Gontrode - Aelmoeseneie Forest - Belgium

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Basic Information

Site Name

Gontrode - Aelmoeseneie Forest

Short name

Gontrode

Country

Belgium

Web Address

Aelmoeseneiebos

LTER-Belgium

Site Manager

Kris Verheyen

Keywords

Tea bag

Site Description

The Aelmoeseneie Forest is a 28.5 ha mixed deciduous forest in the community of Gontrode, just southeast of Ghent. The largest part of the forest is ‘ancient forest’, i.e. it is permanently forested since before 1775, while the forest is surrounded by agricultural land (mostly pastures). The soil consists of a silt loam to loam soil (Planosol), overlaying a mosaic of tertiary clayey and sandy deposits with high base saturation starting at 50 cm depth. Forest management is designed to obtain a more natural tree species composition and to conserve biodiversity. More info can be found at www.aelmoeseneiebos.ugent.be.

Last modified

2020-06-29 10:06:05

General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status

Operational

Year Established

1987

Purpose

Since 1969 this forest was put at the disposal of the Department of Environment of Ghent University, where it serves an important educational and scientific role. Most research activities are concentrated in a marked scientific zone of 1.83 ha. The scientific zone contains an ICP Forests Level I plot , in which the condition of the trees is monitored. Also a Level II plot (0.25 ha) is located in the scientific zone, in which the effects of air pollution on the forest ecosystem are monitored, according to standard protocols. The scientific zone also contains a 35 m high meteorological tower since 1993. Furthermore, many projects, PhD and MSc theses, of both ForNaLab (www.fornalab.ugent.be) and the Laboratory of Plant Ecology (www.plantecology.ugent.be), have been conducted in the forest.

Research Topics

environmental science

Parameters

atmospheric parameter

Photos

not defined

Geographic

Size

29.00ha

Elevation (average)

20.00msl

Elevation (min)

12.00msl

Elevation (max)

21.00msl

Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Affiliation

Projects

ICP Forests (Level I)

ICP Forests (Level II)

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

GEO-BON Biome

Terrestrial

Biome

Deciduous Forest

Ecosystem and Land Use

Forest

Deciduous Forest

Biogeographical Region

Atlantic Bio-geographical Region

Air Temperature: Average Annual

10.60°C

Precipitation Annual

786.00mm

EUNIS habitat

Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)

Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design)

Simple Site

Design of Experimentation

partly experimentation

Scale of Experimentation

plot scale

Design of Observation

mainly observation

Scale of Observation

plot within catchment

Infrastructure

Accessible All Year

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible

Yes

Access Type

paved road

Permanent Power Supply

Yes

Operation

Permanent Operation

Site Visit Interval

Maintenance Interval

Data Management

General Data Policy

Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset

Data Storage Location

Distributed over multiple institutions

Data Services

Other data service

Network related information

LTER Site Classification

Regular

Related Resources

Additional data

There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:

Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity Change	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Precipitation Change	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure Change	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind Speed	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air Temperature	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature	RCP26	RCP45	RCP85

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