LTSER Zone Atelier Alpes - France

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Site Name
LTSER Zone Atelier Alpes
Short name
LTSER ZAA
Country
France
Site Description
The LTSER Zone Atelier Alpes is a research platform that embraces all the French Alps as defined by the European Alpine Convention. The platform hosts several sites dedicated to the long term monitoring of social-ecological systems : one GLORIA site (FR-AME), a large set of permanent plots located along several elevational transects (ORCHAMP project), a network of sentinel alpine pastures, etc. Infrastructures regroups all facilities and observatories maintained by the academic community Univ. Grenoble Alpes. More intensive research investigations concern three master sites: (1) the 'Lautaret-Galibier' master site includes the Lautaret Garden, an alpine field station member of the Anaee network (2) the 'Arves-Mont Blanc' master site ranges from urbanized valleys to the highest summit of Europe (3) the 'alpine trench Grenoble-Chambéry-Annecy' master site is a large area encompassing the urbanized valleys of the western border of the French Alps (Grenoble-Chambéry-Annecy) and nearby mountain ranges (Vercors, Chartreuse, Belledonne & Bauges). The LTSER Zone Atelier Alpes belongs to LTER-France network and is located in south eastern France.
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2023-07-26 08:07:18

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2008
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER EuropeThis site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
AnaEEThe affiliation of this site with "AnaEE" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER France (LTER_EU_FR_001)This site is a verified "LTER France" member.
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)The affiliation of this site with "Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
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Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 44.8 Longitude: 6.4

Size
ca. 1000000.00ha
Elevation (average)
1800.00msl
Elevation (min)
200.00msl
Elevation (max)
4807.00msl
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