Cerrado-Amazonia Transition - Brazil

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Site Name
Cerrado-Amazonia Transition
Short name
TRAN
Country
Brazil
Web Address
http://www2.unemat.br/peld/
Site Manager
Beatriz Schwantes Marimon
Site Description
The LTER-TRAN site is located in the transition between the Cerrado and Amazonia biomes, in a region called "arc of deforestation", that suffers strong impacts by the agriculture expansion. The site include 10 subsites (Bacaba, Vera Cruz, Tanguro, Santa Marta, Floresta, Araguaia, Santana, Serra das Araras, Guaporé and Tangará), in five municipalities of Mato Grosso and Pará states. The base-site is located at the Bacaba Municipal Park, in eastern Mato Grosso, where areas are being monitored since 1996, to evaluate the temporal and spatial changes of the vegetation (forests and savannas) and streams, allowing to understand the natural dynamic processes and the changes resulting from human actions. Legal reserves areas in farms and flooded forests of the Araguaia State Park are also being monitored. Social-environmental studies and intensive educational actions complement the activities of this site.
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2021-03-03 11:03:02

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1996
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Brazil✔ (LTER_SAM_BR_15)This site is a verified "LTER Brazil" member.
Photos
Part of the team of researchers of the PELD-TRAN project
Part of the team of researchers of the PELD-TRAN project
Forest plot monitored by the team of PELD-TRAN project
Forest plot monitored by the team of PELD-TRAN project
Environmental education activities promoted by PELD-TRAN team
Environmental education activities promoted by PELD-TRAN team
Equipment for measuring the thickness of litter layer, invented by a member (Prof. Ben Hur Marimon Jr) of PELD-TRAN project
Equipment for measuring the thickness of litter layer, invented by a member (Prof. Ben Hur Marimon Jr) of PELD-TRAN project
Forest plot monitored by the team of PELD-TRAN project
Forest plot monitored by the team of PELD-TRAN project
Students of the PELD-TRAN project collecting aquatic insects
Students of the PELD-TRAN project collecting aquatic insects
Students of the PELD-TRAN project collecting aquatic insects
Students of the PELD-TRAN project collecting aquatic insects
Member of the PELD-TRAN project collecting soil samples in an Anthropogenic Forest (Terra Preta de Índio)
Member of the PELD-TRAN project collecting soil samples in an Anthropogenic Forest (Terra Preta de Índio)
Principal areas monitored by PELD-TRAN project
Principal areas monitored by PELD-TRAN project
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -14.70709722 Longitude: -52.35266667

Size
ca. 500.00ha
Elevation (average)
250.00msl
Elevation (min)
190.00msl
Elevation (max)
350.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Mixed Forest
Rainforest
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
25.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1600.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment notes
The site have two cars (pick up truck 4WD) and all equipments required for measurements.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
Each two years, for remeasurement of all plots.
Site Visit Interval
730
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive