en: European Snow Booklet unpublished metadata

en: The entire station metadata of all European institutions that contributed data is stored in METADATA_unpublished.xlsx. This file, however, cannot be accessed, since not all institutions gave permission to publish their station metadata. If you wish to access the metadata, please send a request to marty@slf.ch stating clearly why you want to access these metadata. NOTE: in this file ONLY station metadata (Lat/Lon/Altitude) is given, NO measured snow depth data.

en: COST European Snow Booklet (ESB)

en: Please find here the web version of the COST European Snow Booklet (ESB).

en: COST European Snow Booklet (ESB) - DORA Link

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en: DORA Link of the COST European Snow Booklet (ESB).

format: HTML

en: European Snow Booklet public metadata

en:
The core of the European Snow Booklet (ESB), the country reports of 38 European countries, are based on information and metadata on snow measurements collected through a comprehensive survey, the ESB Questionnaire, between August 2017 and March 2018. The station metadata (for example location, elevation, measurement start date) from each country was provided by one or several institutions responsible for snow observations. By answering the questionnaire the contacts agreed that the information and metadata provided could be presented in the ESB. For cases where institutions indicated that information on station locations could be made publicly available, the metadata for the variables snow depth (HS), depth of snowfall (HN) and water equivalent of the snow cover (SWE), is additionally provided here for download (METADATA.xlsx).
Please note that not all institutions gave permission to publish their station metadata. This metadata has to be requested from the non-personal institution contacts provided in the METADATA.xlsx file. In some cases, however, no institutional contact is available and thus the contact of the country representative who filled in the questionnaire is used.
For current, updated station metadata we refer to the (non-personal) institutional contacts provided in METADATA.xlsx and/or the institution webpages. Note, however, that we cannot guarantee for completeness of the dataset for all countries because operational networks are prone to changes.

en: List of authors and list of the editorial board of the European Snow Booklet

en:
Here you can find the list of all lead authors of the different chapters of the European Snow Booklet (ESB).
In addition a list of the editorial board that reviewed the ESB is given.

en:
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 in the framework of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ES1404 “A European network for a harmonised monitoring of snow for the benefit of climate change scenarios, hydrology and numerical weather prediction (HarmoSnow)”. The ESB provides a unique collection of information about operational snow observations in the European countries and the methods used to perform basic measurements of snow on the ground: snow depth (HS), depth of snowfall (HN), water equivalent of the snow cover (SWE) and presence of snow on the ground (PSG). Information and station metadata (for example location, elevation) for these basic snow variables were collected through a comprehensive survey, the ESB questionnaire between August 2017 and March 2018. Numerous institutions of 38 European countries provided detailed information describing the status of the operational snow observations and the methods used at the time of the survey. Based on the information provided, a country report was written for each European country. Similarities and differences among the countries, that is, the choice of snow variables to be measured, the measurement principles applied, the number of stations, or the spatial and elevational station distribution are pointed out. Thus the collection of country reports demonstrates the relevance of snow measurements for each country. Thus, the intention of the ESB is to foster better knowledge transfer regarding snow measurements between the snow science and operational communities and to improve the communication of information to the general public.

For detailed information on the European countries, we refer to the ESB, which can be downloaded here (envidat.ch). Please note that the ESB is not a living document and information and station metadata are from August 2017 till March 2018, except for Latvia (metadata updated in December 2018).

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snow-measurement-methods

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water-equivalent-of-the-snow-cover

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yield-of-live-bole-wood

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en:
Volume of stemwood at least 7 cm in diameter (limit for coarse wood) without the bark and stump that were living trees or shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh in the pre-inventory and were cut between two inventories.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

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ownership

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yield-of-live-bole-wood

display_name: yield-of-live-bole-wood

educ

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en: Education, culture and sport

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envidat

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de: EnviDat: das Umwelt-Datenportal

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

it: EnviDat: il portale dei dati ambientali

fr: EnviDat est le portail de données du WSL; il offre un accès uniformisé et réglementé aux données de surveillance et de recherche en matière d’environnement. Ce portail est capable d’héberger et de publier des ensembles de données précieuses et uniques, qui sont partagées aux quatre coins de la planète. Ce faisant, EnviDat favorise la recherche et contribue à l’avancement des sciences environnementales.

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

de: EnviDat ist das Datenportal der WSL für einen einheitlichen und verwalteten Zugang zu Umweltdaten aus Monitoring- und Forschungsprojekten. Auf dem Portal können Datensätze gehostet und veröffentlicht werden. Durch die weltweite Bereitstellung einzigartiger und wertvoller Datensätze leistet EnviDat einen Beitrag zur Forschung im Bereich der Umweltwissenschaften.

it: EnviDat è il portale dati del WSL che fornisce un accesso unificato e gestito ai dati di monitoraggio ambientale e di ricerca. Il portale ha la capacità di ospitare e pubblicare serie di dati preziosi e unici che vengono condivisi in tutto il mondo. Così facendo, EnviDat promuove la ricerca e contribuisce al progresso della scienza ambientale.

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en: Yield of live bole wood


maintainer: Thomas Wohlgemuth

en: biodiversity forest-management soil-impacts biogeography pairwise-stand-comparisons

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en: Baseline data

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en: headers

en: Description of headers for data_wohlgemuth_etal_Neobiota_2022

en: references

en: Bibliography of all references cited in data_wohlgemuth_etal_Neobiota_2022.

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en: Compiled data on the impacts of seven important NNTs (Acacia dealbata, Ailanthus altissima, Eucalyptus globulus, Prunus serotina, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus rubra, Robinia pseudoacacia) on physical and chemical soil and biodiversity in Europe, and summarise commonalities and differences. A total of 107 publications considered, studies referred to biodiversity attributes and soil properties: 2804 lines and 30 rows.

biodiversity

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forest-management

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pairwise-stand-comparisons

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soil-impacts

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en: Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review


en: allocation drought microbial-biomass forest rhizosphere pfynwald soil

en:
Data of 13C pulselabelling experiment
1. Climate and soil respiration in the year following pulse labelling
2. Temporal patterns in 13C signal (D13C) and 13Cexcess
3. Spatial distribution of 13C in the soil

en: Data from pulse-labelling experiment with 100-year old trees of a naturally dry pine forest exposed to a 15-year-long irrigation experiment. Canopies of 10 trees were labelled for 3 hours with 13CO2 and the fate of this label was traced for one year in stem and soil respiration and in microbial biomass around these trees. Data include (1) microclimatic data and soil respiration rates of the year following pulse labelling. (2) Temporal patterns of the 13C signal and 13C excess in soil respired CO2 and microbial biomass. (3) Spatial distribution of 13C signal in the soil.

allocation

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drought

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forest

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pfynwald

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rhizosphere

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soil

display_name: soil

en: Drought alters C footprint of trees in soil: tracking the spatio-temporal fate of 13C labelled assimilates in the soil


mortality

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en:
Volume of stemwood with bark of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that died or disappeared between two inventories, but were not cut. *In the calculation no D7/tree height data were used. The values calculated like this have not been corrected for bias, but allow for cantons or forest districts a more robust estimation of changes and could thus be better interpreted.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

canton

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mortality-star

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ownership

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yield-and-mortality

title_for_slug: yield-and-mortality

en:
Volume of stemwood with bark of all trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh that were felled, died or disappeared between two inventories. The correction for bias with the sample Tarif trees may be so drastic that it results in negative values with small numbers of trees.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

altitudinal-vegetation-zone

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biogeographical-region

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conifers-broadleaves

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economic-region

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increment

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lower-higher-altitudinal-zones

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main-tree-species

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production-region

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protection-forest-region

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stage-of-stand-development

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yield-and-mortality

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educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: Yield and mortality


area-of-shrub-forest

title_for_slug: area-of-shrub-forest

en:
All plots classified as shrub forest according to the NFI forest definition.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

accessible-shrub-forest

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area-of-shrub-forest

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shrub-forest

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type-of-shrub-forest-aerial-photo

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envidat

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Area of shrub forest


en: surface-winds convolutional-neural-networks complex-terrain machine-learning meteorology high-resolution topography downscaling

en: Contains: all codes, installation procedure, technical documentation, an example of Digital Elevation Model of the Swiss Alps, the expected outputs of the code (downscaled wind fields).

en:
Wind-Topo is a statistical downscaling model for near surface wind fields especially suited for highly complex terrain.

It is based on deep learning and was trained (calibrated) using the hourly wind speed and direction from 261 automatic measurement stations (IMIS and SwissMetNet) located in Switzerland. The periods 1st October 2015 to 1st October 2016 and 1st October 2017 to 1st October 2018 were used for training. The model was validated using 60 other stations on the period 1st October 2016 to 1st October 2017. Wind-Topo was trained using COSMO-1 data and a 53-meter Digital Elevation Model as input.

This dataset provides all the necessary code to understand, use and incorporate Wind-Topo in a new downscaling scheme. Specifically, the dataset contains the architecture of Wind-Topo and its optimized parameters, as well as a python script to downscale uniform wind fields with a prescribed vertical profile for any given 53-meter DEM.

Accompanies the publication "Wind-Topo: Downscaling near-surface wind fields to high-resolution topography in highly complex terrain with deep learning" Dujardin and Lehning, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4265
Please cite this publication if you use Wind-Topo or derive new models from it.
The code can be used under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).

complex-terrain

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convolutional-neural-networks

display_name: convolutional-neural-networks

downscaling

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high-resolution

display_name: high-resolution

machine-learning

display_name: machine-learning

meteorology

display_name: meteorology

surface-winds

display_name: surface-winds

topography

display_name: topography


maintainer: Felix Neff

en: diversity grassland insects restoration functional-traits topsoil-removal long-term-experiment functional-diversity

en: Plot information

en:
Information on the experimental plots.

