Heathland reserve De Zoom-Kalmthoutse heide - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Heathland reserve De Zoom-Kalmthoutse heide
Short name
Kalmthoutse heide
Country
Belgium
Operating Organisation
Agency For Nature and Forest (ANB)
Site Manager
Marijke Thoonen
Site Description
heathland and inland dunes with conifer forest, including a strict forest reserve (Withoefse heide - monitoring since 1975)
Last modified
2024-10-01 21:10:25

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1968
Observed properties
ecosystem parameterlandscape parameterecosystemstructurehabitatstructurelandcover
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_08)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
Projects
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Photos
Withoefse heide
Withoefse heide
Geographic
3 km
2 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.39136 Longitude: 4.404831

Size
ca. 400.00ha
Elevation (average)
23.00msl
Elevation (min)
19.00msl
Elevation (max)
32.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate shrub heathland (F4)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate shrub heathland (F4) » Dry heaths (F4.2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
824.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no 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
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
0
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.