IT03-Forest of the Apennines - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
IT03-Forest of the Apennines
Short name
IT03-000-IT
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy web site
Site Manager
Giorgio Matteucci
Site Description
The site is the parent site of three research sites, performing long-term research and monitoring in Apennines forests (mostly beech - Fagus sylvatica L. - forests) and meadows located within those forests.
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2023-07-24 04:07:27

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2005
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✖The affiliation of this site with "ICP Forests" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_003)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
Projects
FutMon
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 41.0758 Longitude: 14.258

Elevation (average)
1400.00msl
Elevation (min)
1050.00msl
Elevation (max)
1750.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.00°C
Precipitation Annual
460.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
7
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related External Resources
There is a total of 1 datasets for this site available on the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR). Click here to get an overview of these datasets.
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.