Huitong Research Station of Forest Ecosystem - China

Basic Information
Site Name
Huitong Research Station of Forest Ecosystem
Short name
HTF
Country
China
Site Manager
Yan Shaokui
Site Description
Located in Huitong County, Hunan Province (26°45´N and 109°30´E), Huitong National Research Station of Forest Ecosystem is affiliated to the Institute of Applied Ecology of Chinese Academy of Sciences. This region marks a transition from Yun-Gui Plateau to the hills along the southern bank of Yangtze River and belongs to the up reach of Yuan River, a tributary of the Yangtze. The altitude ranges from 300 m to 1100 m above the sea level. The densely grouped hills and valleys feature the topography in this region, which determining forestry to be the major method of land use in this County. The mother rock mainly consists of grayish green slate, metamorphic rock and sandy shale. With relatively deeper layer, red earth or reddish ...
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2020-12-18 10:12:46

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1960
Observed properties
chemical parameterecosystem parametersoil parameterbiological parameterlandscape parameteratmospheric parameterenvironmental parameternutrientavailabilitybelowgroundautotrophicrespirationammoniumcontentammoniumnitrogencontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationpercentnitrogendissolvednutrientpercentorganiccarbonsoilorganicresidualtotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonavailablephosphorusbasesaturationcationexchangecapacitycarbondioxidefluxpersoilhorizoninorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentpercentcarbonsoilgasfluxsoilnitrateleachingsoilpHacidneutralisingcapacityabovegroundnetprimaryproductionecosystemstructureforeststructurecanopygapareasapwoodarealitterresidencetimenaturalnessnormalizedvegetationindexinorganicnutrientcontentdeadwooddecayingratesoilheatfluxmicrobialdiversitysoilmicrobialdiversitysoilorganicresidualsoilsoluteamountspeciesturnovervegetationreflectancetreediameteratbreastheightsoilnutrientsoilaciditysoilalbedosoilalkalinitysoilbulkdensitysoildrybulkdensitycarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitypotentialevaporationsoilevaporationsoilmobilewatercontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilosmoticpotentialsoilsolutionconcentrationcanopycoverrateleafareanitrogencontentleafnutrienttreeconditionplantnitrogenconcentrationleafarearatiolandcoverlanduselanduseintensitylandscapecompositionlandscapeconfigurationplantcarbonconcentrationabioticheterogeneity
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
CERN (LTER China)✔ (LTER-EAP-CN-19)This site is a verified "CERN (LTER China)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Geographic
300 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 26.849115 Longitude: 109.606309

Size
ca. 198.00ha
Elevation (min)
200.00msl
Elevation (max)
550.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2) » Highly artificial broadleaved evergreen forestry plantations (G2.8)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Highly artificial coniferous plantations (G3.F)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
16.50°C
Precipitation Annual
1190.45mm
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
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
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
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Legal permission for dataset use is obtained
LTER Site Classification
Master