Lönnstorp Research Station - Sweden

Basic Information
Site Name
Lönnstorp Research Station
Short name
Lönnstorp
Country
Sweden
Site Description
SITES Lönnstorp research station is situated in the Scanian agricultural landscape between Malmö and Lund and has a focus on the design, sustainable development and assessment of arable cropping systems, in conventional and organic farming. The research station is available for research within ecology, agronomy, environmental science, agroecology and other disciplines. SITES Lönnstorp research station have access to 60 hectares of conventional and 18 hectares of organic farm land, mainly cultivated with annual crops, representative for agricultural practise in southern Sweden. The station is also a part of SITES, Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science. SITES is a nationally co-ordinated infrastructure for terrestrial and limnological field research. In 2016, SAFE (SITES Agroecological Field Experiment) was established at the research station. SAFE make it possible to compare four different agroecosystems, a conventional reference system, an organic system, a perennial system and an agroecological intensified system.
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2022-09-15 03:09:16

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1969
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES)This site is a verified "Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES)" member.
LTER EuropeThis site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Sweden (LTER_EU_SE_020)This site is a verified "LTER Sweden" member.
Photos
Intercropping of faba bean and peas at the organic experimental fields. Photographer: Ryan Davidson
Intercropping of faba bean and peas at the organic experimental fields. Photographer: Ryan Davidson
View of the fields at Lönnstorp from above
View of the fields at Lönnstorp from above
View of Lönnstorp. Photographer: Maria Ernfors
View of Lönnstorp. Photographer: Maria Ernfors
Winter at Lönnstorp. Photographer: Linda-Maria Mårtensson
Winter at Lönnstorp. Photographer: Linda-Maria Mårtensson
Geographic
Elevation (min)
6.70msl
Elevation (max)
19.20msl
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