Vestskoven - Denmark

Basic Information
Site Name
Vestskoven
Short name
Vestskoven
Country
Denmark
Web Address
Dept of Geosciences&Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
Site Manager
Inger Kappel Schmidt
Morten Ingerslev
Lars Vesterdal
Site Description
Vestskoven is a 15 km2 ongoing afforestation area located 15 km west of central Copenhagen. Since 1967 arable land has successively been bought up for afforestation in order to establish a large forest area for outdoor activities and wood production. In 1998, afforestation chronosequences in oak (Quercus robur) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) were established as a research platform to quantify soil carbon dynamics, water recharge, nitrogen budgets and ground vegetation species diversity. The soil and grund vegetation species composition were resampled in the chronosequences after 13 years in 2011. Since 2003, an ICP-Forests Level II/Core plot with integrated monitoring under the UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1967
Observed properties
ecosystem parametersoil parameterchemical parameterbiological parameteratmospheric parameterlandscape parameterphysical parameterenvironmental parameteragricultural parameterremote sensing parameterabovegroundbiomassabovegroundnetprimaryproductionbiodiversitylossbiomassallocationbioticdiversitycanopyheightcanopystructuredeadwoodvolumedissolvednutrientdisturbancepatterndiversityindexdrymattercontentecosystemstructurefloristiccompositionfloristicdiversityforestcoverforeststructurehabitatcomplexityhabitatdegradationhabitatdisturbancehabitatheterogeneityhabitatstructurehabitatuseinorganicnutrientcontentlandcovertypeleafarealeafareaindexleafnitrogenconcentrationleafnutrientlitterresidencetimelittersizemicrobialbiomasscarbonpercentcarbonpercentnitrogenpercentorganiccarbonplantcoverplantdistributionplantdiversityplantnutrientplantspeciesabundanceplantspeciescompositionplantspeciesrichnessrelativeabundancerootbiomassspeciesabundancespeciescompositionspeciesgroupabundancespecieslistspeciesrichnesstotalcarbontreeagetreebasalareatreeconditiontreediametertreediameteratbreastheighttreedistributiontreeheightvegetationlayercompositionvegetationlayerstructurevegetationlayertypevegetationpatternvegetationstructureammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphoruscarbondioxideconcentrationcarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacityconductivitydissolvedorganicnitrogeninsoilinorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentpercentcarbonpercentnitrogenperchedwatertabledepthporestructureporewatercontentpotentialevaporationsoilaciditysoilalkalinitysoilbasesaturationsoilbulkdensitysoilcarbonstoragesoilclassificationsoildepthsoilevaporationsoilgravimetricwatercontentsoilmatrixwaterpotentialsoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilnitrogensoilnutrientsoilorganiccarbonsoilparticlesizesoilpHsoilporestructuresoilporositysoilsolutionconcentrationsoiltemperaturesoiltexturesoilvolumetricwatercontentsoilwatercontentsoilwaterholdingcapacitysoilwaterretentionsoilwaterretentioncurvesoilwiltingpointthicknessofsoilhorizontotalorganiccarbonammoniumcontentammoniumnitrateconcentrationammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphorusbasecationscontentinwaterbasesaturationbuffercapacitycarbontonitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitychemicalcompositionchemicalcompositionofwaterdissolvedorganiccarboninwaterdissolvedorganicnitrogendissolvedorganicphosphorusinorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentinorganicnutrientcontentnitrogenavailabilitynitrogenbalancenitrogenbudgetnutrientavailabilitysoilaciditysoilcarbonstoragesoilnitrateleachingsoilnitrogensoilnutrientsoilorganiccarbonsoilpHsoilsolutionpHtotalaciditytotalalkalinitytotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonabovegroundbiomassageclassagedistributionagestructureannualnetprimaryproductionbiologicaldiversitycanopyheightcrownclosureforestcoverfunctionaldiversityleafarearatioleafnitrogenconcentrationleafnutrientmicrobialbiomasscarbonnetprimaryproductivitynitrogencontentnitrogendioxidefluxnutrientfluxplantcoverplantgrowthrateplantheightplantnitrogenconcentrationplantnutrientprimaryproductivityrootbiomassrootdryweighttreeagetreebasalareatreediametertreediameteratbreastheighttreeheightairtemperaturedaylightlengthinterceptionmaximumtemperaturemeanannualairtemperaturemeanannualprecipitationmeanannualtemperaturemethaneconcentrationminimumtemperatureplantcarbonconcentrationprecipitationintensityreflectedglobalradiationirradiancerelativehumiditysaturatedwatercontentsolarradiationvaporpressuredeficitwinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)landcoverlanduselanduseintensitylandusepatternlandscapecompositionlandscapeconnectivitylandscapefragmentationlandscapeheterogeneitylandscapemetricslandscapepatternlandscapestructurebreastheightdiameterbulkdensitycanopyheightdrybulkdensityenvironmentalheterogeneitygroundsurfacetemperaturegroundtemperatureamountofnitrateleachingamountofnitrogenleachinginterception
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✔ (8_85)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Denmark✔ (LTER_EU_DK_02)This site is a verified "LTER Denmark" member.
Projects
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
ICP Forests (Level II)
ICP Integrated Monitoring
Photos
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Geographic
500 m
1000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 55.695044 Longitude: 12.366529

Size
ca. 1500.00ha
Elevation (average)
24.00msl
Elevation (min)
23.00msl
Elevation (max)
68.00msl
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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
Evergreen Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Continental 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) » Dry grasslands (E1)
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) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
9.00°C
Precipitation Annual
651.00mm
Geology
Glacial till
Soils
Hapludalfs/Luvisols
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
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) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Equipment notes
Part of the site is an ICP-forest site and highly instrumented. Other parts are experimental designed study sity e.g. three forest chronosequences in oak, beech and Norway spruce for forest development studies
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ICP forest site with continuously sampling of environmental parameters
Soon assessible online
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Data Policy Notes
The site has an ICP-forest site where data are available on request through ICP-forest. The rest of the forest is used in numerous projects and collaboration is always welcome
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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.