Ichtegem - Wijnendale Forest - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Ichtegem - Wijnendale Forest
Short name
Wijnendale
Country
Belgium
Web Address
Report on the first monitoring cycle at the strict forest reserve
Operating Organisation
Agency For Nature and Forest (ANB)
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Site Manager
Kris Vandekerkhove
Site Description
The LTER-site of Wijnendale Forest is a 90 ha scientific zone located in a larger mixed atlantic beech-oak-woodland (300 ha), in the North-West of Belgium, 20 km south of Bruges. The site is located on moderately wet to dry sandy soils. The site is an ancient woodland that used to be managed as coppice with standards. Over the last 100 years it was gradually transformed to a mixed high forest, mainly of oak and beech. The site contains - an ICP Forests Level II plot (0.25 ha), in which effects of air pollution on the forest ecosystem are monitored, according to standard protocols. - a strict forest reserve of 65 ha: here, natural dynamics of forest structure and ground vegetation are monitored, and its effects on biological ...
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Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1987
Observed properties
soil parameterchemical parameterbiological parameteratmospheric parameterwater parameterecosystem parametercarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacityinorganiccarboncontentpercentcarbonpercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonsoilaciditysoilbasesaturationsoilbulkdensitysoilcarbonstoragesoilclassificationsoildepthsoildrybulkdensitysoilnitrogensoilnutrientsoilorganiccarbonsoilorganicresidualsoilparticlesizesoilpHsoilprofilewatercontentsoilsalinitysoiltemperaturesoiltexturesoilvolumetricwatercontentsoilwatercontentsoilwaterretentionsoilwiltingpointthicknessofsoilhorizontotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonacidneutralisingcapacityammoniumnitrateconcentrationbasecationscontentinwaterchemicalcompositionofwaterconcentrationofnitrogeninseedsdissolvednutrientdissolvedorganiccarboninwaterdissolvedorganicnitrogeninorganicnitrogencontentleafnitrogenconcentrationleafnutrientnitrateflowindrainpercentnitrogenpHvalueofwatersoilaciditysoilnitrogensoilnutrientsoilorganiccarbonsoilpHsoilsolutionpHwateralkalinitydateofstartofphysiologicalmaturityfloweringdateleafnutrientleafsizeplantnitrogenconcentrationplantnutrientseedmassseedproductionseedyieldtreebasalareatreeconditiontreediameteratbreastheighttreeheighttreemortalityairtemperatureatmosphericpressureglobalradiationirradiancemaximumtemperaturemeanannualtemperatureminimumtemperatureprecipitationintensityrelativehumiditysnowwaterequivalentwinddirectionwindspeedacidneutralizingcapacityofwaterammoniumnitrateconcentrationdissolvedorganiccarboninwaterelectricalconductivitygroundwaterlevelnitrogencontentsnowwaterequivalentwateralkalinityabovegroundnetprimaryproductiondisturbancepatternecosystemstructuretreedistribution
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
ICP Forests✔ (2_11)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
LTER Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_05)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
NEC Directive (2016/2284)
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
FutMon
Teabag
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
Large standing dead wood in the strict forest reserve area
Large standing dead wood in the strict forest reserve area
Geographic
500 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0697 Longitude: 3.03722

Size
ca. 90.00ha
Elevation (average)
27.00msl
Elevation (min)
20.00msl
Elevation (max)
40.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1) » Acidophilous oak-dominated woodland (G1.8)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
867.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
operations costs involve mainly labour costs for monitoring and sampling activities (technical staff); also laboratory costs for chemical analyses.
Site Visit Interval
15
Maintenance Interval
15
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Meteorological_data_Wijnendale_2011-2016
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.