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35 datasets found

  • 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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    • soil
    • grassland
    • soil-chemistry
    • soil-biology
    • mineralization
    • nutrient-network
    • global
    • worldwide
  • 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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    • landscape
    • amphibians
    • occupancy-models
    • conservation
    • wetlands
  • 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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    • biodiversity
    • biogeography
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • soil-impacts
    • forest-management
  • 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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    • fraxinus
    • intraspecific-variation
    • cross-resistance
    • defense-chemistry
    • ash-dieback
    • emerald-ash-borer
    • invasive-species
  • Ecosystem coupling and multifunctionality - exclosure experiment

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    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

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    • ecosystem-multifunctionality
    • exclusion
    • grazing
    • invertebrates
    • ecosystem-functions
    • subalpine
    • swiss-national-park
    • grassland
    • ecosystem-coupling
    • vertebrates
  • Daily data of solute and stable water isotopes in stream water and precipitation in the Alp catchment, Central Switzerland

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    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

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    • stable-water-isotopes
    • precipitation
    • stream-water
    • spatially-distributed-sampling
    • geochemical-solutes
  • 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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    • plants
    • ecological-indicator-values
    • ecological-maps
    • switzerland
    • soil-mapping
    • landolt
    • soil-ph
    • soil-moisture
  • Daily data of the volumes, solutes and isotopes in snowpack outflow measured at three locations in the southern Alp catchment

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    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

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    • snowmelt-rate
    • stable-water-isotopes
    • solutes
    • snowmelt-lysimeter
    • snowpack-outflow
  • DISCHMEX - Meteorological measurements

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    Meteorological measurements recorded in the Dischma valley from 2014-2016. In 2014 and 2015 we used 11 mobile weather stations from sensorscope to record meteorological parameter...

    Last updated: November 3, 2019

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    • PDF
    • meteorological-data
    • dischmex
    • meteo-station
    • dischma
    • meteorological-measurements
  • Bryophytes of Europe Traits (BET) dataset

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    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

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    • hornworts
    • indicator-values
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • iucn
    • liverworts
    • red-list
    • life-history-traits
    • mosses
  • Native and no-native plant interactions in Australian grasslands

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    This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based.

    Paper Citation:

    _Schlierenzauer, C., Risch, A.C., Schütz, M., Firn, J. 2021. Non-native...

    Last updated: October 19, 2021

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    • weed-management
    • native-plant
    • herbivory
    • grassland
    • non-native-plant
  • Base cation dynamics in an Oriental beech forest

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    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

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    • potassium
    • magnesium
    • biogeochemical-cycling
    • fagus-orientalis-lipsky
    • calcium
  • 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 4, 2023

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    • avalanche-forecasting
    • avalanche-forecast
    • avalanche-bulletin
    • verification
    • avalanche-danger-level
  • Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald, Switzerland

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    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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    • diameter-at-breast-height
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • tree-species
    • lwf
    • crown-condition
    • tree
    • scots-pine
    • forest
    • drought
    • dbh
    • irrigation
  • DISCHMEX - Impact of extreme land-surface heterogeneity on micrometeorology over spring snow-cover

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    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

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    • XLS
    • snow-patch
    • eddy-covariance-measurements
    • patchy-snow-covers
    • dischmex
    • turbulent-sensible-heat-fluxes
  • 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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    • drought
    • fluorescence
    • photosynthesis
    • vpd
    • pinus-sylvestris
    • gas-exchange
    • acclimation
  • Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)

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    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

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    • runoff
    • alptal
    • snow
    • first-order-catchment
    • subalpine
    • meteorological-data
  • Lake_climate_change_scenarios_CH2018

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    The dataset "Lake_climate_change_scenarios_CH2018" provides simulation-based climate change impact scenarios for perialpine lakes in Switzerland. These transient future scenarios...

    Last updated: September 5, 2023

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    • lake-level-regulation
    • perialpine-lakes
    • climate-change
    • switzerland
    • hydrologic-and-hydrodynamic-modelling
  • Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina

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    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
    • compound-events
    • protection-forest
    • extreme-events
    • forest-fire
    • protective-effect
    • drought
    • natural-hazards
  • 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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    • climate-change-impact
    • bryophyte
    • moss
    • lichen-growth-form
    • endemic
    • functional-taxonomic-groups
    • functional-taxonomic-group
    • endemic-species
    • elevational-gradient
    • lichen-growthform
    • liverwort
    • biodiversity
    • photobiont
    • lichen
    • madeira-island
    • bryophyte-life-strategy
    • disturbance
    • climate-change