Hard rock aggregates: Thickness and quality of geological occurrences
Hard rock aggregates play a central role particularly for the construction and maintenance of the Swiss railway network (railway ballast) as well as of high-performance roads. For further...
Hard rock aggregates: Production and mining sites
Hard rock aggregates play a central role particularly for the construction and maintenance of the Swiss railway network (railway ballast) as well as of high-performance roads. For further...
Cement raw materials: Production and mining sites
Cement is a fundamental component for the manufacturing of concrete, one of the most widely used construction materials in Switzerland and around the world. This dataset shows the product...
10-HS Pfynwald
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...
Amphibian observation and pond data (Aargau, Switzerland)
In the canton of Aargau, hundreds of new ponds have been constructed since the 1990s to benefit declining amphibian populations. This dataset consists of monitoring data for all 12 pond-b...
Atmospheric deposition (throughfall and bulk deposition) LWF
Throughfall (precipitation under forest canopy) is a major pathway in forest nutrient cycling, and its quantification is necessary to establish both water and nutrient budgets. Furthermor...
Automated point dendrometer measurements at LWF sites
Continuous stem radius measurements to investigate carbon balance and water relations of trees Purpose: Assessment of growth and water related stem changes
Circular vegetation plots LWF
Ground vegetation is an important compartment of the ecosystem in terms of biodiversity and it takes an active part in the general functioning of the ecosystem. It is also a useful bio-in...
Continuous measurement of O3 LWF
Measuring air pollutants in forests is important for evaluating the risk for vegetation in areas not covered by conventional air quality monitoring networks. Ozone measurements are carrie...
Crown Condition Assessment and Damage Cause Assessment LWF
Assessment of damges, i.e. symptoms, extent and causes on trees. Purpose: Occurrence and extent of diseases Manual Citation: * Matthias Dobbertin, Christian Hug, Andreas Schwyzer, Se...
Crown Condition Assessment and Damage Cause Assessment Sanasilva
Annual Crown Condition Assessment including mortality and removal and Damage Causse Assessment on the Sanasilva-Sites and LWF plots. Purpose: To assess tree and forest health and its ch...
Deadwood sampling at Sanasilva and LWF sites
Sampling of deadwood for density and chemical analysis during summer 2009 Purpose: Determination of N and C pools of deadwood Paper Citation: * WEGGLER, K.; DOBBERTIN, M.; JÜNGLING, ...
Deadwood survey LWF 1995 - line intersect
Assessment of coarse woody debris on LWF plots using the line intersect method Purpose: Assessing the amount of coarse woody debris Manual Citation: * Matthias Dobbertin, Nathalie B...
Deadwood survey LWF 2005 - subplot (Forets Biota)
Assessment of coarse woody debris on LWF plots using full count methods on defined subplots (applying ForestBiota protocoll) Purpose: Assessing the amount of coarse woody debris Manual...
Deadwood survey LWF 2013 - line intersect
Assessment of coarse woody debris on LWF plots using the line intersect method (repetition of the 1995 survey) Purpose: Assessing the amount of coarse woody debris Manual Citation: *...
Deadwood survey LWF 2013 - subplot
Assessment of coarse woody debris on LWF plots using the line intersect method and full count methods on subplots (repetition of the 2005 survey) Purpose: Assessing the amount of coarse...
Deadwood survey Sanasilva 2013
Assessment of coarse woody debris on Sanasilva plots (16x16 km grid) using the full count methods on subplots applying BioSoil protocoll Purpose: Assessing the amount of coarse woody de...
Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (CATS) adjacent to LWF sites
There were 2 cores taken at 1.3 m height from each of 10 trees outside the LWF plot Purpose: influence of drought and nutrient availabiliy on tree growth Paper Citation: * Lévesque, ...
Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (dominant trees) LWF
Two stem core samples of 12 to 20 trees outside the plot of each main species in the plot were taken at breast height (1.3 m above ground) with a SUUNTO corer. Tree ring width and density...
Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (IsoN) adjacent to LWF sites
Two stem core samples of 10 trees outside the plot of each main species in the plot were taken at breast height (1.3 m above ground) with a SUUNTO corer. Tree ring width and density were ...
Dendrochronological analyses of tree core samples (subplot) LWF
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 dendroparamete...
EC-5 soil water content measurement LWF
Continuous measurement of soil water content at 15, 50 and 80 cm depth (3 replications) with ECH2O EC-5 soil moisture probes (Decagon Incorporation, Pullman, WA, USA). Purpose: Improv...
Foliar analyses LWF
Foliage has been sampled every two years since 1995/1997 on 5-6 trees of the main species on all LWF plots. Concentrations of macronutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S), carbon (C) and micronut...
From point clouds to forest management: Quantifying the sensitivity of a decision support framework to initialization data using close-range remote sensing
This dataset supports the analysis presented in "From point clouds to forest management: Quantifying the sensitivity of a decision support framework to initialization data using close-ran...