- **Plot**: ID of Plot
- **Treatment**: Experimental treatment
- **Landuse_history**: recent agricultural use for Initial; agricultural use before restoration for all restored sites
- **Last_tilled**: Last time the site was tilled
- **Intensity**: Frequency and intensity of mowing and manuring (*intensity1*: mowing once and no manure, i*ntensity2*: 2-3 times mowing and no manure, *intensity3*: 2-3 times mowing and manuring, *intensity4*: 4-5 times mowing and manuring)
- **Slope**: slope gradient according to classes defined by FAO (1990)
- **X**: X coordinate of the plot (CH1903)
- **Y**: Y coordinate of the plot (CH1903)
- **Cluster**: Spatial cluster of the plot

mimetype: text/csv

en: Insect abundance

en:
Abundance of adult insects recorded in the samplings on all experimental sites

- **Plot**: ID of Plot
- **Treatment**: Experimental treatment
- **Species**: Insect species name (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org))
- **Author**: Author and year of species' description (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org))
- **Group**: Insect group as used in the analyses
- **Number_Adults**: Number of adult individuals recorded
- **Herbivore**: Logical indicating whether the species is feeding as a herbivore (*TRUE*) or not (*FALSE*)

en: Insect traits

en:
Functional traits of all herbivorous insect species sampled in the study.

- **Species**: Insect species name (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org))
- **Author**: Author and year of species' description (following [Fauna Europaea](https://fauna-eu.org))
- **Group**: Insect group as used in the analyses
- **Body volume**: Body volume determined by body length, body width and body height (in mm$^3$)
- **Body_shape**: Ratio of body length to body width
- **Hind_femur_shape**: Ratio of hind-femur length to hind-femur width
- **Hind_front_leg_ratio**: Ratio of front-leg length to hind-leg length (leg length = femur length + tibia length)
- **Wing_length_rel**: Ratio of wing length to body length
- **Leg_length_rel**: Ratio of front-leg length to body length (leg length = femur length + tibia length)
- **Antenna_length_rel**: Ratio antenna length to body length
- **Eye_width_rel**: Ratio of eye width to head width (Auchenorrhyncha, Heteroptera) / to head height (Orthoptera)
- **Feeding_specialization**: Insect specialization on food source (*m*: monophagous, *o*: oligophagous, *p*: polyphagous)
- **Feeding_tissue**: Feeding tissue used for feeding (*c*: chewers, *x*: xylem, *p*: phloem, *m*: mesophyll, *m-p/r*: mesophyll as well as phloem and/or reproductive organs, *r*: reproductive organs, *se*: ripe seeds)
- **Hibernation**: Hibernation stage (*e*: egg, *e/n*: egg and nymph, *n*: nymph, *a*: adult)
- **Generations**: Number of generations per year (*1.5* stands for *1-2* generations per year)
- **Moisture_pref_mean**: mean of preferred habitat moistures (*1*: xerophilous, *2*: moderately xerophilous, *3*: moderately mesohygrophilous, *4*: mesohygrophilous, *5*: moderately hygrophilous, *6*: hygrophilous, *7*: moderately hydrophilous, *8*: hydrophilous)
- **Moisture_pref_range**: range of preferred habitat moistures (indicating degree of specialization)

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

**Paper Citation**:

Neff, F., Resch, M. C., Marty, A., Rolley, J. D., Schütz, M., Risch, A. C, Gossner, M. M. 2020. Long-term restoration success of insect herbivore communities in semi-natural grasslands: a functional approach. Ecological Applications, 30, e02133. [10.1002/eap.2133](https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2133)

Please cite this paper together with the citation for the datafile.

 Methods

 Study site
The study area is situated within and nearby to Eigental nature reserve (47°27’36” to 47°29’06” N, 8°37’12” to 8°37’44” E, 461 to 507 m a.s.l.) in the vicinity of Zurich airport (Canton Zurich, Switzerland). Mean annual precipitation and temperature is 903 ± 136 mm and 9.14°C ± 0.50°C (mean ± SD for 2007-2017 (*MeteoSchweiz 2018*)). In 1967, the Eigental nature reserve was established to protect small and isolated remnants of species-rich, semi-natural grasslands (roughly 12 ha), which were embedded in an otherwise intensively managed landscape. It is characterized by oligo- to mesotrophic Molinion (semi-wet, matrix species *Molinia caerulea*) and Mesobromion (semi-dry, matrix species *Bromus erectus*) meadows (*Delarze et al. 2015*), reflecting small-scale habitat heterogeneity, mainly due to site-specific groundwater levels and slope inclination. As in most Central European grasslands, management is necessary to prevent shrub and tree invasions as well as to secure low levels of available soil nutrients and thus to maintain these species-rich habitats ([*Poschlod and WallisDeVries 2002*](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00201-4)).
In 1990, the government of the Canton Zurich decided to enlarge the Eigental nature reserve as a counter measure against degradation and biodiversity loss in semi-natural grasslands due to overutilization and the excessive input of nutrients (mostly nitrogen). Eleven patches of adjacent intensively managed grassland (in total roughly 20 ha) were targeted to be transformed into semi-natural grasslands. As a first restoration measure, fertilization was ceased, and biomass harvested three times to remove excessive soil nutrients from the original system and thus benefit plant species with low competitive ability on the long run. In 1995, the restoration efforts were increased and a large-scale experiment comprising three restoration measures with increasing intervention intensities was implemented:

- **Harvest only**: Initial restoration measures were continued with mowing and removing of the aboveground biomass two times a year (early summer and autumn).
- **Topsoil**: Removal of topsoil, depending on the thickness of the A horizon the upper 10 to 20 cm, in four randomly selected areas within the eleven patches in late autumn 1995. The size of the restoration area depended on individual patch size (2700 to 7000 m2).
- **Topsoil + Propagules**: Plant propagules were added on half of the area where topsoil was removed via application of fresh, seed-containing hay and hand-collected propagules of target species originating from semi-dry and semi-wet species-rich grasslands with local and regional provenance (within radius of 7 to 30 km) (1995, 1996, 1997).

Management of *Topsoil* and *Topsoil + Propagules* started five years after treatment implementation and included yearly mowing and removing of aboveground biomass (late summer or early autumn). The experiment was complemented with intensively managed grassland sites that share the same agricultural history as the restored sites (**Initial**; swards dominated by *Lolium perenne*, *L. multiflorum* and *Trifolium repens*): mowing and subsequent fertilizing (manure) up to five times a year, as well as different tillage regimes. Finally, sites were selected in target semi-dry and semi-wet grasslands (**Target**) located within the Eigental nature reserve and another nature reserve nearby (Altläufe der Glatt; 47°28’29” to 47°27’41” N, 8°31’56” to 8°32’26” E, 418 to 420 m a.s.l.). The selected target sites are mown and aboveground biomass removed once a year in late summer or early autumn. For each of the five treatments, we selected eleven plots (5 m × 5 m) spread across the sites. Altogether, the experiment included 55 plots.

 Arthropod sampling
Aboveground arthropods were sampled using suction sampling on four consecutive days in early July 2017 before the grasslands were mown. Arthropods were sampled in two locations on each 5 m × 5 m plot, once in the south-western and once in the north-eastern corner to account for possible spatial heterogeneity within the plots. Arthropods were sorted to order or lower taxonomic levels and individuals were identified to species level. We focused on three groups (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera: Heteroptera, Orthoptera),

 Functional traits
We used two sets of functional traits in this study.

**Morphometric traits**:
Body volume, body shape, hind femur shape, hind/front leg ratio, wing length, leg length, antenna length and eye width. We used trait measurements from [*Simons et al. (2016)*](http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/15-0616.1) and [*Neff et al. (2019)*](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00872-1) and complemented them with measurements on study specimens. These measurements were conducted using a high-resolution measuring stereo microscope (Leica DVM6, Leica Microsystems) including automated high-resolution photo stacking with the software Leica Application Suite X (LAS X, © 2018 Leica Microsystems CMS GmbH) and Leica Map Premium (Leica Microsystems, © 1996-2017 Digital Surf) at WSL Birmensdorf. The eight morphometric traits were calculated from direct measurements of body parts on specimens of all sampled species. From each species, we measured at least one female and one male specimen. Additionally, for species that show wing dimorphism, we included the different wing morphs and weighted them by their prevalence reported in literature. For few species, of which not all wing morphs were available for measurements (10 cases), we estimated relative wing length from congeneric species or from the literature.

**Life-history traits**
Based on an existing data set collected by [*Gossner et al. (2015)*](http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2159.1). We included traits describing different life-history characteristics of herbivore insect species, namely: feeding specialization, feeding tissue, hibernation stage and number of generations per year, which are related to insect species’ vulnerability to changes in plant community composition, microhabitat use and disturbance tolerance. To represent potential changes in habitat moisture with abandonment of intensive land use (e.g., change in ground-water level), we also included two traits related to preferred habitat moisture of the study species: moisture preference, describing species’ optimum habitat moisture, and moisture range, which describes the species’ range of preferable moisture conditions.

 References

Delarze, R., Y. Gonseth, S. Eggenberg, and M. Vust. 2015. Lebensräume der Schweiz: Ökologie - Gefährdung - Kennarten. 3rd ed. Ott, Bern.

Gossner, M. M., N. K. Simons, R. Achtziger, T. Blick, W. H. O. Dorow, F. Dziock, F. Köhler, W. Rabitsch, and W. W. Weisser. 2015. A summary of eight traits of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera and Araneae, occurring in grasslands in Germany. Scientific Data 2:150013.

MeteoSchweiz. 2018. Klimabulletin Jahr 2017. MeteoSchweiz, Zürich.

