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    • ground water level (28)
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    • inorganic nutrient content (36)
    • land cover type (13)
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    • leaf area index (11)
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    • species list (37)
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Projects

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Protection Level

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Site Status

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Site Type

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site Icon Lammi LTER - Finland
2026-03-13
site Icon Rothamsted - United Kingdom
2026-02-04
site Icon LTSER Platform Pannonischer Raum - Austria
2026-01-26
site Icon Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein - Austria
2026-01-19
site Icon Gesäuse-Johnsbachtal - Austria
2026-01-19
site Icon Kevo Research Station (Kevo LTER) - Finland
2026-01-12
site Icon Pallas LTER observatory - Finland
2025-12-15
site Icon Solling - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Hainich - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Bavarian Forest - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon DFG Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Darss-Zingst Bodden - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Rhine-Main-Observatory - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Boknis Eck Time Series Station (SW Baltic Sea) - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon AgroScapeLab Quillow (ZALF) - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon WasserCluster Lunz - Austria
2025-12-10
site Icon Oberes Stubachtal - Austria
2025-11-12
site Icon Jamtalferner - Austria
2025-11-06

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