life-history-traits
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • mosses
    • indicator-values
    • red-list
    • hornworts
    • iucn
    • liverworts
  • 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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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • snow-distribution
    • snow-modelling
    • forest-structure
    • forest-snow
    • snow-energy-balance
  • 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
    • soil-biology
    • soil-chemistry
    • grassland
    • mineralization
    • global
    • nutrient-network
    • worldwide
    • soil
  • Ecosystem coupling and multifunctionality - exclosure experiment

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    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
    • grassland
    • subalpine
    • invertebrates
    • exclusion
    • vertebrates
    • ecosystem-coupling
    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • ecosystem-functions
    • swiss-national-park
    • grazing
  • Snow Drift Station - Snow and Air Data

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • XLS
    • snow
    • raclets
    • snow-temperature
    • snow-height
    • temperature
    • snow-depth
  • Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    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

    • XLS
    • fraxinus
    • ash-dieback
    • emerald-ash-borer
    • cross-resistance
    • invasive-species
    • defense-chemistry
    • intraspecific-variation
  • The usage of landscape ecological concepts in the planning literature

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    Education, culture and sport

    Table of content: 1. Frequency of early concepts; 2. Frequency of additional concepts; 3. Use of any early concept; 4. Use of any additional concept, 5. Planning steps; 6....

    Last updated: October 25, 2021

    • CSV
    • XLS
    • landscape-services
    • decision-making
    • literature-review
    • sense-of-place
    • socio-ecological-system
    • multifunctionality
    • landscape-planning
    • resilience
    • planning
    • green-infrastructure
    • pdfsearch
    • landscape-perception
    • ecosystem-services
    • landscape-ecology
  • Factors influencing teenagers' forest visit frequency

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • SERVICE
    • XLS
    • PDF
    • recreational-activities
    • adolescents
    • forest
    • teenagers
    • childhood
  • RoRCC

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • XLS
    • environmental-flow
    • run-of-river-power-plants
    • climate-change
    • hydropower
    • design-discharge
  • Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    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

    • XLS
    • SERVICE
    • CSV
    • biogeography
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • soil-impacts
    • forest-management
    • biodiversity
  • Base cation dynamics in an Oriental beech forest

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    Education, culture and sport

    Throughfall, litterflow and soil solution were sampled during one whole year under five Oriental beech trees in a mixed Hyrcanian beech forest. The amounts of Ca2+, Mg2+, K+ and...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

    • XLS
    • magnesium
    • potassium
    • fagus-orientalis-lipsky
    • biogeochemical-cycling
    • calcium
  • Daily data of solute and stable water isotopes in stream water and precipitation in the Alp catchment, Central Switzerland

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    Education, culture and sport

    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

    • XLS
    • stream-water
    • spatially-distributed-sampling
    • geochemical-solutes
    • precipitation
    • stable-water-isotopes