Neff, F., N. Blüthgen, M. N. Chisté, N. K. Simons, J. Steckel, W. W. Weisser, C. Westphal, L. Pellissier, and M. M. Gossner. 2019. Cross-scale effects of land use on the functional composition of herbivorous insect communities. Landscape Ecology 34:2001–2015.

Poschlod, P., and M. F. WallisDeVries. 2002. The historical and socioeconomic perspective of calcareous grasslands—lessons from the distant and recent past. Biological Conservation 104:361–376.

Simons, N. K., W. W. Weisser, and M. M. Gossner. 2016. Multi-taxa approach shows consistent shifts in arthropod functional traits along grassland land-use intensity gradient. Ecology 97:754–764.

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functional-traits

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display_name: grassland

insects

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display_name: long-term-experiment

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display_name: topsoil-removal

en: Grassland restoration: insects and insect traits


maintainer: EnviDat Support

en: pest-invasion torymus-sinensis southern-switzerland population-evolution castanea-sativa biological-control dryocosmus-kuriphilus

en:
Data has been collected from summer 2011 to 2016.

Main reasons for NA values:

-	D. kuriphilus still not arrived in the site.
-	No galls were found during the field sampling.
-	Site has not been sampled in the correspondent year because of time, weather or money constrains.
-    T. sinensis not found in the galls

Variable description:

Year = sampling year.

Coordinate, elevation, slope, aspect = average site characteristics.

ts_arrival = T. sinensis arrival year.

dk_arrival = D. kuriphilus arrival year.

dk_parasitism_by_ts = D. kuriphilus parasitism rate by T. sinensis. Formula: (no. of T. sinensis/ no. of D. kuriphilus chambers) * 100 at gall level.

dk_infestation = Percentage of attacked buds. Formula: no. of attacked buds / no. of total developed buds*100 (as presented in Kotobuki et al. 1985) at shoot level.

ts_per_bud = number of alive T. sinensis individual calculated at bud level.

dk_per_bud = number of alive D. kuriphilus individual calculated at bud level.

dk_pot_per_bud = overall number (dead and alive) D. kuriphilus individual calculated at bud level.

total_gall_nr_per_bud = average gall number per bud.

chamber_per_galls = average D. kuriphilus chamber number per gall.

For details see the submitted publication with the same name

References
Kotobuki, K., Mori, K. and Sato, Y. (1985) ‘2 methods to estimate the tree damage by chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus-kuriphilus’, Bulletin of the fruit tree research station A (Yatabe), 2(12), pp. 29–36.

en:
This dataset contains the population evolution of a pest and its biocontrol agent in terms of presence proportion at gall level and absolute number of insects.

The study area extends from the Cuneo region (Piedmont, Italy) to southern Switzerland. In order to provide a complete range of data covering the entire process from the pest arrival to complete biological control by its natural enemy T. sinensis, a space-for-time substitution approach has been adopted so as to create a temporal gradient of the epidemic stages over the whole study area.

The southernmost Swiss sites roughly represent the arrival and establishment of the pest without the presence of the natural enemy, the central ones the early epidemic stage and the epidemic peak, whereas the northern ones the end of the epidemic with the beginning of the biocontrol. The Italian ones represent the beginning of the equilibrium between the two population as well as the situation with stable T. sinensis populations on the long term.

These data are used in the paper entitled: Torymus sinensis local and regional early population dynamics in the Insubrian and Piedmont regions

biological-control

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castanea-sativa

display_name: castanea-sativa

dryocosmus-kuriphilus

display_name: dryocosmus-kuriphilus

pest-invasion

display_name: pest-invasion

population-evolution

display_name: population-evolution

southern-switzerland

display_name: southern-switzerland

torymus-sinensis

display_name: torymus-sinensis

educ

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envidat

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en: elevation swiss-alps plant-insect-interaction dna-metabarcoding trophic-networks

media_type: text/plain

en: Plant surveys

format: TXT

en: This dataset is formatted as a pair-wise table where each rows correspond to a possible interaction between a plant and an insect species. For each possible interaction are provided the interaction strenght, the study site identity and elevation, the average plant functional trait for the punch, the SLA, the LDMC, the carbon and nitrogen content.

en: Plant-orthoptera trophic networks

en: Orthoptera surveys

en: Plant trait (SLA, LDMC, C/N, punch strenght)

en: Information about the study sites

en: The study of ecological networks along environmental gradients has so far been limited by the difficulty of collecting large-scale dataset of comparable interactions. Here, we compiled 48 plant–orthoptera interaction networks at multiple locations across the Swiss Alps (i.e. along six elevation gradient). Trophic interactions were obtained by applying next-generation sequencing methods (e.g. DNA metabarcoding) on insect feces. Together with interaction data, we also provide data of the functional trait measurement (i.e. plant leaves traits and insect mandibular strength) expected to influence the realization of the interaction. Species inventories, feces samples and functionals traits were collected during the summer 2016 and 2017. Lab work and network reconstruction were completed in 2019.

dna-metabarcoding

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elevation

display_name: elevation

plant-insect-interaction

display_name: plant-insect-interaction

swiss-alps

display_name: swiss-alps

trophic-networks

display_name: trophic-networks

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en: Plant-Orthoptera trophic networks (Lif3web projet)


en: alpine-regions switzerland python temporal-downscaling meteoswiss quantile-mapping r-script delta-change imis climate-change-scenarios

media_type: application/zip

en: Python scripts to perform the temporal downscaling

format: ZIP

en: LICENSE

en: Python and R scripts to perform the data quality analysis

en: README

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This repository contains the source code of the analysis presented in the related paper. The code can be found in the following github repository: https://github.com/Chelmy88/temporal_downscaling

This code can be used to perform temporal downscaling of meteorological time series from daily to hourly time steps and to perform the quality assessment described in the paper.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

alpine-regions

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climate-change-scenarios

display_name: climate-change-scenarios

delta-change

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imis

display_name: imis

meteoswiss

display_name: meteoswiss

python

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quantile-mapping

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r-script

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switzerland

display_name: switzerland

temporal-downscaling

display_name: temporal-downscaling

en: Source code for: Climate change scenarios at hourly time-step over Switzerland from an enhanced temporal downscaling approach


en: peat nature-conservation vegetation restoration indicator-values sphagnum raised-bog switzerland

en: Data Hagenmoos

en: The data file contains mean indicator values for light, moisture, pH, nutrients, humus, temperature and continentality and strategy values for stress, competition and ruderality for each plot and year. It further contains for each plot and year species richenss values for the following groups: (1) all plant species, (2) all vascular plant species, (3) bog specialists among vascular plant species, (4) all bryophyte species, (5) bog specialists among bryophyte species. As bog specialist species, we considered all plant species listed as characteristic species of raised bogs by Feldmeyer-Christe and Küchler (2018: Moore der Schweiz. Haupt, Bern).

en: This dataset includes data from three vegetation surveys in a restored raised bog (Hagenmoos) in the lowland of the canton of Zürich (Switzerland). The bog Hagenmoos was restored by cutting shrubs and trees within the formerly peat-cutting pits and by blocking drainages. The vegetation surveys were carried out before (1989), ten years after (1999) and 30 years after restoration (2020). In each vegetation survey, all vascular plant and bryophyte species within 72 permanent plots were recorded. Of these plots, 34 are located within the formerly peat-cutting pits and 38 are located outside the peat pits. Based on presence-absence data of vascular plants and bryophytes, mean ecological indicator and strategy values based on Landolt et al. (2010) were calculated and are provided in the Excel sheet. Indicator values for light, moisture, pH, nutrients, humus, temperature and continentality and strategy values for stress, competition and ruderality were considered. Furthermore, species richness for the following groups were calculated: (1) all plant species, (2) all vascular plant species, (3) bog specialists among vascular plant species, (4) all bryophyte species, (5) bog specialists among bryophyte species. As bog specialist species, we considered all plant species listed as characteristic species of raised bogs by Feldmeyer-Christe and Küchler (2018: Moore der Schweiz. Haupt, Bern).

indicator-values

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nature-conservation

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peat

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raised-bog

display_name: raised-bog

restoration

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sphagnum

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vegetation

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educ

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en: Restoration of the lowland raised bog Hagenmoos (Switzerland): Data on vegetation, ecological indicator values and species richness from 1989 until 2020


maintainer: Christian Rixen

en: dwarf-shrubs treeline nitrogen-isotope stillberg tree-rings fertilization

en: Data Nutrient Addition Stillberg

en: This link leads to the figshare repository, which contains all nutrient addition data.

en: Project Description Nutrient Addition Stillberg

en: Link to Nutrient Addition project description on the WSL website (in German).

en: Metadata Nutrient Addition Stillberg Experimental Design

media_type: image/png

en: Nutrient addition map of the study area with the investigated plots. Each circle (study block) contains one control plot and two plots that received NPK fertilizer corresponding to 15 (NPK15) or 30 (NPK30) kg N ha-1 a-1. Contour lines specify the elevation (m a.s.l.) in steps of 10 m.

format: PNG

en:
 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. This project aimed to determine whether the growth stimulation documented in previous short‐term fertilisation trials persisted in a longer‐term study (12 years) in the treeline ecotone, and whether possible negative effects of nutrient addition offset the benefits of any growth stimulation.
Over the course of the 12 study years, NPK fertiliser corresponding to 15 or 30 kg N ha−1 a−1 was added annually to plots containing 30‐year‐old *Larix decidua* or 32‐year-old *Pinus uncinata* individuals with an understorey of mainly ericaceous dwarf shrubs. To quantify growth, annual shoot increments of trees and dwarf shrubs as well as radial growth increments of trees were measured. Nutrient concentrations in the soil were also measured and the foliar nutritional status of trees and dwarf shrubs was assessed.

