NFI4b data from the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL contains counts of regeneration trees where browsing of shoots from the previous year was recorded. The dataset is part of the Fourth National Forest Inventory (NFI) conducted between 2009 and 2013. It was published online in 2014 and last updated on the platform in 2018.
Use Cases
- Model browse damage impact on forest regeneration based on survey counts.
- Assess herbivore pressure on young forests using recorded browsing events.
- Monitor forest health and recovery trends using regeneration survey data.
Strengths
- Data originates from a national forest inventory (NFI) conducted over a 5-year period (2009-2013).
- Dataset is published by a federal research institute (WSL) with a DOI for citation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2018-01-01; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
- Collection Method
- National Forest Inventory (NFI) regeneration survey.
- Time Range
- Survey period 2009-2013.
- Geography
- Switzerland