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SLU Forage Availability Maps

October 2025

Metadata

Identifier
DOI
Funding agency
Sveaskog and SLU Forest Damage Centre (SLU.sfak.2022.1.1.1-72-6)
Keywords
oak, game, deer, birch, fodder, willow, aspen, national forest inventory, pine, small trees, moose, rowan, game management, remote sensing
Data citation

Graf, L. et al. (2025) “SLU Forage Availability Maps.” Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. doi:10.5878/63mq-rq08.

File format
tif
Start date
01/01/2016
End date
31/12/2023
Frequency of update
Irregularly
Subject area
  • Biology
Habitat type
  • Forest
Species group
  • Vascular plants
Swedish environmental objectives
  • Ett rikt växt - och djurliv
  • Sustainable forests

Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Contact

Annika Felton

This dataset contains SLU's maps of the availability of forage. The maps show the expected abundance of pine (Pinus sylvestris), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), oak (Quercus spp.), goat willow (Salix caprea), aspen (Populus tremula), and birch (Betula spp.) in the size range 10 cm high to 4 cm in diameter at breast height.

The dataset includes 12 raster files (tif): six different species and two aggregation levels (1 ha and 1 km2). The maps show the average number of trees estimated per spatial unit.

The models have been created using data from the National Forest Inventory and remote sensing data.

For more information on the development of this dataset, see the article: Mapping cervid forage in Sweden using remote sensing and national forest inventory data.

Download data

Data can be downloaded from Researchdata.se: SLU Forage Availability Maps.