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4 datasets found

  • Starter Kit for the TreeMig framework v1 for easy simulation of spatio-temporal forest dynamics

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Starter kit for the TreeMig framework that allows for an easy application of the forest landscape model TreeMig for simulating forest dynamics in space under changing environmental...

    Last updated: May 2, 2025

    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • r-package
    • species-migration
    • forest-model
    • forest
    • gui
    • species-interaction
    • spatial-modelling
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • treemig
    • forest-dynamics
    • land-use
  • Case study applications demonstrating the use and potential of the TreeMig framework v1

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The TreeMig framework allows for an easy application of the forest landscape model TreeMig for simulating forest dynamics in space under changing environmental and land use...

    Last updated: May 2, 2025

    • PDF
    • ZIP
    • SERVICE
    • r-package
    • bioclimatic-variables
    • forest-dynamics
    • treemig
    • example-applications
    • spatial-modelling
    • climate-change
    • species-migration
    • forest-management
    • land-use
    • forest
  • Evaluating the predictive performance of human avalanche forecasts and model predictions in Switzerland

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This data set was used in the analysis by Techel et al. **Can model-based avalanche forecasts match the discriminatory skill of human danger level forecasts? A comparison from...

    Last updated: June 30, 2025

    • ZIP
    • XLS
    • avalanche-release-probability
    • avalanche-forecast
    • spatial-modelling
    • machine-learning
    • forecast-models
  • Spatially explicit data to evaluate spatial planning outcomes in a coastal region in SĂŁo Paulo State, Brazil

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The present dataset is part of the published scientific paper entitled “The role of spatial planning in land change: An assessment of urban planning and nature conservation...

    Last updated: January 6, 2022

    • GeoTIFF
    • PDF
    • SHP
    • SERVICE
    • planning-outcome
    • urban-compactness
    • spatial-modelling
    • basic-services
    • urban-morphology
    • forest-gain
    • nature-conservation
    • built-up-classification
    • topography
    • land-use-and-cover-change
    • urban-sprawl
    • forest-persistence