Data supporting the analysis of forest cuts in Sweden

These files supported the analysis found in the paper: Widespread unquantified conversion of old boreal forests to plantations

Currently in preparation at Earths Future.

File: TableTempPlotsAndCuts221017.xlsx

The table includes Sweidsh NFI plot data on stand age and forest type, overlayed with maps on reported cuts, NFI regions, and protection. It contains all data needed to repeat the analysis found in the paper.

Below is a short description of each varaible.

X and Y, coordinates in SWEREF99 TM
taxar, year of inventory
age, stand age
IsFridlyst, if it was protected during inventoryagoslag, land cover type
Arendear, exists for cut plots, this is the year of land owners report of intention to cut
Avverktyp, purpose of the cut
Skogstyp, forest type in cut database
Avvdatum, date of cut
Kalladatum, origin of date of cut information
FID... etc, these are ID codes for a number of different protection statuses, a value different from zero indicates its protected
IfFjallNar, if its in the mountain zone
region, NFI region

File: NFI_regions.zip
Polygon map representing Swedish NFI sampling regions.