Tree heights and diameters of Switzerland's Sanasilva forests

Fuente: PANGAEA
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haeni, Matthias, Hug, Christian, Rigling, Andreas, Gessler, Arthur
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1867170992863838208
author Haeni, Matthias
Hug, Christian
Rigling, Andreas
Gessler, Arthur
author_facet Haeni, Matthias
Hug, Christian
Rigling, Andreas
Gessler, Arthur
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents Measurements of tree heights and crown sizes are essential in long-term monitoring of spatially distributed forests to assess the health of forests over time. In Switzerland, in 1994 and 1997, more than 4'500 trees have been recorded in a 8x8 km plot within the Sanasilva Inventory, which comprises the Swiss Level I sites of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests' (ICP Forests). Tree heights and crown sizes were measured for the dominant and co-dominant trees (n = 1,723), resulting in a data set from 171 plots in Switzerland, spreading over a broad range of climatic gradient and forest characteristics (species recorded = 20). Average tree height was 22.1 m, average DBH 34.6 cm and crown diameter 6.5 m. The data set presented here is open to use and shall foster research in allometric equation modelling.
format Dataset Open Access
id pangaea_https___doi_org_10_1594_PANGAEA_864521
institution PANGAEA
language en
publishDate 2016
publisher PANGAEA
record_format pangaea
spellingShingle Tree heights and diameters of Switzerland's Sanasilva forests
Haeni, Matthias
Hug, Christian
Rigling, Andreas
Gessler, Arthur
Identification; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Plot; Species; Species, common name; Species code; Switzerland; Tree crown diameter; Tree height; Trees, diameter at breast height
Measurements of tree heights and crown sizes are essential in long-term monitoring of spatially distributed forests to assess the health of forests over time. In Switzerland, in 1994 and 1997, more than 4'500 trees have been recorded in a 8x8 km plot within the Sanasilva Inventory, which comprises the Swiss Level I sites of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests' (ICP Forests). Tree heights and crown sizes were measured for the dominant and co-dominant trees (n = 1,723), resulting in a data set from 171 plots in Switzerland, spreading over a broad range of climatic gradient and forest characteristics (species recorded = 20). Average tree height was 22.1 m, average DBH 34.6 cm and crown diameter 6.5 m. The data set presented here is open to use and shall foster research in allometric equation modelling.
title Tree heights and diameters of Switzerland's Sanasilva forests
topic Identification; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Plot; Species; Species, common name; Species code; Switzerland; Tree crown diameter; Tree height; Trees, diameter at breast height
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864521