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Survey data for birds, bryophytes, lichens and vascular plants from 40 Scots pine and Norway spruce stands in southern Sweden

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Alternative title

Data used for the study: The potential implications of shortened rotation length for forest birds, bryophytes, lichens and vascular plants: Example from southern Swedish production forests

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lisa Petersson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre orcid

Delphine Lariviere - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre orcid

Emma Holmström - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre orcid

Matts Lindbladh - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre orcid

Adam Felton - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre orcid

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre rorId

Principal's reference number

SLU.ess.2023.4.4.IÄ-1

Description

The aim of the data collection was to examine differences in biodiversity between two different age classes of production forest stands. Surveys were conducted between 2016-2017 in forty managed production forest stands in southern Sweden. Stands are dominated by two different tree species: Scots pine and Norway spruce and belong to two different age classes: 55 (+/- 5) and 80 (+/- 5) year old. In total ten stands of each category (tree species and age class) were surveyed. There are four separate data sets for species: birds, bryophytes, epiphytic lichens and vascular plants. Species data consists of presence/absence data for the different stands. There is also one data set with stand structures. The five different data sets can be connected using a stand ID that can be found in all of the files. Data consists of information about 26 bird species, 84 bryophyte species, 57 lichen species and 102 vascular plant species.

Files consist of 5 separate matrices with 40 rows that are stored in .csv format (comma delimited). Data set 'bird.csv' has 40 rows and 29 columns. Data set 'bryophyte.csv' has

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The aim of the data collection was to examine differences in biodiversity between two different age classes of production forest stands. Surveys were conducted between 2016-2017 in forty managed production forest stands in southern Sweden. Stands are dominated by two different tree species: Scots pine and Norway spruce and belong to two different age classes: 55 (+/- 5) and 80 (+/- 5) year old. In total ten stands of each category (tree species and age class) were surveyed. There are four separate data sets for species: birds, bryophytes, epiphytic lichens and vascular plants. Species data consists of presence/absence data for the different stands. There is also one data set with stand structures. The five different data sets can be connected using a stand ID that can be found in all of the files. Data consists of information about 26 bird species, 84 bryophyte species, 57 lichen species and 102 vascular plant species.

Files consist of 5 separate matrices with 40 rows that are stored in .csv format (comma delimited). Data set 'bird.csv' has 40 rows and 29 columns. Data set 'bryophyte.csv' has 40 rows and 87 columns. Data set 'epilichen.csv' has 40 rows and 60 columns. Data set 'vascularpl.csv' has 40 rows and 105 columns. Data set 'stand_structures.csv' has 40 rows and 7 columns. All data sets have a column "stand", which consist of stand IDs which can be used to connect the different data sets with each other. Information about tree species and stand age class is also provided in the data. For bird species common English names are used. Scientific names are used for vascular plants (Dyntaxa 2019), bryophytes (Hallingbäck 2006) och lichens (Santesson's Checklist of Fennoscandian Lichen-forming and Lichenicolous Fungi 2020).

Data was collected during summer of 2016 (birds, bryophytes, vascular plants and forest structure data) and during summer of 2017 (lichen data and forest structure data). Data consist of information from fourty stands. In each stand, 10 plots of 100m2 were used for inventoring bryophytes and vascular plants and 10 trees were surveyed for epiphytic lichens (including branches, up to two metres). Birds were surveyed in four plots per stand within a radius of 40 meters. In the data sets, absence-presence data for the whole stand is shown (i.e. when pooling all plots/trees together). Forest structures were measured within a radius of 10-15 meters in 10 plots per stand, except for dead wood, which was measured in 100 m2 plots. The data set 'stand_structures' shows hectare values based on the average from the plots. Column name explaination: 'stand' = stand-ID, 'tree' = tree species, 'age' = stand age, 'basal_area' = basal area, 'stem_density' = stem densities (stems > 4 cm diameter) and 'wood' = dead wood in m3 (snags, lying wood). The column 'canopy_cover' shows the average canopy cover calculated from 10 hemispherical photos per stand.

Stands were selected based on site index (SI 24-29 for Norway spruce) from forest owner management plans. Only stands on till soil with rhyolite or granite bedrock were selected for the study.

