This dataset contains the location, size and species of the trees in each plot, and estimation of tree biomass, based on the 2017 inventory (inventory 2).

This dataset contains the location, size and species of the trees in each plot at year 2012. When necessary data were corrected and completed at the occasion of the second inventory (2017).

This dataset contains canopy packing estimates for all Exploratory plots (as calculated in Jucker et al. Functional Ecology 2015).

This dataset contains annual aboveground wood production (AWP) estimates for all Exploratory plots between 1997 and 2011 (as calculated in Jucker et al. Journal of Ecology 2016).

The main objectives of this task are to quantify the decomposition of a mixture of litter with the plot-specific diversity, and to relate this information to tree diversity and environmental gradients across sites.

Most of the plant diversity in European forests is found in the understorey, and despite its relatively low biomass compared to the forest overstorey, its functional importance is high (nectar source for pollinators, habitat for small mammals, aff...