The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is concerned with the use, development and protection of natural and urban spaces. The focus of our research is on solving problems to do with the responsible use of landscapes and forests and a prudent approach to natural hazards, especially those common in mountainous countries. WSL occupies a leading position internationally in these research areas. We also provide groundwork for sustainable environmental policies in Switzerland.

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3 datasets found

  • Impact of non-native tree species in Europe on soil properties and biodiversity: a review

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Compiled data on the impacts of seven important NNTs (Acacia dealbata, Ailanthus altissima, Eucalyptus globulus, Prunus serotina, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus rubra, Robinia...

    Last updated: October 21, 2022

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    • XLS
    • biodiversity
    • biogeography
    • forest-management
    • pairwise-stand-comparisons
    • soil-impacts
  • Beetle communities reared from beech branches and associated forest and environmental variables

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    The data was generated during a landscape experiment performed on 69 plots in Sihlwald forest between 2016 and 2019. Branch bundles of different sizes consisting of beech branches...

    Last updated: November 17, 2023

    • XLS
    • biodiversity
    • colonisation
    • conservation
    • dead-wood
    • forest-management
    • habitat-availability
    • habitat-heterogeneity
    • saproxylic-beetles
    • sloss
  • Resurveyed vegetation releves of beech forests in the Swiss Jura Mountains

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    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...

    Last updated: February 21, 2024

    • XLS
    • air-pollution
    • climate-change
    • fagus-sylvatica
    • forest
    • forest-management
    • ground-vegetation