 Experimental design

Over an elevation gradient of 140 m across the treeline afforestation site Stillberg, 22 locations were chosen that covered the whole range of microenvironmental conditions (*see* Nutrient addition experimental design.png). Half of the blocks included European larch (*L. decidua*) and the other half included mountain pine (*P. uncinata*). Within each block, three plantation quadrats were randomly selected as experimental plots and each plot was assigned to a control (no fertilisation) or to one of two fertiliser dose treatments (15 kg and 30 kg N ha−1 a−1). Treatments were assigned randomly but confined so that the location of fertilised plots within a block was not directly above control plots to avoid nutrient input from drainage. For details about the experiment, *see* Möhl et al (2019).

 Data description

The available datasets contain climate variables (2004-2016), nutrient isotope measurements (2010 & 2016), shrub growth measurements (2004-2016), soil parameter measurements and annual ring and shoot measurements (2004-2016). All data can be found here:
<https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Twelve_years_of_low_nutrient_input_stimulates_growth_of_trees_and_dwarf_shrubs_in_the_treeline_ecotone/7025858>

dwarf-shrubs

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fertilization

display_name: fertilization

nitrogen-isotope

display_name: nitrogen-isotope

stillberg

display_name: stillberg

tree-rings

display_name: tree-rings

treeline

display_name: treeline

en: Nutrient addition experiment at the Alpine treeline site Stillberg, Switzerland


en: snow-water-equivalent snow-density model-calibration-data model-validation-data snow-depth

en: swe2hs calibration and validation data

en:
 Contents of this archive

 README.md

 A readme file containing a description of the other files.

 automatic_stations_validation_data.csv

 Daily data from the automatic weather stations used for validation.

 Data sources and providers are listed in the SWE2HS paper, Table 1.

 Columns:

  * date: timestamp of the format YYYY-MM-DD
  * HS_[m]: snow depth in [m]
  * SWE_[m]: snow water equivalent in [m]
  * site_id: code for the measurement site
  - HS_interpolated: boolean flag for interpolated values
  - SWE_interpolated: : boolean flag for interpolated values

 coordinates_swe2hs_paper_stations.csv

 Coordinates of all measurement sites used in the SWE2HS paper.

 Columns:

  * site_id: code for the measurement site
  * location_name: location name of the measurement site
  * lon_[wgs84]: longitude in WGS84
  * lat_[wgs84]: latitude in WGS84
  * elevation_[m]: atitude of the measurement site in [m]
  * dataset: dataset in which the station is included

 manual_station_calibration_data.csv

 Calibration data from the Swiss manual observer stations. Long station records
 trmmed to 15 random water-years.

 Columns:

  * date: timestamp of the format YYYY-MM-DD
  * HS_[m]: snow depth in [m]
  * SWE_[m]: snow water equivalent in [m]
  * SWE_from_profile_[m]: biweekly measurement from the SWE in the measurement
   pit. Corrected with the bulk density in order to match the snow depth from
   the measurement stake. Please refer to the paper for further details.
  * site_id: code for the measurement site

 manual_stations_validation_data.csv

 Validation data from the Swiss manual observer stations. Remaining water-years
 from the long sttaion record not used for the calibration data.

 Columns:

  * date: timestamp of the format YYYY-MM-DD
  * HS_[m]: snow depth in [m]
  * SWE_[m]: snow water equivalent in [m]
  * SWE_from_profile_[m]: biweekly measurement from the SWE in the measurement
   pit. Corrected with the bulk density in order to match the snow depth from
   the measurement stake. Please refer to the paper for further details.
  * site_id: code for the measurement site

 manual_stations_used_deltasnow_parameters.csv

 Site specific DeltaSNOW model parameters used for the calculation of the daily
 SWE series in 'manual_stations_calibration_data.csv' and
 'manual_stations_validation_data.csv'.

 Parameters were optimized by reducing RMSE to the biweekly snow pit SWE measurements.
 Please refer to the paper for further details.

 A python implementation of the DeltaSNOW model was used for the calculation:
 pydeltasnow (https://pypi.org/project/pydeltasnow/)

 For a detailed description of the DeltaSNOW model parameters please see the
 respective publication:

 Winkler, M., Schellander, H., & Gruber, S. (2021). Snow water equivalents
 exclusively from snow depths and their temporal changes: the Δ snow model.
 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(3), 1165-1187.

 Columns:

  * site_id: code for the measurement site
  * rho_max: Maximum density of an individual snow layer produced by the DeltaSNOW model in [kg/m3]
  * rho_null: Fresh snow density for a newly created layer [kg/m3
  * c_ov: Overburden factor due to fresh snow [-]
  * k_ov: Defines the impact of the individual layer density on the compaction due to overburden [-]
  * k: Exponent of the exponential-law compaction [m3/kg]
  * tau: Uncertainty bound [m]
  * eta_null: Effective compactive viscosity of snow for “zero-density” [Pa s]

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The data in this repository was used for the calibration and validation of the
SWE2HS model in the following publication:
Aschauer, J., Michel, A., Jonas, T., & Marty, C. (2023). An empirical model to calculate snow depth from daily snow water equivalent: SWE2HS 1.0. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2022-258
Contains daily snow water equivalent and snow depth timeseries from stations in the European Alps.

model-calibration-data

display_name: model-calibration-data

model-validation-data

display_name: model-validation-data

snow-density

display_name: snow-density

snow-depth

display_name: snow-depth

snow-water-equivalent

display_name: snow-water-equivalent

envidat

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en: SWE2HS model calibration and validation data


en: forest-inventory fagus-sylvatica forest-reserves sihlwald natural-forest-dynamics

en: Regeneration 2017

en: Data on regeneration inventory 2017 (living trees between 10 cm height and DBH < 7 cm)

en: Standing living trees 1981 - 2017

en: Contains data on standing, living trees with a DBH >= 8 cm.

en: Standing dead trees 2003 - 2017

en: Contains data on standing dead trees with a DBH >= 8 cm.

en: Data Description

media_type: application/pdf

en: Describes the available tables

format: PDF

en: Standing living trees 2017

en: Contains data on standing, living trees with a DBH >= 7 cm.

en: Standing dead trees 2017

en: Contains data on standing dead trees with a DBH >= 7 cm.

en: Lying deadwood 2017

en: Contains data on lying deadwood assessed on 3 transects.

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 Supplementary Data Sample Plot Inventory Sihlwald

The Sihlwald is one of the largest contiguous beech forests in the Swiss Plateau region. In the year 2000, timber harvesting was abandoned. Since 2007 the forest has been under strict protection as a natural forest reserve on an area of 1098 ha and since 2008 as a cantonal nature and landscape conservation area (SVO Sihlwald). Since 2010, it carries the national label ‘Nature discovery park’ (‘Naturerlebnispark’). As part of the national monitoring in nature forest reserves, a sampling inventory (calipering threshold of 7 cm) with 226 plots on an area of 917 ha was carried out in the Sihlwald in autumn and early winter 2017. The aim was to describe the state and development of the forest structure and make comparisons with earlier sampling inventories in the same area from 1981, 1989 and 2003.
This dataset contains supplementary tables for the publication by Brändli et al. (2020). The metadata file describes the structure of the tables.

fagus-sylvatica

display_name: fagus-sylvatica

forest-inventory

display_name: forest-inventory

forest-reserves

display_name: forest-reserves

natural-forest-dynamics

display_name: natural-forest-dynamics

sihlwald

display_name: sihlwald

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

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en: metamorphism stable-water-isotope 18o snow advection

en: Read-me

en: A short description of the data contained in the zipped-file. Recommended for reading before downloading the dataset.

mimetype: text/plain

en: Data files and read-me

en: raw data and micro-CT data available from contacts

mimetype: application/zip

en:
Stable water isotopes (δ18O) obtained from snow and ice samples of polar regions are used to reconstruct past climate variability, but heat and mass transport processes can affect the isotopic composition. Here we present an experimental study on the effect on the snow isotopic composition by airflow through a snow pack in controlled laboratory conditions. The influence of isothermal and controlled temperature gradient conditions on the δ18O content in the snow and interstitial water vapor is elucidated. The observed disequilibrium between snow and vapor isotopes led to exchange of isotopes between snow and vapor under non-equilibrium processes, significantly changing the δ18O content of the snow. The type of metamorphism of the snow had a significant influence on this process.
Ebner, P. P., Steen-Larsen, H. C., Stenni, B., Schneebeli, M., and Steinfeld, A.: Experimental observation of transient δ18O interaction between snow and advective airflow under various temperature gradient conditions, The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2017-16, accepted, 2017.

advection

display_name: advection

metamorphism

display_name: metamorphism

snow

display_name: snow

stable-water-isotope

display_name: stable-water-isotope

envidat

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en: Experiments on stable water isotopes,  snow metamorphism, and advection


en: switzerland ecology environmental---history historical-carthography environmental--policy wetlands

en: Wetlands 1850 - 2010 (shapefiles)

en:
 History of wetlands - GIS-Layers
 Location of wetlands based on signatures in topographic maps
* Basis 1850: original measuring table sheets Dufour created between the years 1834 and 1863.
* Basis 1900/ Basis 1950: The Siegfried maps were updated and published at regular intervals between 1870 and 1949. This long period of time made it possible to reconstruct wetlands for two periods based on the Siegfried Maps: the first edition (hereinafter referred to as "1900") and the last edition ("1950").
* Basis 2010: Map sheets from the National Map from 2006 to 2011 were used for the most recent time period of the reconstruction.
 Location of wetlands due to reconstructions
The reconstruction **must not** be interpreted in the sense of a surface-accurate separation, but shows without claim to location accuracy the approximate extent of the areas that would have corresponded to the mapping criteria for wetlands used in today's topographic maps around 1850, 1900 and 1950. The basics can be found in Stuber & Bürgi 2019, chapter 5.4.

