Fieldwork Protocol: Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services (ESuDis)

The project "Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services" (ESuDis) seeks to better understand the interplay of natural and anthropogenic capitals in the co-production of nature's contributions to people (NCP), including ecosystem services. In this protocol, the authors report on the project aims, the research design and methods employed during fieldwork. The protocol provides documentation and information about the 39 semi-structured interviews with foresters and conservation managers serving as basis for a social network analysis with a focus on the description of the case study sites, the selection of the respondents, the research design (rankings and interviews), the collection and the processing of the data. The interviews were conducted across three case study sites in Germany: Schorfheide-Chorin in the Northeast, Hainich-Dün in the Centre, and Schwäbische Alb in the Southwest. All three case study sites belong to the large-scale and long-term research platform Biodiversity Exploratories. The protocol is supplemented by a short definition part, a map (case study sites), the consent form and the interview design, i.e. the ranking and the interview guide.