Life at chilly temperatures - A collection of microorganisms from extreme habitats

The cold habitats of the Swiss Alps and the Arctic are undergoing change and are at risk of disappearing completely or partially in the future. Along with them, a poorly known diversity o...

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Light exposure reshapes photosynthetic thermal tolerance curves, with idiosyncratic responses across 36 species.

Photosynthetic thermal tolerance estimates for 36 tropical species following the static water bath method and measuring maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm). Thermal tolerance assays were perfor...

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Light-quality responses of photosynthetic, stomatal, and mesophyll traits of Alnus incana and Quercus ilex

Gas exchange, online isotope discrimination, and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements were conducted on fully expanded leaves of grey alder (*Alnus incana*) and holm oak (*Quercus ilex*)...

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Long-term behaviour of timber constructions in torrent control

Research question / purpose Timber is widely used for protection measures in torrent control. However, life span of woody constructions such as timber check dams is limited mainly due to ...

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Long-term recovery of above-and belowground interactions in restored grasslands

This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based. Paper Citation: _Resch, M.C., Schütz, M., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Buchmann, N., Frey, B., Graf, U., van der Put...

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Longterm hydrological observatory Alptal (central Switzerland)

This data set includes 57 years of hydrometeorological measurements from small (first-order) catchments in the pre-alpine valley Alptal. Here we provide daily mean values; values in hourl...

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MadCrypto – Bryophyte and macrolichen diversity in laurel forests of Madeira

This dataset includes species lists of bryophytes and macrolichens (presence/absence) sampled on the forest floor and on trees in disturbed and undisturbed plots along elevation gradients...

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Management practices shape soil fungal diversity and functional traits in Swiss forests

This dataset includes the diversity of soil prokaryotes, fungi and micro-eukaryotes in unmanaged forest reserves with managed forests across nine locations within Switzerland. Forests hav...

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Nanoplastics in forests: Exploring the effects of nanoplastics on forest soils and tree physiology (NanoPlast)

The fate of plastic in the environment is of global concern, because its production recently has increased strongly and it accumulates in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Although some...

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Native and no-native plant interactions in Australian grasslands

This dataset contains all data, on which the following publication below is based. Paper Citation: _Schlierenzauer, C., Risch, A.C., Schütz, M., Firn, J. 2021. Non-native Eragrostis curvu...

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Nutrient sustainability in beech forests

With this study, our aim was to estimate the nutrient fluxes relevant for assessing nutrient sustainability as accurately as possible and to calculate nutrient balances for alternative fo...

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Phosphorus and nitrogen leaching from beech forest soils

Data on dissolved organic and inorganic phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in leachates and their corresponding fluxes from the litter layer, the Oe/Oa horizon, and the A horizon of t...

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Playground biodiversity and preschool children well-being

This repository contains data related to an interdisciplinary study on playgrounds, looking at both playground vegetation and the well-being of pre-school children using those playgrounds...

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Priority ranking for the conservation of all European bryophyte species - dataset

This dataset provides data on the occurrence of 672 European bryophyte species in European countries or territories. All species which are considered threatened or near threatened accordi...

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Randomised trial reveals a mismatch between preferences for and hormonal responses to anthropogenic light colour temperatures

This repository contains data related to the field experiment of the WP3 (social impacts) of the ALANeX project. This project is a collaboration between the Swiss Federal Institute for Fo...

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Raw data-A recent ash dieback infection neither affects emerald ash borer performance nor triggers a substantial systemic phytochemical defense response in European ash

Raw data of paper: A recent ash dieback infection neither affects emerald ash borer performance nor triggers a substantial systemic phytochemical defense response in European ash (https:/...

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Raw data - Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory and phytochemistry in European beech

Raw data on plant morphological traits, phytochemistry and herbivory that were analyzed in the study entitled: Artificial night light intensity modulates herbivory and phytochemistry in E...

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Raw data-Publication cross-resistance in ash - New Phytologist

What are the research data files about: Raw data on perfomance (dry weight, development and mortality) of emerald ash borer larvae used in published bioassays. Raw data on ash dieback lea...

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Re-analyzed regional avalanche danger levels in Switzerland

The data set contains the re-analyzed (or quality-checked) regional avalanche danger levels (D_QC) for Switzerland. D_QC relates to dry-snow avalanche conditions only. Measuring the aval...

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Restoring grassland multifunctionality

Please cite this paper together with the citation for the datafile. Resch, M. C., Schütz, M., Buchmann, N., Frey, B., Graf, U., van der Putten, W. H., Zimmermann, S., Risch, A. C. 2021. E...

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Restwasser-Datenbank

(in English below) Der erweiterte Ausbau der Wasserkraftproduktion steht im Spannungsfeld mit der Sicherstellung ökologischer Funktionen von Fliessgewässern. Die neu entwickelte Restwasse...

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Results of greenhouse gas modelling of the Swiss Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP-CH)

This dataset contains the results of greenhouse gas emission modeling for the five Swiss Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP-CH) up to the year 2100. Six sector-specific reduced-complexity...

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Resurveyed vegetation releves of beech forests in the Swiss Jura Mountains

This dataset comprised 254 historical (1937 – 1948) and resurveyed (2019 – 2022) vegetation relevés of beech-dominated forests sites in the Swiss Jura mountains. The data contains species...

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RoRCC

The dataset "RoRCC" consists of simulation-based results on climate change impacts on Alpine RoR power production; it is based on 21 Swiss RoR power plants, with a total production of 5.9...

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