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Naturally, large parts of the Swiss Plateau are characterised by wetlands
and meandering rivers. That this is no longer the case today is the result
of centuries of efforts to obtain dry land. But how did this process take
place? What were the relevant actors and what were their motivations? And
what can be said about the ecological consequences of this development?

In a research project on the history of wetlands in Switzerland since 1700,
we conducted (a) a historical analysis of the development of land use in
wetlands and the actors involved, (b) a historical-cartographic
reconstruction of wetland extent since 1850 and (c) an evaluation of
ecological effects of changes in wetlands on various organisms groups.

The series of GIS layers on wetland history stem from the second part of
the project. The area reconstruction is based on digitized and homogenized
signatures from national map series, as they have been available since
about 1850. Details about the digitalization process and the homogenization
procedures applied ("Rekonstruktionen") are included in Stuber & Bürgi
2019.

Book Citation:
 > Stuber M, Bürgi M (2019) Vom «eroberten Land» zum Renaturierungsprojekt. Geschichte der Feuchtgebiete in der Schweiz seit 1700. "Bristol Schriftenreihe", Band 59. Haupt Verlag, Bern, Stuttgart, Wien. 262 Seiten.

ecology

display_name: ecology

environmental---history

display_name: environmental---history

environmental--policy

display_name: environmental--policy

historical-carthography

display_name: historical-carthography

switzerland

display_name: switzerland

wetlands

display_name: wetlands

en: History of wetlands in Switzerland since 1850


en: tree-selection-effects tree-ring-width swiss-forest-lab icp-forests dendrochronology long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

en: Data Request

en:
Two stem core samples of all trees of a subplot of approximately 1 a. Basal Area, Wood volume increment per area estimation

 Purpose:

Investigation of the relation between dendroparameters of dominance/surpression and stem growth. Abgleich Jahrringdaten mit Inventurdaten.

 Paper Citation:

 * Nehrbass-Ahles C, Babst F, Klesse S, Nötzli M, Bouriaud O, Neukom R, Dobbertin M, Frank D (2014) The influence of sampling design on tree-ring-based quantification of forest growth. Global Change Biology, 20 (9): 2867–2885. [doi: 10.1111/gcb.12599](http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12599)

 * Klesse S, Etzold S, Frank D (2016) Integrating tree-ring and inventory-based measurements of aboveground biomass growth: research opportunities and carbon cycle consequences from a large snow breakage event in the Swiss Alps. European Journal of Forest Research, 135 (2): 297-311.

dendrochronology

display_name: dendrochronology

icp-forests

display_name: icp-forests

long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

display_name: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

tree-ring-width

display_name: tree-ring-width

tree-selection-effects

display_name: tree-selection-effects

en: Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (subplot) LWF


en: ecology reef-fish dispersal biodiversity traits

en: Supplementary material Appendix 1 Figures illustrated in Donati et al. 2019 "A process-based-model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages". accepted in Ecography, August 2019

en: Donati et al. main script

en:
Main script used in : Donati et al. 2019 "A process-based-model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages"
accepted in Ecography, August 2019

en: Main text figures

en: R Script used for figures in main text in: Donati et al. 2019: "A process-based-model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages" accepted in Ecography, August 2019.

en: Coral reef grid cells (shape, dbf, etc. files)

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Grid cells of 5 × 5°, corresponding to circa 555 × 555 km at the Equator (see Parravicini et al. 2013, Leprieur et al. 2016)

Parravicini, V. et al. 2013. Global patterns and predictors of tropi- cal reef sh species richness. – Ecography 36: 1254–1262.

Leprieur, F. et al. 2016. Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiver- sity dynamics. – Nat. Commun. 7: 11461.

en: Simulated rates of speciation and extinction under a range of dispersal parameters. Net diversification rates are calculated from the difference between speciation and extinction rates. This data allows the creation of Figure A4 in Supporting information, Appendix 1.

en: Tropical reef fish trait data

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Species trait (i.e. adult body size, home range mobility behaviour, circadian activity and schooling) data gathered from the General Approach to Species Abundance Relationships (GASPAR) database (Kulbicki et al. 2013, Parravicini et al. 2013).

Kulbicki, M. et al. 2013. Global biogeography of reef shes: a hier- archical quantitative delineation of regions. – PLoS One 8: e81847.

Parravicini, V. et al. 2013. Global patterns and predictors of tropi- cal reef sh species richness. – Ecography 36: 1254–1262.

To complement the trait data with Pelagic Larval Duration information refer to the following publication:

Luiz, Osmar J., et al. "Adult and larval traits as determinants of geographic range size among tropical reef fishes." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110.41 (2013): 16498-16502.

In Donati et al. "A process-based model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages" accepted in Ecography in August 2019, we used the PLD gathered from Luiz et al. 2013 as described in the methods - section "Species trait data".

en: Global simulated distribution of species under a range of dispersal parameter values

en:
Global distribution of simulated species richness under a range of dispersal parameter values d
d ∈ [1.75°: 5.45°].

en: Input for the Global distribution maps for proportions of species richness for (a) simulated dispersal parameter value (b) observed dispersal-related traits

en: Geographic distribution data (species richness and proportions of high/low dispersal-related traits) on predominantly low dispersing and high dispersing species expected based on the simulations, and those where low- and high- dispersal related traits values are observed for the five investigated traits.

en: Input for spatial congruence test overlap between proportions of low and high dispersal and observed low- and high- dispersal-related traits in assemblages (30-50% threshold). see Table 2.

en: Global species distribution of tropical reef fish species

en: Each species corresponds to a "Gaspar_code" gathered from the General Approach to Species Abundance Relationships (GASPAR) database (Kulbicki et al. 2013, Parravicini et al. 2013) and is linked to a specific Fishned ID corresponding to a specific Latitude and Longitude.

en: Functions used in R scripts in: Donati et al. 2019 "A process-based-model supports an association between  # dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages" accepted in Ecography, August 2019

en: Functions for Figures illustrated in Donati et al. 2019 "A process-based-model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages" accepted in Ecography, August 2019.

en: Global coast files from https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html used in the Figures

en: Dispersal parameter value d per simulation starting with a minimum dispersal value, where each species is able to colonise each adjacent cell, and ending with the value of d for which all the extant habitats, including the most remote Pacific islands, have been colonised (d ∈ [1.75°: 5.45°]).

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This dataset contains all data and R codes (R Development Core Team, https://www.R-project.org) used in the following publication: Donati GFA, Parravicini V, Leprieur F, Hagen O, Gaboriau T, Heine C, Kulbicki M, Rolland J, Salamin N, Albouy C, Pellissier L. "A process-based model supports an association between dispersal and the prevalence of species traits in tropical reef fish assemblages" accepted by Ecography in August 2019. When using this data and R scripts the above publication should be cited.

The interaction of habitat dynamics with species dispersal abilities could generate gradients
in species diversity and prevalence of life-history and ecological traits, when the latter are associated with dispersal potential. In this dataset, we use a spatial mechanistic model of speciation, extinction and dispersal, constrained by a dispersal parameter. This model allows to simulate the interplay between reef habitat dynamics over the past 140 million years and dispersal, shaping lineage diversification history and global assemblage composition of over 6000 tropical reef fish species. Global trait distribution data of tropical reef fish are used to evaluate the congruence between simulations and observations.

biodiversity

display_name: biodiversity

dispersal

display_name: dispersal

reef-fish

display_name: reef-fish

traits

display_name: traits

educ

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envidat

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en: Simulated and observed prevalence of dispersal-related traits in tropical reef fish assemblages worldwide


en: switzerland biogas manure review bioenergy

en: Production de biogaz à partir d’engrais de ferme en Suisse

en: L'objectif de ce livre blanc est de fournir aux décideurs, aux administrations et aux parties prenantes les résultats de recherche les plus récents afin de promouvoir l'utilisation optimale de la bioénergie issue des engrais de ferme dans la transition énergétique suisse. A cette fin, les résultats du centre de compétence suisse pour la recherche en bioénergie - SCCER BIOSWEET - sont résumés et présentés dans un contexte plus large. Si rien d'autre n'est mentionné, les résultats se réfèrent à la Suisse et, dans le cas de la matière première, aux potentiels nationaux de biomasse.

bioenergy

display_name: bioenergy

biogas

display_name: biogas

manure

display_name: manure

review

display_name: review

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title_for_slug: total-stem-number-by-cause-of-damage

en:
Number of all living and dead trees and shrubs starting at 12 cm dbh where a particular cause of damage (including no damage, dead or lying) was determined. One tree may have damage with more than one type of origin, which means it may contribute to the total number of stems with damage with several different types of origin.

