Ailao Mountain Research Station of Sub-tropical Forest Ecosystem - China

Basic Information
Site Name
Ailao Mountain Research Station of Sub-tropical Forest Ecosystem
Short name
Ailaoshan Station
Country
China
Site Manager
yiping zhang
Site Description
Located in Jingdong County, Yunnan Province, China. The annual mean air temperature was 11.3 °C, with a minimum monthly mean temperature of 5.7 °C in January and a maximum monthly mean temperature of 15.6 °C in July. Average annual rainfall was 1778 mm, with 86.0% of this falling in the rainy season (May–October). The dominant tree species in the forest are Lithocarpus xylocarpus, Lithocarpus hancei, and Castanopsis wattii.
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2020-12-18 10:12:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1981
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
CERN (LTER China)✔ (LTER-EAP-CN-24)This site is a verified "CERN (LTER China)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
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Elevation (average)
2500.00msl
Elevation (min)
2300.00msl
Elevation (max)
2650.00msl
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Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1931.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
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Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy URL
http://www.cern.ac.cn
LTER Site Classification
Regular