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84 datasets found

  • First detailed record of Jikradia olitoria (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Swiss southern Alps and evaluation of its current potential as a vector of 16SrV-phytoplasmas

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    Jikradia olitoria Say is a Nearctic leafhopper that was recently identified in several European countries. Given its role as the vector of phytoplasmas associated with Grapevine...

    Last updated: February 9, 2026

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    • epidemiology
    • flavescence-doree
    • grapevine-yellows
    • nearctic-leafhopper
    • neobiota
  • In-situ soil moisture measurements Napf-region

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    In the context of landslide early warning research, soil moisture (e.g. volumetric soil water content and soil water potential) has been measured at six locations in the...

    Last updated: February 5, 2026

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    • landslide-early-warning
    • soil-moisture
    • soil-temperature
    • soil-water-content
    • soil-water-matrix-potential
  • Ice nucleating particle concentrations active at -15 °C at Weissfluhjoch

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    This dataset contains number concentrations of ice-nucleating particles active at -15 °C observed at Weissfluhjoch during February and March 2019, as well as complementary data...

    Last updated: January 26, 2026

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    • aerosol
    • backward-trajectories
    • clouds
    • ice-nucleation
    • raclets
  • Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)

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    This data set includes 57 years of hydrometeorological measurements from small (first-order) catchments in the pre-alpine valley Alptal. Here we provide daily mean values; values...

    Last updated: January 8, 2026

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    • alptal
    • first-order-catchment
    • meteorological-data
    • runoff
    • snow
    • subalpine
  • Blue-Green Biodiversity Beavers affecting Ecosystems

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    This is the metadata collected in the Blue-Green Biodiversity Beavers project running from 2021 till 2025 about how beavers affect the biodiversity and ecosystem. See the linked...

    Last updated: January 8, 2026

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    • bats
    • beaver
    • deadwood
    • freshwater
    • metadata
    • soil
  • 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

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    • acoustic-mass-flux
    • flowcapt
    • raclets
    • snow-blowing
    • snowdrift
    • wind-speed
  • Snow Drift Station - Snow and Air Data

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    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

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    • raclets
    • snow
    • snow-depth
    • snow-height
    • snow-temperature
    • temperature
  • 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

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    • ecological-indicator-values
    • ecological-maps
    • landolt
    • plants
    • soil-mapping
    • soil-moisture
    • soil-ph
    • switzerland
  • Anthropogenic change and soil net N mineralization

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    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

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    • ammonification
    • climate
    • fertilization
    • global-change
    • grassland
    • herbivore
    • mineralization
    • nitrification
    • nitrogen
    • nutrient-network
    • soil
  • Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

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    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

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    • global
    • grassland
    • mineralization
    • nutrient-network
    • soil
    • soil-biology
    • soil-chemistry
    • worldwide
  • 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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    • acclimation
    • drought
    • fluorescence
    • gas-exchange
    • photosynthesis
    • pinus-sylvestris
    • vpd
  • 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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    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

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    • forest-snow
    • forest-structure
    • snow-distribution
    • snow-energy-balance
    • snow-modelling
  • Restoring grassland multifunctionality

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    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

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

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    • diversity
    • grassland
    • long-term-experiment
    • nematodes
    • restoration
    • topsoil-removal
    • vegetation
  • 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
    • forest
    • recreational-activities
    • teenagers
  • 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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    • XLS
    • biodiversity
    • biogeography
    • forest-management
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • soil-impacts
  • Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist

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    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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    • ash-dieback
    • cross-resistance
    • defense-chemistry
    • emerald-ash-borer
    • fraxinus
    • intraspecific-variation
    • invasive-species
  • Soil property maps for the Swiss forest

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    We used 2071 forest soil profiles to model a wide range of soil properties for the forested area of Switzerland. The spatial prediction is based on the principle of «digital soil...

    Last updated: February 26, 2024

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    • ZIP
    • dsm
    • forest
    • soc
    • soil
    • soil-depth
    • soil-ph
    • soil-properties
    • soil-texture
    • switzerland
  • Resurveyed vegetation releves of beech forests in the Swiss Jura Mountains

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    This dataset comprised 254 historical (1937 – 1948) and resurveyed (2019 – 2022) vegetation relevés of beech-dominated forests sites in the Swiss Jura mountains. The data contains...

    Last updated: February 21, 2024

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    • air-pollution
    • climate-change
    • fagus-sylvatica
    • forest
    • forest-management
    • ground-vegetation
  • Re-analyzed regional avalanche danger levels in Switzerland

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    The data set contains the re-analyzed (or quality-checked) regional avalanche danger levels (D_QC) for Switzerland.

    D_QC relates to dry-snow avalanche conditions only. Measuring...

    Last updated: August 26, 2024

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    • avalanche-bulletin
    • avalanche-danger-level
    • avalanche-forecast
    • avalanche-forecasting
    • verification