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99 datasets found

  • Stability tests, avalanche observations, Switzerland, Norway

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    Observational data used to quantitatively describe the key elements describing avalanche danger: snowpack stability, the frequency distribution of snowpack stability, and avalanche...

    Last updated: October 19, 2020

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    • rutschblock-test
    • avalanche-danger
    • norway
    • switzerland
    • extended-column-test
    • avalanche-observations
  • Nationalpark, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards

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    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...

    Last updated: December 3, 2019

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    • meteorology
    • precipitation
    • par
    • relative-humidity
    • long-term
    • climate-change
    • meteo
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • temperature
    • wind-speed
  • Pfynwald Geoelectric Experiment 2022

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    This collection of datasets consists of various measurements taken during the year 2022 in Pfynwald. It combines 2 electrical resistivity transects which were monitored in May and...

    Last updated: March 4, 2025

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    • pinus-sylvestris
    • ert
    • irrigation
    • drone-data
    • drought
  • Niche partitioning between wild bees and honeybees

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    Cities are socio-ecological systems that filter and select species, thus establishing unique species assemblages and biotic interactions. Urban ecosystems can host richer wild bee...

    Last updated: February 10, 2023

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    • bettergardens
    • urban-biodiversity
    • pollinator-experiment
    • urban-ecosystems
    • gardens
    • zurich
    • resource-availability
    • honeybees
    • city4bees
    • beekeeping
    • wild-bees
    • urbanization
  • Larval food composition of four wild bee species in five European cities

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    Urbanization poses threats and opportunities for the biodiversity of wild bees. A main gap relates to the food preferences of wild bees in urban ecosystems, which usually harbour...

    Last updated: July 16, 2024

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    • zurich
    • poznan
    • tartu
    • osmia-bicornis
    • paris
    • urban-ecology
    • chelostoma-florisomne
    • osmia-cornuta
    • dna-metabarcoding
    • hylaeus-communis
    • plant-pollinator-interactions
    • trap-nest
    • antwerp
    • cavity-nesting-bees
  • Grassland restoration: insects and insect traits

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    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,...

    Last updated: November 8, 2022

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    • insects
    • restoration
    • topsoil-removal
    • functional-traits
    • long-term-experiment
    • functional-diversity
    • grassland
    • diversity
  • Data on interaction diversity in urban gardens

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    The data supports the paper "Local and landscape factors shape alpha and beta trophic interaction diversity in urban gardens". It provides: (1) the host-natural enemy interaction...

    Last updated: April 18, 2025

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    • urban-ecosystems
    • food-webs
    • wasps
    • trap-nest
    • urban-ecology
    • management-intensity
    • host-enemy-interactions
    • hymenoptera
    • urbanization
    • cavity-nesting
    • zurich
    • bees
  • Nuclear microsatellite genotypes of the butterfly Melanargia galathea

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    Individual genotypes assessed at six nuclear microsatellite loci (two alleles per locus) for individuals of the butterfly Melanargia galathea (Marbled white) that were collected...

    Last updated: March 4, 2025

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    • genetic-structure
    • monitoring
    • melanargia-galathea
    • genetic-diversity
    • conservation-genetics
  • Spatial factors shape taxonomic and functional beta-diversity in water-filled tree holes in different biogeographical regions

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    These datasets and code support research on the community assemblage of aquatic macroinvertebrates in ephemeral microhabitats, specifically water-filled tree holes (WTH), in three...

    Last updated: July 15, 2025

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    • beta-diversity
    • functional-diversity
    • water-filled-tree-holes
    • metacommunity
    • environmental-factors
    • taxonomic-diversity
    • community-assembly
    • spatial-factors
  • LWF-Tea bag sites

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    Decomposition of plant litter is a key process for the transfer of carbon and nutrients in ecosystems. Carbon contained in the decaying biomass is released to the atmosphere as...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • litter
    • modeling
    • verification
    • carbon
    • roiboos
    • forest
    • tea-bag
    • decomposition
    • green-tea
  • ATLFISHREF A 12S mitochondrial reference dataset for metabarcoding Atlantic Fishes frequently caught during scientific surveys in the Bay of Biscay

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    The global biodiversity crisis driven by anthropogenic pressures significantly threatens marine ecosystems functioning. The rate of climate change and the impacts of anthropogenic...

    Last updated: December 2, 2024

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    • atlantic-ocean
    • actinopterygii
    • barcoding
    • environmental-dna
    • mitochondrial-dna
    • 12s
    • teleo-primers
  • 2013-2020 gas exchange at Pfynwald

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    Gas exchange was measured on control, irrigated and irrigation-stop trees at the irrigation experiment Pfynwald, during the years 2013, 2014, 2016-2020. The measurement campaigns...

    Last updated: August 13, 2021

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    • acclimation
    • drought
    • gas-exchange
    • fluorescence
    • photosynthesis
    • pinus-sylvestris
    • vpd
  • Snow water equivalent measurements with low-cost GNSS receivers along a steep elevation gradient in the East-ern Swiss Alps

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    This database contains GNSS derived snow water equivalent (SWE), liquid water content (LWC), and snow height (HS) and reference data collected during the two winter 2018-2020 at 4...

    Last updated: December 22, 2021

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    • gps
    • swe
    • snow-water-equivalent
    • lwc
    • gnss
    • snow
    • liquid-water-content
  • Ice nucleating particle concentrations active at -15 °C at Weissfluhjoch

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    This dataset contains number concentrations of ice-nucleating particles active at -15 °C observed at Weissfluhjoch during February and March 2019, as well as complementary data...

    Last updated: February 4, 2021

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    • raclets
    • ice-nucleation
    • clouds
    • backward-trajectories
    • aerosol
  • Neunkirch, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards

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    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...

    Last updated: December 3, 2019

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    • meteorology
    • temperature
    • relative-humidity
    • meteo
    • precipitation
    • climate-change
    • long-term
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • wind-speed
    • par
  • Alpthal, Switzerland: Long-term forest meteorological data from the Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme (LWF), from 1997 onwards

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    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...

    Last updated: September 28, 2020

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    • meteo
    • temperature
    • long-term
    • swiss-forest-lab
    • wind-speed
    • par
    • relative-humidity
    • meteorology
    • precipitation
    • climate-change
  • Number of avalanche fatalities per hydrological year in Switzerland since 1936-1937

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    Attention: this data is not updated after 2022 anymore. This dataset contains the statistics on the number of avalanche fatalities per hydrological year in Switzerland. The data...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

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    • avalanche-accidents
    • fatalities-in-terrain-close-to-ski-areas
    • fatalities-in-the-backcountry
    • fatalities-in-or-around-buildings
    • avalanche-fatalities
    • fatalities-on-transportation-corridors
    • fatalities-in-settlements
    • avalanche-accident-statistics
  • Debris flow observation at Illgraben 2024: Event Data 15 June / 21 June

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    This dataset contains measurements from two debris flows recorded in 2024 at the Illgraben debris-flow observatory in Switzerland. The first debris flow was recorded on 15 June...

    Last updated: August 22, 2025

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    • rainfall
    • surge-waves
    • radar
    • illgraben
    • debris-flow
  • intratrait

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    This data set was used to test whether species specialized to high elevations or with narrow elevational ranges show more conservative (i.e. less variable) trait responses across...

    Last updated: September 26, 2022

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    • elevation-range
    • elevation-gradient
    • cold-adapted-plants
    • neighbour-interactions
    • climate-change
    • plant-traits