Citation:
 > _Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.-B.; Cioldi, F.; Fischer, C.; Herold-Bonardi, A.; Huber M.; Keller, M.; Meile, R.; Rösler, E.; Speich, S.; Traub, B.; Vidondo, B. (2014). Fourth national forest inventory - result tables and maps on the Internet for the NFI 2009-2013 (NFI4b). [Published online 06.11.2014] Available from World Wide Web http://www.lfi.ch/resultate/ Birmensdorf, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. [doi:10.21258/1057112](https://doi.org/10.21258/1057112)_

accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest

display_name: accessible-forest-without-shrub-forest

biogeographical-region

display_name: biogeographical-region

canton

display_name: canton

cause-of-damage-of-single-tree

display_name: cause-of-damage-of-single-tree

economic-region

display_name: economic-region

production-region

display_name: production-region

protection-forest-region

display_name: protection-forest-region

total-stem-number

display_name: total-stem-number

total-stem-number-by-cause-of-damage

display_name: total-stem-number-by-cause-of-damage

en: Total stem number by cause of damage


en: stable-water-isotopes geochemical-solutes precipitation spatially-distributed-sampling stream-water

en: The dataset contains daily measurements of volumes, isotopes and solutes of stream water as well as precipitation measured several locations; meteorological variables are added. Date: 18.07.2019

en:
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 river Alp is a snow-dominated catchment situated in Central Switzerland characterized by an elevation range from 840 to 1898 m a.s.l. The dataset provides solutes (major anions and cations, trace metals) and stable water isotopes and water fluxes (precipitation rates, discharge) at daily intervals from several sampling locations.
An updated version of the isotope dataset is available here: https://www.doi.org/10.16904/envidat.242

geochemical-solutes

display_name: geochemical-solutes

precipitation

display_name: precipitation

spatially-distributed-sampling

display_name: spatially-distributed-sampling

stable-water-isotopes

display_name: stable-water-isotopes

stream-water

display_name: stream-water

en: Daily data of solute and stable water isotopes in stream water and precipitation in the Alp catchment, Central Switzerland


en: climate-change meteo swiss-forest-lab relative-humidity meteorology long-term precipitation wind-speed par temperature

en: Forest station data (NEB)

en: Data file.

en: Field station data (NEF)

en: Data plot of the forest station (NEB)

en: Data overview for air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, PAR, wind speed.

mimetype: application/pdf

en: Site photo of the field station (NEF)

en: Site photo of the field station from the side.

mimetype: image/jpeg

en: Data plot of the field station (NEF)

en: Site photo of the forest station (NEB)

en: Site photo of the forest station from below (viewing upwards the slope).

en: Site aerial photo (Neunkirch)

en: Site aerial photo from both Neunkirch stations. Source: Google. 2016. Site aerial photo from both Neunkirch stations. Retrieved November 11, 2016, from https://www.google.ch/maps

en: High quality meteorological data are needed for long-term forest ecosystem research, particularly in the light of global change. The long-term data series published here comprises almost 20 years of measurements for two meteorological stations in Neunkirch in Switzerland where one station is located within a natural deciduous forest stand (NEB) with European beech (_Fagus sylvatica_; 160 yrs), sycamore maple (_Acer pseudoplatanus_; 160 yrs) and lime trees (_Tilia sp._; 110 yrs) as dominant tree species. A second station is situated in the very vicinity outside of the forest (field station, NEF). The meteorological time series are presented in hourly time resolution of air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and wind speed. Neunkirch is part of the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF) established and maintained by the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.

climate-change

display_name: climate-change

long-term

display_name: long-term

meteo

display_name: meteo

meteorology

display_name: meteorology

par

display_name: par

relative-humidity

display_name: relative-humidity

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

temperature

display_name: temperature

wind-speed

display_name: wind-speed

en: Neunkirch, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards


en: oxygen-isotopes water-isotopes loetschental larix-decidua tree-rings

en: MartinezSancho_NewPhyto2023_dataset.xlsx provides isotopic and environmental data from seven individuals of Larix decidua growing at an elevation of 1300 m above sea level in the Lötschental valley, Switzerland, for the years 2012-2013

en:
d18ONW-XYL provides d18O measurements of xylem and needle water from seven individuals of Larix decidua growing at an elevation of 1300 m above sea level in the Lötschental valley, Switzerland, for the years 2012-2013.
Site: Site identifier
Year: Calendar year of the measured radial increment
Date: date of sample collection
Tree: Tree identifier
RH: relative humidity (%)
temp: temperature (°C)
VPD: vapour pressure deficit (kPa)
NW: d18O measurement of needle water
XYL: d18O measurement of xylem water

en:
d18O cellulose provides intra-annual measurements of d18O cellulose from seven individuals of Larix decidua growing at an elevation of 1300 m above sea level in the Lötschental valley, Switzerland, for the years 2012-2013.
Sample.ID: ID composed by Site and tree ID/year/position of the cut within the tree ring
Year: Calendar year of the measured radial increment
Site: Site identifier
Tree: Tree identifier
perce_i indicates the percetatge of the ring that represent the beginning of the section
perce indicates the percetatge of the ring that represent the end of the section
tW: DOY when the section entered the cell-wall thickening phase
tM: DOY when the section entered in the mature phase
timeW: amount of days that the section spent in the cell-wall thickening phase
d18O_cel: d18O measurement of the section
d18O_xyl: individual average d18O of xylem water for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
d18O_NW: individual average d18O of needle water for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
d18O_5cm: individual average d18O of soil water at 5 cm for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
d18O_60cm: individual average d18O of soil water at 60 cm for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
RH: average relative humidity (%) for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
temp: average temperature (°C) for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase
VPD: average vapour pressure deficit (kPa) for the period when each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase

en:
This file contains isotopic and environmental data from seven individuals of Larix decidua, sampled at two sites located at an elevation of 1300 meters above sea level in the Lötschental valley, Switzerland, during the period of 2012-2013.
Within this file, you will find two datasets. The first dataset, labeled 'd18Ocellulose,' comprises individual intra-annual d18O cellulose measurements, along with corresponding temperature, vapor pressure deficit, and relative humidity data. These measurements are aggregated for the period during which each tree-ring section was in the cell wall formation phase.
The second dataset, identified as 'd18ONW-XYL,' includes individual d18O measurements for both xylem and needle water, in conjunction with temperature, vapor pressure deficit, and relative humidity data.

larix-decidua

display_name: larix-decidua

loetschental

display_name: loetschental

oxygen-isotopes

display_name: oxygen-isotopes

tree-rings

display_name: tree-rings

water-isotopes

display_name: water-isotopes

educ

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en: Intraannual d18O measurements of Larix decidua from the Loetschental 2012/2013


en: lwf meteorological-data infrastructure forest meteorological-measurements swiss-forest-lab plot

en: Othmarsingen Meteorological Data LWF

en: LWF plot Othmarsingen. Photo: Christian Hug, 2017

en:
![alt text](https://www.envidat.ch/dataset/ebb37e73-1280-4a06-81d8-e18bc5d9c1cf/resource/64291bfd-37d4-4f88-b505-81fc85a109c2/download/lwf_othmarsingen.jpg "LWF Othmarsingen")

LWF Plot Othmarsingen

- Community: Othmarsingen / canton AG
- Date of installation: 9 September 1994
- Size of the plot: 1 ha
- Altitude (m): 467-500
- Mean slope: 27%
- Soil types (WSL): Stagnic Luvisols, Haplic Luvisols
- Woodland association after EK72: 7: Galio odorati-Fagetum typicum
- Main tree species: Fagus sylvatica
- Management system: former coppices w. standards
- Silvicultural system: group selection
- Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 62.8 cm
- Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 167
- Maximum tree age: Fagus sylvatica 120-140 yr - Tilia sp. 120-140 yr

More Information: https://www.wsl.ch/en/forest/forest-development-and-monitoring/long-term-forest-ecosystem-research-lwf/sites/othmarsingen.html

forest

display_name: forest

infrastructure

display_name: infrastructure

lwf

display_name: lwf

meteorological-data

display_name: meteorological-data

meteorological-measurements

display_name: meteorological-measurements

plot

display_name: plot

en: LWF Othmarsingen long-term research site


swiss-fluxnet-site-davos

title_for_slug: swiss-fluxnet-site-davos

en: flux swiss-fluxnet greenhouse-gas swiss-forest-lab meteorological-measurements eddy-covariance icos forest

en: Fluxnet2015 dataset

en: Processed flux and meteo data are also part of the Fluxnet2015 dataset.

en: Data access

en: The flux and meteo data of the Swiss FluxNet site Davos are openly available. Near real-time flux and meteo data are uploaded daily to the ICOS Carbon Portal.

en: Processed data

en: Processed flux and meteo data are available from the European Fluxes Database Cluster.

en: Site description

en:
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 tower is owned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).
Ecosystem flux measurements of CO2, H2O (since 1997) as well as CH4 and N2O (since 2016) are performed with the eddy covariance method.
In addition to Swiss FluxNet, the site is part of the National Air Pollution Monitoring Network (NABEL), the Long term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF), the biological drought and growth indicator network (TreeNet) and of ICOS Switzerland (Integrated Carbon Observation System). Since November 2019, the site is an ICOS Class 1 Ecosystem station.

Measurements

- Ecosystem flux measurements of CO2, H2O vapour (since 1997) as well a CH4 and N2O (since 2016) are performed with the eddy-covariance method. This method is based on measurements of trace gas mixing ratios, using infrared gas analyzers (for CO2, H2O vapor) and laser spectrometers (for CH4 and N2O), combined with wind speed and wind direction measurements, using 3D sonic anemometers. To resolve the short-term turbulent fluctuations in the atmosphere, very fast measurements are needed: we measure at 10-20 Hz, i.e., 10-20 times per second. To assess the energy budget of each ecosystem, also radiation sensors and soil climate profiles are installed at the site.
- Sub-canopy eddy fluxes (CO2, H2O, since 2023 also CH4).
- Continuous profile concentration and forest floor flux measurement of CO2, H2O, CH4, N2O.
- Auxiliary micrometeorology and soil climate measurements.

Data availability

Near real-time flux and meteo data uploaded daily to the ICOS Carbon Portal. Processed flux and meteo data are also available from the European Fluxes Database Cluster and part of Fluxnet2015 dataset.