For details about study design, species inventories and stand selection see following publications:

*Birds*
Lindbladh M, Petersson L, Hedwall P-O, Trubins R, Holmström E, Felton A. Consequences for bird diversity from a decrease in a foundation species—replacing Scots pine stands with Norway spruce in southern Sweden. Regional Environmental Change. 2019;19(5):1429-40. doi: 10.1007/s10113-019-01480-0.

*Bryophytes*
Petersson L, Nilsson S, Holmström E, Lindbladh M, Felton A. Forest floor bryophyte and lichen diversity in Scots pine and Norway spruce production forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 2021;493:119210. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119210. PubMed PMID: WOS:000651205800009.

*Epiphytic lichens*
Petersson L, Lariviere D, Holmström E, Fritz Ö, Felton A. Conifer tree species and age as drivers of epiphytic lichen communities in northern European production forests. The Lichenologist. 2022;54(3-4):213-25. Epub 2022/07/29. doi: 10.1017/S0024282922000172.

*Vascular plants*
Petersson L, Holmström E, Lindbladh M, Felton A. Tree species impact on understory vegetation: Vascular plant communities of Scots pine and Norway spruce managed stands in northern Europe. Forest Ecology and Management. 2019;448:330-45. Show less..

Data contains personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Contains information that can be connected to geographic coordinates

Language

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

2016-04-01 – 2017-10-31

Data format / data structure

Species and taxons

Lecanoromycetes
Bryophyta
Aves
Tracheophyta

Data collection

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Description of the mode of collection: Bird survey: Point count within circular plots with 40 m radius
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2016-03-01 – 2016-05-31
  • Data collector: Swedish university of agricultural sciences rorId

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Description of the mode of collection: Bryophytes, vascular plants and dead wood: Plot survey in 100 m2 circular plots
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2016-06 – 2017-10-31
  • Data collector: Swedish university of agricultural sciences rorId

Data collection 3

  • Mode of collection: Field observation
  • Description of the mode of collection: Lichens: Inventory of tree trunk (including branches) up to 2 m
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2016-06-05 – 2016-10-31
  • Data collector: Swedish university of agricultural sciences rorId
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Kronoberg County, Kalmar County, Småland Province

Geographic description: The stands were located in the counties of Kalmar and Kronoberg.

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Southern Swedish forest owners' association rorId

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Önnesjö foundation

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: Crafoord foundation rorId

Funding 4

  • Funding agency: Oscar and Lili Lamms Minne Foundation rorId
Topic and keywords

Research area

Natural sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Forest science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Environmental sciences related to agriculture and land-use (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Vascular plants, Mosses, Liverworts, Biodiversity, Lichens, Bryophytes presence, Survey, Birds, Forest management

Publications

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Petersson, L., Lariviere, D., Holmström, E., Fritz, Ö., & Felton, A. (2022). Conifer tree species and age as drivers of epiphytic lichen communities in northern European production forests. In Lichenologist (Vol. 54, pp. 213–225). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282922000172
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282922000172
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:118563

Petersson, L., Holmström, E., Lindbladh, M., & Felton, A. (2019). Tree species impact on understory vegetation: Vascular plant communities of Scots pine and Norway spruce managed stands in northern Europe. In Forest Ecology and Management (Vol. 448, pp. 330–345). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.06.011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.06.011
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:102050

Petersson, L., Holmström, E., Lindbladh, M., & Felton, A. (2021). Forest floor bryophyte and lichen diversity in Scots pine and Norway spruce production forests. In Forest Ecology and Management (Vol. 493). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119210
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:112528

Lindbladh, M., Petersson, L., Hedwall, P.-O., Trubins, R., Holmström, E., & Felton, A. (2019). Consequences for bird diversity from a decrease in a foundation speciesreplacing Scots pine stands with Norway spruce in southern Sweden. In Regional Environmental Change (Vol. 19, pp. 1429–1440). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01480-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01480-0
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:100536

Petersson, L. (2019). Replacing Scots pine with Norway spruce : implications for biodiversity in production forests. Diss. Uppsala: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, https://res.slu.se/id/publ/103013
ISBN: 9789177604884
SwePub: oai:slubar.slu.se:103013

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