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Soil property maps for the Swiss forest
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... -
Resurveyed vegetation releves of beech forests in the Swiss Jura Mountains
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... -
Gao_Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities_13C-PLFA
Data of 13C-pulselabeling experiments in a young beech model ecosystem and a mature pine forest exposed to drought and rewetting. Data include microclimate during the... -
Litterfall and pollen data of three LWF beech plots
This dataset contains the parameters used in the statistical analyses for the manuscript SREP-19-40170-T, submitted in Scientific Reports. This study is part of the WSL Drought... -
Vegetation Height Model NFI
A national vegetation height model was calculated for Switzerland using digital aerial images. We used the stereo aerial images acquired by the Federal Office of Topography... -
Tree-ring data of European beech with premature leaf discoloration in 2018 an...
Tree-ring data and tree location from 470 European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) located in the northern part of Switzerland. 278 trees showed drought-induced premature leaf... -
Swiss FluxNet Site Lägeren
The Swiss FluxNet Site Lägeren is a managed mixed deciduous mountain forest located on the steep Lägeren mountain (NW of Zurich, Swiss Plateau). The forest is highly diverse,... -
Swiss FluxNet Site Davos
The Swiss FluxNet Site Davos is a managed subalpine evergreen forest, located on the Seehorn mountain near Davos in the Swiss Alps. The site is dominated by Norway spruce. The... -
Stand inventory data from the 10‐ha forest research plot in Uholka, Ukraine
In 2000, a permanent forest plot of 10 ha has been established in the core zone of the primeval beech forest of Uholka. All living and dead trees with a diameter at breast... -
Soil fauna drives SOC storage in a long-term irrigated dry pine forest
Data from a 17-year-long irrigation experiment (Pfynwald, Switzerland) in a naturally dry forest dominated by 100-year-old pine trees (Pinus sylvestris). Data include: (1)... -
Shape still matters - experimental quantification of deadwood effects on rock...
We conducted an experimental rockfall campaign on a forested slope with deadwood and on with the windthrown area cleared in Schiers (CH). Two different rock categories were... -
Scolytidae
Scolytidae data from all historic up to the recent projects (29.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various methods in forests of different types. Data are provided on request to... -
Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar. Ergebnisse der vierten Erhebung 2009–2017
Swiss National Forest Inventory. Results of the fourth survey 2009–2017. The collection of data for the fourth National Forest Inventory (NFI) was carried out from 2009 to 2017,... -
Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald...
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,... -
Number of forest plots
Number of forest sample plots (Plots). Citation: Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich,... -
Net primary productivity (NPP) anomalies simulated by 3-PG model for Switzerland
Simulated net primary productivity (NPP) anomalies (percent deviation) in 1961-2018 years relative to the 1961–1990 reference period for Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica. NPP was... -
Nitrogen availability under trees exposed to CO2 enrichment (FACE)
Data obtained in the free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment at Hofstetten, NW Switzerland, between 2009 and 2016. This dataset contains analyses of the soil solution... -
Monthly topsoil and near surface microclimate temperature data for Switzerland
Climate data matching the scales at which organisms experience climatic conditions are often missing. Yet, such data on microclimatic conditions are required to better... -
Monitoring of ash trees as part of the Intercantonal Forest Observation Progr...
In 2013, the Institute for Applied Plant Biology (IAP) started a monitoring programme to study the development and the spatial variation of the ash dieback disease with the aim... -
LWF-Tea bag sites
Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for the transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in the decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as...