Submitted to: European Journal of Forest Research
Persistence and change – Exploring the driving forces of long‐term forest cover dynamics in the Swiss lowlands
Christin Lorana*, Felix Kienasta, Matthias Bürgia
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a WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Zürcherstrasse 111,
8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Supplementary material
Fig. 3: New and continuous forest cover in Canton Zurich since 1850. In general new forest patches are found all over the canton, but major clusters are found especially east of lake Zurich and in the south‐east towards the boarder of the canton.
Tab. 3: Forest cover and infrastructure (road and railway lines) within the forest patches.
YEAR Forest Cover (km²) Infrastructure (km²) Proportion of infrastructure (%)
1850 526.67 1.94 0.37
1880 499.48 1.88 0.38
1910 501.74 2.49 0.50
1940 498.25 2.66 0.53
1970 477.32 3.51 0.74
2000 506.78 4.69 0.93