Initial data from the ResEt-Fi project: climate stations and projections; biophysical data from the first vegetation period after disturbance

Content This dataset contains replication data and R code related to this publication: Reforestation under climate change - a cross-regional deadwood retention experiment to develop multifunctional forests on disturbed Norway spruce areas Birgitta Putzenlechner, Martin Zwanzig, Claus Bässler, Markus Bernhardt-Römermann, Janina Ebert, Simon Grieger, Philipp Koal, Henrik Oechler, Dorothea Peter, Ingolf Profft, Sascha Spaleck, Florian Steinebrunner, Alexander Tischer, Simon Thorn, Alexandra Wehnert, Xinying Zhou, Franka Huth bioRxiv 2026.01.12.698939; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.12.698939 You find zipped files for 1) initial records of the meteorological stations within the “ResEt-Fi” collaborative project, 2) initial in-situ data from handheld biophysical measurements of LAI and FAPAR (with SunScan device, Delta-T) and 3) climate projection data. Funding information This datasets is part of a joint initiative of the “ResEt-Fi” collaborative project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) (grant no. 033L304A-F) as part of the REGULUS program (https://regulus-waldholz.de/en/ueber-regulus-regulus-waldholz-de/). Acknowledgements The authors thank ThüringenForst AöR and the FFK Gotha as well as the local forest administrations for enabling and coordinating the research activities, providing and setting up forest stands for the field experiments.