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Pfynwald Geoelectric Experiment 2022
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... -
Litterfall and pollen data of three LWF beech plots
This dataset contains the parameters used in the statistical analyses for the manuscript SREP-19-40170-T, submitted in Scientific Reports. This study is part of the WSL Drought... -
Tree-ring data of European beech with premature leaf discoloration in 2018 an...
Tree-ring data and tree location from 470 European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) located in the northern part of Switzerland. 278 trees showed drought-induced premature leaf... -
Soil fauna drives SOC storage in a long-term irrigated dry pine forest
Data from a 17-year-long irrigation experiment (Pfynwald, Switzerland) in a naturally dry forest dominated by 100-year-old pine trees (Pinus sylvestris). Data include: (1)... -
Root-traits
Fine-root traits of Scots pine in response to enhanced soil water availability deriving from long-term irrigation in the Pfynwald Data_Fig.1.xlsx Fine-root biomass of the... -
2013-2020 gas exchange at Pfynwald
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... -
Tree measurements 2002-2016 from the long-term irrigation experiment Pfynwald...
To study the performance of mature Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) under chronic drought conditions in comparison to their immediate physiological response to drought release,... -
High resolution global standardized drought indices
The dataset consists of the standardized precipitation (SPI) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) index with a 30 arcsec (~1km) horizontal... -
Gao_Drought resistance and resilience of rhizosphere communities_13C-PLFA
Data of 13C-pulselabeling experiments in a young beech model ecosystem and a mature pine forest exposed to drought and rewetting. Data include microclimate during the... -
Experts survey protective forest and combined extremes in Val Mesolcina
This dataset contains the results of a case study analysing the potential impacts of a compound meteorological extreme event on the protective forest in the Val Mesolcina. These... -
Environmental constraints on tree growth
Seasonal variation in environmental constraints (vapor pressure deficit – VPD, air temperature, and soil moisture) on tree growth for the potential distribution range of seven... -
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... -
Drought alters C footprint of trees in soil: tracking the spatio-temporal fat...
Data from pulse-labelling experiment with 100-year old trees of a naturally dry pine forest exposed to a 15-year-long irrigation experiment. Canopies of 10 trees were labelled... -
Diversity of ground beetles and spiders as well as cynipid oak gall formation...
In the dry Pfynwald forest a long-term experiment of WSL was initiated in 2003 with a set of irrigated and non-irrigated plots. Forest Entomologie WSL made several... -
Historic droughts inventory of references to legal regulation 1976-2012
This is a collection of extracts from both House of Commons and House of Lords Debates about the legal regulation of water resources in the UK during five key drought episodes,...