Bab - Slovakia

Basic Information
Site Name
Bab
Short name
Bab
Country
Slovakia
Operating Organisation
Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Site Manager
Peter Gajdos
Site Description
The Bab forest (66 ha) was selected as an example of a lowland deciduous broad-leaved forest on loess for ecosystem research in the International Biological programme (IBP) in 1967. More than 60 researchers performed a comprehensive ecosystem research at the site within IBP and MaB programmes in 1967-1975. This period finished by production of syntheses in micro-meteorology and micro-climate, soils, soil microbiology, ecophysiological processes of plants (photosynthesis, water relations, mineral nutrition), primary productivity, nutrient cycles, water circulation, and secondary productivity. The ecosphisiological studies continued in 1975-1980, later the research was focused to plant population biology and alien plants invasions. ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1967
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Slovakia✔ (LTER_EU_SK_001)This site is a verified "LTER Slovakia" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Teabag
Photos
Báb forest
Báb forest
Geographic
Marker
300 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 48.3033 Longitude: 17.8886

Size
ca. 72.25ha
Elevation (average)
190.00msl
Elevation (min)
170.00msl
Elevation (max)
210.00msl
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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
Pannonian 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) » Thermophilous deciduous woodland (G1.7)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.01°C
Precipitation Annual
540.90mm
Geology
Calcareous loess
Vegetation
The geobiocoenosis belongs to the Fageto-Quercetum group of forest type (Kubí?ek and Brechtl, 1970), with prevailing oaks- Quercus robur, Q. petraea, Q.cerris with admixtute of Carpinus betulus and Acer campestre in the tree layer of phytocoenosis. The herbaceous layer is dominated by Mellica uniflora, Dactylis glomerata, Carex pilosa, Asperula odorata, Hedera helix, Pulmonaria officinalis and Geum urbanum.
Soils
The parent is calcareous loess, the formed soil are Albi-Halic Luvisols wih 2,6-3,3% organic mater content and C/N ratio of 13,9 in the 0-10cm horizon (Szombathová and Zaujec, 2001, Gonet et al., 2008).
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (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) » No within site data transmission
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
10
Maintenance Interval
365
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
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
Mutual agreement on reciprocal sharing of data
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
Data Policy Notes
At least one of above mentioned options need to be meet, decision is taken on individual basis.
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Báb_temperature_precipitation_LTER_EU_SK_001_2014-2018
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.