The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of our research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries. WSL occupies a leading position internationally in these research areas. We also provide groundwork for sustainable environmental policies in Switzerland.

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6 datasets found

  • Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina

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    Education, culture and sport

    This dataset contains the results of a case study analysing the potential impacts of a compound meteorological extreme event on the protective forest in the Val Mesolcina. These...

    Last updated: October 2, 2023

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    • bark-beetles
    • protection-forest
    • compound-events
    • extreme-events
    • forest-fire
    • natural-hazards
    • drought
    • protective-effect
  • Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald, Switzerland

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    Education, culture and sport

    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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    • crown-condition
    • tree-species
    • diameter-at-breast-height
    • forest
    • scots-pine
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • lwf
    • drought
    • irrigation
    • dbh
    • tree
  • European Snow Booklet – an Inventory of Snow Measurements in Europe

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    Education, culture and sport

    The European Snow Booklet (ESB) is a book of reference for snow measurements that has been produced through collaboration with many European snow practitioners and snow scientists...

    Last updated: June 19, 2021

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    • snow-measurement-methods
    • depth-of-snowfall
    • snow-depth
    • harmonisation-of-snow-measurements
    • cost-action-es1404-harmosnow
    • spatial-distribution-of-snow-observations-in-europe
    • water-equivalent-of-the-snow-cover
  • 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: September 21, 2023

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    • occupancy-models
    • wetlands
    • landscape
    • amphibians
    • conservation
  • FACE: Stillberg CO2 enrichment and soil warming study

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    Education, culture and sport

    Background information

    High elevation ecosystems are important in research about environmental change because shifts in climate associated with anthropogenic greenhouse gas...

    Last updated: September 8, 2023

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    • stillberg
    • vegetation
    • carbon-dioxide
    • soil-temperature
    • experiment
    • climate-change
  • Nutrient addition experiment at the Alpine treeline site Stillberg, Switzerland

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    Background information

    The availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is considered to be a major factor limiting growth and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems globally....

    Last updated: April 17, 2023

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    • stillberg
    • tree-rings
    • fertilization
    • treeline
    • dwarf-shrubs
    • nitrogen-isotope