Park Shaked (PSK), LTSER Northern Negev - Israel

Basic Information
Site Name
Park Shaked (PSK), LTSER Northern Negev
Short name
Park Shaked
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Shayli Dor - Haim
Hezi Yizhaq
Site Description
Designation: Ecosystem research and management under land-use and climate change. Climate: Mean annual precipitation 150-200mm between November and April; mean maximum summer temperature 34° C, mean minimum winter temperature 6° C. (Data avialable for 15-min interval meteorological measurements and daily summaries for rainfall, air and soil humidity and temperature, wind velocity and direction, from 1997 to the present.) Principal biomes: Semiarid shrub land (shrub-grass steppe), rocky and loessial watersheds, ephemeral streams. Vegetation is dominated by patch-forming dwarf shrubs (Noaea mucronata, Atractylis serratuloides and Thymelea hirsuta) with species-rich annual winter vegetation in the inter shrub (dominated by Stipa ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1987
Observed properties
ecosystem parametersoil parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameterchemical parameterlandscape parameterremote sensing parameterenvironmental parameterwater parameteragricultural parameterphysical parameterabovegroundbiomassanimalspeciesabundanceanimalspeciespresencebaresoilcoverbioticdiversitydiversityindexecosystemhealthecosystemstructurefloristicdiversitygroundwaterlevelhabitatcomplexityhabitatdegradationhabitatdisturbancehabitatheterogeneityhabitatstructurehabitatuselandcovertypemacrofaunaabundancemicrobialdiversitymicrobialrespirationplantdistributionplantdiversityplantspeciescompositionplantspeciespresenceplantspeciesrichnesssoilheatfluxsoilmacrofaunaabundancespeciesabundancespeciescompositionspecieslistvegetationlayercompositionvegetationlayerstructurevegetationlayertypevegetationpatternvegetationstructureaggregatesizedistributionammoniumnitrateconcentrationavailablephosphorusavailablewatercapacitycarbondioxideconcentrationcarbon-to-nitrogenratioconductivityelectricalconductivitypercentcarbonpercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonsoilaciditysoilalbedosoilbulkdensitysoildepthsoilmicrobialdiversitysoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilnitrogensoilorganiccarbonsoilparticlesizesoilpHsoilporositysoilrespirationsoilsalinitysoiltemperaturesoiltexturetotalcarbonairhumidityairtemperaturedewpointglobalradiationirradianceheatfluxmaximumtemperaturemeanannualairtemperaturemeanannualprecipitationmeanannualtemperatureminimumtemperatureprecipitationintensityrelativehumiditywinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)abovegroundbiomassannualnetprimaryproductionbiologicaldiversitychangeinpopulationsizeovertimecommunitypatterncommunitystructuredroughtresistancedroughttoleranceGreennessIndexNormalizedDifferenceVegetationIndexnutrientfluxplantcoverprimaryproductivitydrylandsalinityinorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentnitrogencontentpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonsoilaciditysoilalkalinitysoilorganiccarbonsoilpHsoilsalinitylandcoverlanduselandusepatternlandscapecompositionlandscapeconfigurationlandscapeconnectivitylandscapeheterogeneitylandscapepatternlandscapestructurepatchdensitypatchsizealbedodiffuseradiationintensityglobalradiationirradiancelongwaveradiationphotosyntheticallyactiveradiationintensitysoilalbedoabioticheterogeneityenvironmentalheterogeneitygroundsurfacetemperaturegroundtemperaturelandsurfacetemperaturerainfallvariabilityrunoffamountsurfacerunoffdrymatteryieldheatflux
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Israel✔ (LTER_EU_IL_009)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
ExpeER
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
200 m
500 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 31.2704421983 Longitude: 34.654577827889

Size
ca. 250.00ha
Elevation (average)
160.00msl
Elevation (min)
100.00msl
Elevation (max)
190.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Desert-scrub
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Grasslands
Savanna
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Large parks (X11)
Habitat complexes (X) » Mosaic landscapes with a woodland element (bocages) (X10)
Habitat complexes (X) » Pasture woods (with a tree layer overlying pasture) (X09)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
19.00°C
Precipitation Annual
150.00mm
Geology
Eocene chalk bedrock, Miocene sediments (sandstone, sand, conglomerates), and Quaternary aeolian and alluvial sand/clay deposits.
Vegetation
Semi-arid shrub-grassland slopes and hilltops dominated by Noaea mucronata and Atractylis serratuloides dwarf shrubs; Thylemaea hirsuta along ephemeral stream beds; Species-rich winter-annual vegetation (120 species), dominated by Stipa capensis.
Soils
Serozem, depth 50-110 cm, color yellow/brown to reddish, texture sandy seine, at places with chalk and/or gypsum aggregates. The bulk soil has between 2 and 3% of carbon, a texture of 4% clay, 18% silt, 68% fine sand (b210 ?m) and 10% coarse sand, a pore volume of 0.46 and a bulk density of 1442 kg m?3. In some patches the soil is mixed with small rocky particles.
Hydrology
Ephemeral stream in wet season (winter); runoff flow on slopes due to low infiltration causes by biological soil crust, intercepted by mature shrub or grass vegetation.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 6 - 10 beds
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
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
Fence repairs
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
60
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 review the results based on the dataset
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Park Shaked Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Platform: LTER_EU_IL_009: Meteorology data(1999-2018)
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.