Data paper Archive
19 May 2026
Characterization of grassland and shrubland patches on post-mining Mediterranean slopes and the adjacent forest: soil, vegetation, and topography data
Data paper Key message The described database provides environmental information about a case study of post-mining slopes in northern Spain. It characterizes soil physicochemical properties (including first mineral horizon thickness), plant community attributes (diversity indexes and cover
13 May 2026
A dataset of inventory plots and biomass estimates from the Chaco dry forest
Data paper Key message In the study area around Yacuiba, Bolivia, four field inventory plots were established. The associated plots cover a total of 16 ares of Chaco forest, distributed across zones of high and low photosynthetic
13 May 2026
Global Forest Attribute Dataset (GFAD): high-resolution spatial layers and statistics for monitoring forest morphology, connectivity, and accounting
Data paper Key message We present the Global Forest Attribute Dataset (GFAD), a comprehensive set of spatial layers and quantitative indicators derived from the “Global Forest Cover 2020” (GFC2020). GFAD characterizes the connectivity, morphology, and spatial arrangement
14 Apr 2026
A database of cross-sectional images for testing the biometric traceability of oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl. and Quercus robur L.) logs under realistic acquisition conditions
Data paper Key message The Biomtrace_extension database contains 8341 RGB images of the butt end of 695 French oak logs. This database was created with the aim of developing biometric traceability methods based on realistic photo acquisitions in the
13 Apr 2026
Tree-LiMS: a dataset of multi-temporal UAV LiDAR and multispectral data at single-tree level in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests of the Alpe di Catenaia, Italy
Data paper Key message This dataset offers high-resolution multi-temporal data on European beech tree dynamics, collected through UAV LiDAR and multispectral sensors at Alpe di Catenaia, Central Italy. It tracks architectural and phenological changes under different forest
23 Jan 2026
Tracking a decade of change: insights from long-term monitoring of an old-growth temperate rainforest on Chiloé Island, Chile
Key message Southern temperate rainforests harbor exceptional endemic biodiversity and large carbon stocks but remain underrepresented in global monitoring networks. Here, we present a dataset and standardized census protocol from a 1-ha permanent plot in an old-growth
15 Dec 2025
Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada
Key message The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada. Potential reuses of the data include mapping Fire Behaviour Prediction System fuel
9 Dec 2025
Historical insecticide applications for the treatment of forest insect pests from 1968 to 2017, in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Key message The geospatial dataset describes large-scale applications of insecticides to forests from 1968 to 2017 in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) and Nova Scotia (NS), Canada. The data was assembled to provide a historical
5 Dec 2025
UruDendro, a public dataset of 64 cross-section images and manual annual ring delineations of Pinus taeda L.
Key message The automatic detection of tree-ring boundaries and other anatomical features using image analysis has progressed substantially over the past decade with advances in machine learning and imagery technology, as well as increasing demands from the
2 Dec 2025
Transnational Forest Governance Arrangements dataset (TFGA-dataset)
Key message The Transnational Forest Governance Arrangements dataset is the first to compile a comprehensive set of governance arrangements whose spatial ambits span three or more national jurisdictions, and which formally address forests as a main issue. As