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

  • Carabid beetles in forests

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Carabidae data from all historic up to the recent projects (21.10.2019) of WSL, collected with various methods in forests of different types.

    Version 2 ('FIDO_global_extract...

    Last updated: February 12, 2025

    • TXT
    • SERVICE
    • arthropoda
    • carabidae
    • coleoptera
    • forest
    • insects
    • running-beetles
    • trapping
  • Shading by Trees and Fractional Snow Cover Control the Subcanopy Radiation Budget

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    This data set consists of incoming and outgoing short- and longwave radiation as well as sunlit-snow-view-fraction as described in the JGR-Atmospheres paper "Shading by trees and...

    Last updated: February 13, 2025

    • XLS
    • TXT
    • forest
    • fractional-snow
    • longwave-radiation
    • shading
    • shortwave-radiation
  • G-TREE: Global Treeline Range Expansion Experiment Davos, Switzerland

    EnviDat: the Environmental Data Portal
    Education, culture and sport

    Background information Climate change-induced range expansion of treeline populations depends on their successful recruitment, which requires dispersal of viable seeds followed by...

    Last updated: March 26, 2025

    • TXT
    • climate-change
    • forest
    • g-tree
    • larix-decidua
    • picea-abies
    • seedling-recruitment
    • stillberg
    • swiss-alps
    • treeline