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LTER specific information
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List of required fields for ILTER
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**Name and Description**

- Site Name
- Site Code
- Short Name
- Size (in hectares)
- General Site Description
- Purpose of site

**Contact Details**

- Site Contact

**Metadata Details**

- Metadata provider

**Geographic Location**

- Country
- Coordinates
- Elevation (From)
- Elevation (Average)
- Elevation (To)

**Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics**

- Temperature: Average Annual
- Precipitation Annual
- Biome
- GEO-Bon biome
- Ecosystem and Land Use

**Network Affiliation**

- LTER Member Network
- Networks (in addition to / Other than ILTER)

**Site Classification**

- Site Type (Spatial Design)
- Site Classification/Category

**Status and History**

- Site Status
- Year Established

**Focus, Design and Scale of Site**

- Research Topics
- Parameters
- Scale of Observation
- Design of Observation
- Scale of Experiments
- Design of Experiments

**Protection Status and Resource Management**

- Protection Program

**Infrastructure and Operation**

- Accessible All Year
- Permanent Power Supply
- Permanent Operation

**Data Sharing Policy**

- Data Request Format
- General Data Policy
- Data storage location

List of required fields for LTER Europe
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**Name and Description**

- Site Name
- Site Code
- Short Name
- Size (in hectares)
- General Site Description
- Purpose of site
- Parent site name - if applicable
- Sub site name - if applicable

**Contact Details**

- Contact: Site Manager
- Contact: Site Owner
- Contact: Funding Agency
- Web Address

**Metadata Details**

- Metadata provider

**Geographic Location**

- Country
- Coordinates
- Elevation (From)
- Elevation (Maximum)
- Elevation (To)

**Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics**

- Temperature: Average Annual
- Precipitation Annual
- Biome
- GEO-Bon biome
- Ecosystem and Land Use
- Biogeographic region

**Network Affiliation**

- LTER National Network
- Networks (in addition to / Other than ILTER)

**Site Classification**

- Site Type (Spatial Design)
- Site Classification/Category

**Status and History**

- Site Status
- Year Established

**Focus, Design and Scale of Site**

- Research Topics
- Parameters
- Scale of Observation
- Design of Observation
- Scale of Experiments
- Design of Experiments

**Protection Status and Resource Management**

- Protection Program

**Infrastructure and Operation**

- Infrastructure value
- Accessible All Year
- Permanent Power Supply
- Permanent Operation

**Data Sharing Policy**

- Data Request Format
- General Data Policy
- Data storage location
- Data services