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Data on multi-year drought impacts on European beech in northern Switzerland
This study investigated multi-year drought impacts on beech forests through a unique large-scale monitoring of 963 individual beech trees, which showed either premature leaf... -
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... -
Naturalness of tree species composition in protective forests
Data and scripts used by Scherrer et al. 2023 in the publication 'Maintaining the protective function of mountain forests under climate change by the concept of naturalness in... -
Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversi...
Compiled data on the impacts of seven important NNTs (Acacia dealbata, Ailanthus altissima, Eucalyptus globulus, Prunus serotina, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus rubra, Robinia... -
Effects of canopy disturbance on Swiss forests
The files refer to the data used in Scherrer et al. (2021) "Canopy disturbances catalyse tree species shifts in Swiss forests" in Ecosystems. The two data files contain... -
How to balance forestry and biodiversity conservation? - A view across Europe
Forests cover about a third of the European land area and provide a multitude of ecosystem services. They are subject to constant change and increasing demands with respect to... -
Factors slowing down upward shifts of trees’ upper elevation limits
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...