Europe's forest harvesting regimes dataset
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Suvanto, Susanne1, 2
- Esquivel-Muelbert, Adriane3
- Schelhaas, Mart-Jan4
- Astigarraga, Julen5
- Astrup, Rasmus6
- Cienciala, Emil7
- Fridman, Jonas8
- Henttonen, Helena M.2
- Kunstler, Georges9
- Kändler, Gerald10
- König, Louis A.4
- Ruiz-Benito, Paloma5
- Senf, Cornelius11
- Stadelmann, Golo12
- Starcevic, Ajdin4
- Talarczyk, Andrzej13
- Zavala, Miguel A.5
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Pugh, Thomas1, 14
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University of Birmingham
- 2. Natural Resources Institute Finland
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University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Wageningen University & Research
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Universidad de Alcalá
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Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
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Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- 9. Université Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, LESSEM
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Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg
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Technical University of Munich
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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
- 13. Forest and Natural Resources Research Centre Foundation, Poland
- 14. Lund University
Description
The data contains quantification of forest harvesting regimes in 11 European countries based on permanent plots of forest inventories. The results are aggregated on a resolution of 1 degree latitude/longitude. The results and the methods for obtaining them are reported in detail in the publication below:
Suvanto, S., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., Schelhaas, M.J., Astigarraga, J., Astrup, R., Cienciala, E., Fridman, J., Henttonen, H.M., Kunstler, G., Kändler, G., König, L.A., Ruiz-Benito, P., Senf, C., Stadelmann, G., Starcevic, A., Talarczyk, A., Zavala, M.A., Pugh, T.A.M. (2025). Understanding Europe’s Forest Harvesting Regimes. Earth's Future 13 (2), e2024EF005225, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005225.
The file variables_harvest_regimes_zenodo1.csv contains the results for each 1-degree grid cell. The columns in the file are described below (please see more details in the paper and it's supplementary material):
| Colum name | Description | Unit | In Suvanto et al. |
| lat | Latitude of the grid cell center point | degree | |
| lon | Longitude of the grid cell center point | degree | |
| country | Country (in case of grid cells covering area from multiple countries, each country has a separate record in the data) | ||
| n_plots | Number of forest inventory plots in the grid cell | count | Supplement, Fig. S3 |
| n_harvest | Number of forest inventory plots with harvest in the grid cell | count | Supplement, Fig. S3 |
| harvest_rate | Total harvest rate, calculated as the percentage of tree basal area harvested in the grid cell per year. | percentage (%) | Fig. 2, Fig. 3 |
| harvest_freq | Frequency of harvest events, calculated as the percentage of plots harvested per year. | percentage (%) | Fig. 2, Fig. 3 |
| harvest_intensity_mean | Mean intensity of harvest events, calculated as the average percentage of tree basal area removed in a harvest event. | percentage (%) | Fig. 2, Fig. 3 |
| harvest_intensity_sd | Standard deviation of the intensity of harvest events, calculated as the standard deviation of the percentage of tree basal area removed in a harvest event. | percentage (%) | Supplement, Fig. S3 |
| p_harvests_in_0_25 | Fraction of harvest events with intensity of 0-25% | fraction (between 0-1) | Fig. 4 |
| p_harvests_in_25_50 | Fraction of harvest events with intensity of 25-50% | fraction (0-1) | Fig. 4 |
| p_harvests_in_50_75 | Fraction of harvest events with intensity of 50-75% | fraction (0-1) | Fig. 4 |
| p_harvests_in_75_100 | Fraction of harvest events with intensity of 75-100% | fraction (0-1) | Fig. 4 |
Files
variables_harvest_regimes_zenodo1.csv
Additional details
Related works
- Is documented by
- Software: 10.5281/zenodo.14650651 (DOI)
Funding
- European Commission
- ForMMI 895158
- European Research Council
- TreeMort 758873
- European Commission
- Climb-Forest 101059888
- European Commission
- ForestPaths 101056755
- European Commission
- HoliSoils 101000289
- European Commission
- Superb 101036849
- European Commission
- Resonate 101000574
- Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe
- FORECO 2021-05016
- VINNOVA
- FORECO 2021-05016
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- ANR- 20-EBI5-0005-03
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- LARGE 2021-123675OB-C41
- The Research Council of Norway
- Climate Smart Forestry Norway 302701