Appennino centro-meridionale: Majella-Matese - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Appennino centro-meridionale: Majella-Matese
Short name
IT01-001-T
Country
Italy
Web Address
http://www.lteritalia.it/
http://www.gloria.ac.at
Operating Organisation
Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise
Site Manager
Angela Stanisci
Funding Agency
Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise
Site Description
The site consists of “orographic islands” with high elevation vegetation in central Mediterranean basin, along the Apennines mountain range. Majella: 26 plots are in Majella National Park, 15 plots belonging to the world network GLORIA, placed along an elevation gradient between dwarf shrublands and tundra vegetation (2400-2700 m a.s.l.), 6 plots refer to the study of population biology of endangered taxa and other 5 plots, ranging from 2400 to 2600 m a.s.l., refer to soil monitoring. Matese: 10 plots in Matese mountains (1800-2000 m a.s.l.), included into the world network GLORIA, and characterised by high elevation grasslands.
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2025-01-07 11:01:19

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2001
Observed properties
ecosystem parametersoil parameterbiological parametercommunitycompositiondiversityindexfloristicdiversityspeciesabundancespeciescompositionspeciesgroupabundancespecieslistspeciesrichnesssoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoiltemperaturechangeinpopulationsizeovertimeplantcover
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_022)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
Teabag
Photos
IT_CAM_FEM_SW
IT_CAM_FEM_SW
Geographic
MarkerMarkerMarker
20 km
10 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 42.086116 Longitude: 14.085206

Size
ca. 1300.00ha
Elevation (average)
2400.00msl
Elevation (min)
2000.00msl
Elevation (max)
2794.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Grasslands
Montane grasslands and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Alpine and subalpine grasslands (E4)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Alpine and subalpine grasslands (E4) » Calcareous alpine and subalpine grassland (E4.4)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Dry grasslands (E1)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Dry grasslands (E1) » Mediterranean-montane grassland (E1.5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
3.00°C
Precipitation Annual
886.60mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly 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 » Data portal
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Catches or recaptures of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus
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Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

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