Changes in structure and composition of protected forest habitats after 10 years: Analyzes from different Natura 2000 sites in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

The data utilized in the paper "Wild et al. (2024)," submitted in Ecology and Evolution, are provided herein. The study examines the alterations in forest structure and species composition in Natura 2000 sites over a period of approximately ten years in the Harz and Harz foreland regions of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

The data were collected as part of the research project "Possibilities and Methods for the Promotion of Tree Species and Habitats of Native Forests as a Building Block for Adaptation to Climate Change and for Coping with Forest Damage Using the Example of Selected Natura 2000 Areas in Saxony-Anhalt" (10/2020 – 06/2023) (project no. 407.1.10-60128/630120000006) funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the State Administration Office of Saxony-Anhalt. 

The surveys were conducted between the months of July and September in the years 2021 and 2022.