Belasitsa - Bulgaria

DEIMS.ID:

https://deims.org/7b0fab75-c658-453b-b4cb-67eb6e88d161

Basic Information

Site Name:

Belasitsa

Short name :

Belasitsa

Country (Site Location):

Bulgaria

LTER Member Network:

Bulgaria (LTER-Bulgaria)

Contact: Site Manager:

Nesho Chipev

General Site Description:

This site is located on the territory of Belasitsa Nature Park. The southwest part of Bulgaria where the Belasitsa mountain is situated falls into the European Broadleaf Forest Region, Macedonian Province. The chestnut belt has area of 2592 ha and is situated between 250 m and 900 m altitude. The forest has complex spatial structure and distorted age structure. The mean age of trees is 95 years but individuals aging 350 years are present, with diameter 2,5 m and height up to 18 m. In the community a tendency for substitution of the chestnut by other tree species is present. The climate is characterized by rainy winter and hot and dry summer. The vegetation period is near 220 days. Data on climate are available from the near by site in the town of Petrich. There are 3 sites with dispositives for meteorological, hydrological and hydrobiological measurements and 3 Forest permanent sample plots.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

preliminary

Year Site Established:

2009

Size :

2 592.00ha

Purpose of Site :

This site is perspective for the study of the interaction biodiversity-functioning. Potential indicator species, besides the chestnut trees, could be lichens, mosses, birds etc. The question of habitat fragmentation can be also studied. This is a site which can be a hot spot for socio-ecological studies in the context of the LTSER platform of LTER-EUROPE.

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Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 41.366400000000
Longitude: 23.134100000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

250.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

900.00msl

Elevation - Average:

418.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

1.80°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

1.80°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

11.33°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

133.70mm

Precipitation Annual :

555.60mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

149.10mm

Biome :

Deciduous Forest

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Deciduous Forest

Biogeographical Region:

Sub-mediterranean

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Affiliation:

Natura 2000
LTER
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_BG_002

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Accreditation Status by LTER Member Network:

Accepted as potential LTER facility

Protection Status and Resource Management

Nat. protection

75 - 100%

50 - 75%

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

50 - 75%

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Platform

Scale of Observation:

plot within catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

partly experimentation

Infrastructure

Infrastructure notes:

No research infrastructure present at the site – 3 sites with dispositives for meteorological, hydrological and hydrobiological measurements. There are 3 Forest permanent sample plots, also.

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Structured file

Operation

Permanent Operation:

Data Management

General Data Policy:

Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset

The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset

Data Storage Location :

Distributed over multiple institutions

Data services :

Other data service

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