Forest Functions in Saxony — Natural Forest Cells according to Saxon Forest Law

The data set contains the natural forest cells (natural reserves) in the Free State of Saxony. Natural forest cells (NWZ) are forest areas left to their natural development. They are protected forest according to the Saxon Forest Act (SächsWaldG) with the aim of safeguarding the natural development of flora and fauna at a development stage close to natural vegetation. Natural forest cells primarily serve the research of self-developing forest communities, their soils, their vegetation, forest structure and fauna. They thus offer versatile approaches to the analysis of processes in forests and can be the basis for near-natural forest management or indicator of large-scale (anthropogenic) changes in relatively near-natural forest ecosystems. The geographical name of the natural forest cell is listed for each area. The data is used for the forest function map 1:25,000 of Saxony. Further information can be found in the brochure on forest function mapping published by the state enterprise Sachsenforst.本数据集收录了萨克森自由州（Free State of Saxony）范围内的天然林单元（natural forest cells，即天然保护区）。天然林单元（NWZ）指任其自然演替的林区，此类区域依据《萨克森森林法》（SächsWaldG）列为保护林地，旨在保护处于接近自然植被演替阶段的动植物区系的自然发育过程。天然林单元主要用于研究自然演替的森林群落、其土壤、植被、森林结构与动物区系，可为森林生态过程的分析提供多元研究路径，既可作为近自然森林经营的参考依据，也可作为相对近自然森林生态系统中大规模（人为）变化的指示指标。每个林区均标注了对应的天然林单元地理名称。本数据集用于制作萨克森州1:25000比例尺的森林功能图。更多详细信息可查阅萨克森森林国有公司（Sachsenforst）发布的森林功能制图手册。