Cutting edge: A comparison of contemporary practices of riparian buffer retention around headwaters in Canada, Finland and Sweden

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lenka Kuglerova - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Timo Muotka - University of Oulu

John Richardson - University of British Columbia

Description

These data describe 286 small streams in Canada, Sweden and Finland and the conditions of their riparian buffers. All the study streams were subject to forest harvest between 2010 and 2016 and riparian buffers were left by forest practitioners. We measured number of stream physical properties (size, substrate, channel forms) and the conditions of the associated riparian buffers (width, tree composition, age structure). We further assessed other impairments caused by forestry operations such as machine tracks in the riparian area, drainage ditches connected to the streams, and stream crossing. Those data are also available in the database.

Subject area

Natural Sciences, Earth and Related Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

flowing water, water analysis, buffer zone, rivers/streams

Principal organisation

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lenka Kuglerova - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Timo Muotka - University of Oulu

John Richardson - University of British Columbia

Contributor(s)

Jussi Jyvasjarvi - University of Oulu

Claire Ruffing - University of British Columbia

Identifiers

SND-ID: SND 1125

Description

These data describe 286 small streams in Canada, Sweden and Finland and the conditions of their riparian buffers. All the study streams were subject to forest harvest between 2010 and 2016 and riparian buffers were left by forest practitioners. We measured number of stream physical properties (size, substrate, channel forms) and the conditions of the associated riparian buffers (width, tree composition, age structure). We further assessed other impairments caused by forestry operations such as machine tracks in the riparian area, drainage ditches connected to the streams, and stream crossing. Those data are also available in the database.

Language

English

Time period(s) investigated

2017-05-01 — ongoing

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Finland, Canada

Geographic description: The data focus on one southern and one northern region in Sweden and Finland and coastal and interior regions in British Columbia (Canada).

Data contains personal data

No

Funding

Funding agency: The Swedish Research Council Formas

Funding agency: Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia)

Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Gouvernement du Canada

Subject area

Natural Sciences, Earth and Related Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

flowing water, water analysis, buffer zone, rivers/streams

Associated documentation

SOSTPRO-WW2015_Full_Proposal.pdf

Table_S6._RAS_Sweden_Summary_variables.txt

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2020-06-18
https://doi.org/10.5878/9469-2s37

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Cutting edge: A comparison of contemporary practices of riparian buffer retention around headwaters in Canada, Finland and Sweden

Citation

Lenka Kuglerova, Timo Muotka, John Richardson. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Ecology and Management (2020). <em>Cutting edge: A comparison of contemporary practices of riparian buffer retention around headwaters in Canada, Finland and Sweden</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/9469-2s37">https://doi.org/10.5878/9469-2s37</a>

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lenka Kuglerova - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Timo Muotka - University of Oulu

John Richardson - University of British Columbia

Description

Table S3. The separately uploaded table contains data which were used for analyzing riparian buffer widths and the factors affecting it (catchment area, riparian slope and clearcut size), as well as Impairment Index for all sites in all three countries. Table S4-S6. These separately uploaded tables contain all data from the Canadian, Finnish and Swedish sites used in the study, including information on the buffer width and composition, stream properties, impairments, site names, site information

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Numeric

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Data collection

Description of the mode of collection: The data contain in-field observations and measurements.

Time period(s) for data collection: 2017-05-01 — 2018-08-30

Published: 2020-06-18