Data policy

ICOS data license:
[https://www.icos-cp.eu/data-services/about-data-portal/data-license](https://www.icos-cp.eu/data-services/about-data-portal/data-license)

Detailed site info:
[https://www.swissfluxnet.ethz.ch/index.php/sites/ch-dav-davos/site-info-ch-dav/](https://www.swissfluxnet.ethz.ch/index.php/sites/ch-dav-davos/site-info-ch-dav/)

eddy-covariance

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flux

display_name: flux

greenhouse-gas

display_name: greenhouse-gas

icos

display_name: icos

swiss-fluxnet

display_name: swiss-fluxnet

en: Swiss FluxNet Site Davos


en: fecundity larvae spruce-bark-beetle ips-typographus life-table maturation-feeding

en: Ips life tables

en: See ReadMe

en: Ips typographus was reared in climate chambers at constant temperatures of 12, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 33°C. Developmental times from egg to teneral beetle stages and daily oviposition of females from preoviposition phase to their death were recorded. From these data life tables were computed and the data were used for modelling.

fecundity

display_name: fecundity

ips-typographus

display_name: ips-typographus

larvae

display_name: larvae

life-table

display_name: life-table

maturation-feeding

display_name: maturation-feeding

spruce-bark-beetle

display_name: spruce-bark-beetle

educ

en: Education, culture and sport

envidat

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en: Temperature-dependent development and oviposition of the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus


maintainer: Rebecca Mott

en: terrestrial-laser-scanning snow-ablation-rates tls riegl-vz6000 patchy-snow-covers

en: Snowmask 2014

en: Digital Elevation Modell 2014

en: Gletschboden test site

en: Digital Elevation Modell 2016

en: Snowmask 2015

en: Digital Elevation Modell 2015

en: Snowmask 2016

en: We recorded snow ablation maps with a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS, Riegl-VZ6000) at the Gletschboden area. The TLS position is located approximately 30 vertical meters above the Gletschboden area at a northerly exposed slope. In total 44 TLS measurement sets have been conducted in three consecutive years 2014-2016 (2014: 13 measurements; 2015: 17 measurements; 2016: 14 measurements). The TLS system has a single-point measurement frequency of 300 kHz and a beam divergence of 0.007°. This set-up allows a horizontal resolution of approximately 0.01 m in 100 m distance to the TLS position. One scan of the Gletschboden area lasts approximately 15 minutes. The travel time from the laser scanner towards the surface is recorded and afterwards converted into a point cloud of distances. 5 reflectors located at the Gletschboden area and in the closer surroundings were additionally scanned during each measurement to transform the point cloud from the scanner own coordinate system into Swiss coordinates. Additionally, orthophotos have been created by using pictures recorded from the TLS in order to provide snow mask maps. Snow and bare ground can be distinguished by the RGB color information of the orthophoto. Cells with blue band information greater than 175 were categorized as snow and all cells with values smaller or equal 175 were categorized as bare ground.

patchy-snow-covers

display_name: patchy-snow-covers

snow-ablation-rates

display_name: snow-ablation-rates

terrestrial-laser-scanning

display_name: terrestrial-laser-scanning

tls

display_name: tls

en: DISCHMEX - High-resolution daily snow ablation rates in an Alpine environment


en: Questionnaires für ATREE climate regulation of forests survey

en: These are the questionnaires that were distributed among the forest owners (mostly as an online-form but for some respondents also as "paper-and-pencil" version) invited to participate in the survey. There are 10 versions of this questionnaire as the conjoint survey experiment was based on 10 different versions of the 9 choice situations that are presented in the survey, which were assigned randomly to the invited participants.

en: ATREE survey on climate regulatoin services of forests in "stacked" format

en: The data contains information from XXX respondents. The information of each respondent is represented by 27 rows, one row for each of the three options that were presented in 9 choice situations. This is the "stacked" data-format resulting from a conjoint analysis survey experiment. The data has to be rearranged depending on the software used for analysis.

en: Forest owners of the Canton of Lucerne were survey about their willingness to employ different forest management measures to provicde climate regulation services by forests. Of the nearly 3000 forest owners that received an invitation to a online-survey and the 900 forest owners that received a paper and pencil survey, 1055 valid responses were received. The questionnaire contained a survey experiment in which 9 choice situations were presented to the respondents in which they had the choice between two options and the status quo. This survey experiment part of the survey was completed by 990 respondents.

atree

display_name: atree

forest-carbon-sink

display_name: forest-carbon-sink

forest-management

display_name: forest-management

fuel-wood

display_name: fuel-wood

wood-carbon-sink

display_name: wood-carbon-sink

en: ATREE forest owners survey about climate regulation services of forests


en: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research icp-forests swiss-forest-lab soil-water-content soil-moisture

en: Data Request

en:
Continuous measurement of soil water content at 10 and 80 cm depth (3 replications) with 10-HS soil moisture probes (Decagon Incorporation, Pullman, WA, USA).

 Purpose:

Monitoring of the soil water matrix potential

 Paper Citation:

 * Dobbertin, M.; Eilmann, B.; Bleuler, P.; Giuggiola, A.; Graf Pannatier, E.; Landolt, W.; Schleppi, P.; Rigling, A., 2010: Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest. Tree Physiology, 30, 3: 346-360. [doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpp123](http://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp123)

icp-forests

display_name: icp-forests

long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

display_name: long-term-forest-ecosystem-research

soil-moisture

display_name: soil-moisture

soil-water-content

display_name: soil-water-content

swiss-forest-lab

display_name: swiss-forest-lab

educ

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envidat

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en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: 10-HS Pfynwald


en: fiber-bundle-model viscous-deformation snow sintering snow-mechanics snow-avalanche snow-failure acoustic-emissions

en: fiber-bundle-model-for-snow-failure

en: Data underlying Figures in publication "Modelling Snow Failure Behavior and Concurrent Acoustic Emissions Signatures with a Fiber Bundle Model" submitted to "Geophysical Research Letters"

en:
This dataset contains modeled and experimental results for laboratory snow failure experiments and the concurrent acoustic emissions signatures for different loading rates. For modelling the snow failure we used a fiber bundle model that includes sintering and viscous deformation.

The data underlay the figures in the publication "Modelling Snow Failure Behavior and Concurrent Acoustic Emissions Signatures with a Fiber Bundle Model" submitted for publication to "Geophysical Research Letters".

acoustic-emissions

display_name: acoustic-emissions

fiber-bundle-model

display_name: fiber-bundle-model

sintering

display_name: sintering

snow

display_name: snow

snow-avalanche

display_name: snow-avalanche

snow-failure

display_name: snow-failure

snow-mechanics

display_name: snow-mechanics

viscous-deformation

display_name: viscous-deformation

en: Fiber Bundle Model for snow failure and concurrent Acoustic Emissions


en: homogenisation climatol extreme-values snow-depth interpqm long-term-trends

en: data impact analyses

en:
 data frames containing results from the impact analyses:
* Homer
* Climatol
* interpQM
* original
* trends
* HSavg and HSmax
* R50maxHS

en:
 Input data for the following research article: Impact assessment of homogenised snow depth series on trends
The data consists of separate output files from the following homogenisation methods:
* Climatol
* HOMER
* interpQM
The variable is seasonal mean snow depth (HSavg)

plot.data is an additional data frame containing trends of HSavg (station, method, value, pvalue, altitude)

climatol

display_name: climatol

extreme-values

display_name: extreme-values

homogenisation

display_name: homogenisation

interpqm

display_name: interpqm

long-term-trends

display_name: long-term-trends

snow-depth

display_name: snow-depth

en: Input data for impact assessment of homogenised snow series


en: pseudoturnover ecological-indicator-value observer-error flood-plain dry-grassland vegetation-survey fen inter-observer-difference raised-bog long-term-biodiversity-monitoring

en: Boch et al. 2022 Applied Vegetation Science - Raw species list and file used for lmer

en: The dataset was used for the paper Boch S, Küchler H, Küchler M, Bedolla A, Ecker KT, Graf UH, Moser T, Holderegger R, Bergamini A (2022) Observer-driven pseudoturnover in vegetation monitoring is context dependent but does not affect ecological inference. Applied Vegetation Science.

en:
This dataset was used to analyze the inter-observer error (i.e. pseudoturnover) in vegetation surveys for the publication Boch S, Küchler H, Küchler M, Bedolla A, Ecker KT, Graf UH, Moser T, Holderegger R, Bergamini A (2022) Observer-driven pseudoturnover in vegetation monitoring is context dependent but does not affect ecological inference. Applied Vegetation Science.
In the framework of the project "Monitoring the effectiveness of habitat conservation in Switzerland", we double-surveyed a total of 224 plots that were marked once in the field and then sampled by two observers independently on the same day. Both observers conducted full vegetation surveys, recording all vascular plant species, their cover, and additional plot information. We then calculated mean ecological indicator values and pseudoturnover.
The excel file contains two sheets:
1) Raw species lists of the 224 plots conducted by two different observers. Woody species are distinguished in three layers: H (herb layer; woody species <0.5 m in height), S (shrub layer; woody species 0.5–3 m in height) and T (tree layer; woody species >3 m in height). "cf." indicates uncertain identification, "aggr." indicates that the plant was identified only to the aggregate level. Cover was estimated for each species using a modified Braun-Blanquet scale (r ≙ <0.1%, + ≙ 0.1% to <1%, 1 ≙ 1% to <5%, 2 ≙ 5% to <25%, 3 ≙ 25% to <50%, 4 ≙ 50% to <75%, 5 ≙ 75% to <100%).
2) File used for the linear mixed effects model.

dry-grassland

display_name: dry-grassland

ecological-indicator-value

display_name: ecological-indicator-value

fen

display_name: fen

flood-plain

display_name: flood-plain

inter-observer-difference

display_name: inter-observer-difference

long-term-biodiversity-monitoring

display_name: long-term-biodiversity-monitoring

observer-error

display_name: observer-error

pseudoturnover

display_name: pseudoturnover

raised-bog

display_name: raised-bog

vegetation-survey

display_name: vegetation-survey

en: Observer-driven pseudoturnover in vegetation surveys


en: treeline mountain-forest climate-change-impact sdm treemig

en: Bioclimatic predictors used for future projections

en: The seven bioclimatic predictors (mean annual temperature, minimum temperature of the coldest month, temperature of the driest quarter, annual sum of precipitation, sum of precipitation of the driest quarter, slope and topographic position (concave-convex) used for correlative SDMs in Scherrer et al. 2020. Data for climate is available for both current (1981-2010) and future (2020-49, 2045-74,2070-99).

en: Data for bioclimatic envelope model

en: This spreadsheet provides the data used to calibrate and evaluate the bioclimatic envelope models (SDMs) for our 16 target tree species. For copyright reasons the geographic coordinates of the points have been removed and only relevant information in the environmental space is provided.

en: Bioclimatic data for TreeMig

en: Bioclimatic input data used for the TreeMig models in Scherrer et al. 2020. Data spans the whole simulation period of 1500 until 2500 and covers three different climate change scenarios.

en:
Species range limits are expected to be dramatically altered under future climate change and many species are predicted to shift their distribution upslope to track their suitable conditions (i.e. based on their niche). However, there might be large discrepancies between the speed of the upward shift of the climatic niche and the actual migration velocity of the species, especially in long-lived organisms such as trees. Here, we compared the simulations of the upslope displacement of the bioclimatic envelope of 16 tree species inhabiting temperate mountain forests under ongoing and future climate change obtained by correlative species distribution models (SDMs) to those from a dynamic forest model accounting for dispersal, competition and demography. We then partitioned the discrepancy in upslope migration velocity between the SDMs and the dynamic forest model into different components by manipulating dispersal limitation, interspecific competition and demography.

This dataset contains the calibration and evaluation data used to create the bioclimatic envelope models, the predictors for the future scenarios (raster layers) and the bioclimatic input data used in the dynamic forest models used in the following publication (Scherrer et al. 2020).

Paper Citation:
Scherrer, D., Vitasse, Y., Guisan , A., Wohlgemuth, T., & Lischke, H. (2020). Competition and demography rather than dispersal limitation slow down upward shifts of trees’ upper elevation limits in the Alps. Journal of Ecology, in press.

climate-change-impact

display_name: climate-change-impact

mountain-forest

display_name: mountain-forest

sdm

display_name: sdm

treeline

display_name: treeline

treemig

display_name: treemig

educ

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en: EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal

en: EnviDat is the WSL data portal providing unified and managed access to environmental monitoring and research data. The portal has the capability to host and publish data sets. Through the sharing of unique and high-value data sets worldwide, EnviDat fosters research and contributes to advancing environmental science.

en: Factors slowing down upward shifts of trees’ upper elevation limits


en: soil-moisture snowmelt climate-change discharge hydrology precipitation

en: Daily simulated data for the reference period

en: Daily simulated discharge, precipitation, snowmelt, and soil moisture for the reference period 1981-2017 in mm.

en: Shapefile of 307 catchments in Switzerland

en: Shapefile of the 307 medium-sized catchments in Switzerland. The "gridcode" provides the ID of the catchment used in the datafiles.

en: Daily simulated data for the future period

en: Daily simulated discharge, precipitation, snowmelt, and soil moisture for the period 1981-2100 in mm for the 307 catchments.

en:
Daily discharge and the related hydro-meteorological variables precipitation, snowmelt, and soil moisture are provided for current (1981-2017) and for future climate conditions (1981-2100) for 307 medium-sized catchments in Switzerland. The catchments have a median catchment area of 117 km². The 307 catchments together form a set representative of the climatological conditions and runoff characteristics in Switzerland. The four variables were simulated at a daily resolution using the hydrological model PREVAH. PREVAH is a conceptual process-based model that was run in this study in its fully distributed version on a 500 m grid (Viviroli et al. 2009a). For the calibration, runoff time series from 140 mesoscale catchments covering the different runoff regimes were used. The model calibration was conducted over the period 1993-1997. Verification was performed on the period 1983-2005 using (i) volumetric deviation (Viviroli et al. 2007) and (ii) benchmark efficiency (Schäfli et al 2007) as objective functions. The calibration and validation procedures are described in detail in Köplin et al. (2010). The parameters for each model grid cell were derived by regionalizing the parameters obtained for the 140 catchments with a procedure based on ordinary kriging (Viviroli et al. 2009b, Köplin et al. 2010).
The calibrated and validated model was then driven with transient meteorological data (precipitation, temperature, radiation, and wind) representing both reference (1981-2017) and future climate conditions (2018-2099). The data were derived from the CH2018 climate scenarios (NCCS 2018) provided by the Swiss National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS). They were obtained from climate experiments produced with different climate modeling chains, consisting of a global and a regional circulation model each, within EUROCORDEX for three representative concentration pathways (RCP) emission scenarios. Downscaled output of ten climate model chains derived by quantile mapping were considered. The focus was on the chains of the EUR-11 domain with a horizontal resolution of 0.11 degrees (roughly 12.5 km). The climate model chains (GCM, RCM, RCP, and grid resolution) used are listed below:

- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	DMI-HIRHAM5	2.6	EUR-11
- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	DMI-HIRHAM5	4.5	EUR-11
- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	DMI-HIRHAM5	8.5	EUR-11
- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	SMHI-RCA4	2.6	EUR-11
- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	SMHI-RCA4	4.5	EUR-11
- ICHEC-EC-EARTH	SMHI-RCA4	8.5	EUR-11
- MOHC-HadGEM2-ES	SMHI-RCA4	4.5	EUR-11
- MOHC-HadGEM2-ES	SMHI-RCA4	8.5	EUR-11
- MPI-M-MPI-ESM-LR	SMHI-RCA4	4.5	EUR-11
- MPI-M-MPI-ESM-LR	SMHI-RCA4	8.5	EUR-11

*References*:

-	Köplin, N., D. Viviroli, B. Schädler, and R. Weingartner (2010), _How does climate change affect mesoscale catchments in Switzerland? - A framework for a comprehensive assessment_, Advances in Geosciences, 27, 111-119, doi:10.5194/adgeo-27-111-2010.
-	National Centre for Climate Services (2018), CH2018 - _Climate Scenarios for Switzerland_, Tech. rep., NCCS, Zurich.
-	Schäfli, B., and H. V. Gupta (2007), _Do Nash values have value?_, Hydrological Processes, 21, 2075-2080, doi:10.1002/hyp.6825.
-	Viviroli, D., J. Gurtz, and M. Zappa (2007), _The hydrological modelling system PREVAH. Part II - Physical model description_, Geographica Bernensia, 40, 1-89.
-	Viviroli, D., M. Zappa, J. Gurtz, and R. Weingartner (2009a), _An introduction to the hydrological modelling system PREVAH and its pre- and post-processing-tools_, Environmental Modelling & Software, 24, 1209-1222, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.04.001.
-	Viviroli, D., H. Mittelbach, J. Gurtz, and R. Weingartner (2009b), _Continuous simulation for flood estimation in ungauged mesoscale catchments of Switzerland-Part II: Parameter regionalisation and flood estimation results_, Journal of Hydrology, 377 (1), 208-225, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.022.

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discharge

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soil-moisture

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en: Simulated future discharge and climatological variables for medium-sized catchments in Switzerland


en: avalanche-forecast danger-description avalanche avalanche-bulletin consistency switzerland avalanche-danger

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The data contains the following information:
- districtId - the ID of the danger region
- validFromDate - the date and time when the forecast was published
- problem - whether the danger refers to dry or wet conditions as a major avalanche problem
- dangerlevel - the issued danger level
- danger_description_dt - the German danger description describing the major avalanche problem

en: The data set contains the danger descriptions (German) of the avalanche forecasts published at 5 pm between 27-Nov-2012 and 13-Feb-2020.

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en: How is avalanche danger described in textual descriptions in avalanche forecasts in Switzerland?


en: biodiversity national-forest-inventory volume biomass protection-forest carbon

en: Data on dead standing and downed trees for the NFI1

en: Data on dead standing and downed trees for the NFI2

en: Data on dead standing and downed trees, lying dead wood, and stumps for the NFI4

en: Site Description

en: information on NFI sites throughout the five NFIs considered in this study

en: Files and contents

en: Artikel - Annals of Forest Science

en: Lanz 2014

en: A short overview over stump assessment (field protocol) in some European NFIs

en: Data on dead standing and downed trees, lying dead wood, and stumps for the NFI3

en: Data on dead standing and downed trees, lying dead wood, and stumps for the NFI5

en: Variable definitions for the datasets NFI1, NFI2, NFI3, NFI4 and NFI5

en:
Based on the detailed tree stump inventory implemented in the Swiss NFI5 (https://www.lfi.ch/lfi/lfi.php), a study was conducted to obtain an accurate assessment of the stumps pool in the Swiss NFI over the last 30 years and to identify its significance for the total dead wood (DW) pool. The NFI5 includes a detailed stump inventory to improve accuracy and completeness of the above-ground DW- pool. Based on available data, stump volume estimates were derived at different accuracies to evaluate the contribution to the total DW-pool over time.
The study found that in Swiss Forests the contribution of stumps to total DW-pool is approximately 25%, and that applying simplifying assumptions to estimate stump volume can result in a significant underestimation of the true size of this pool. This study demonstrates that stumps can be a significant proportion of DW in forests, which should be accounted for in order to improve accuracy and completeness of NFI estimates and derived data such as C stocks for greenhouse gas reporting.

The study is published in Annals of Forest Science (2022) 79:34, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13595-022-01155-7 (open access).
The data can be obtained from the authors upon reasonable request.

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biomass

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carbon

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educ

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en: Stumps as a dead wood resource in forests - data based on the Swiss National Forest Inventory