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EUNIS habitat

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Equipment

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GEO-BON Biome

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LTER Site Classification

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Land Use

  • other uses (3)
  • primary production (11)
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Observed Properties

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    • bacillariophyceae abundance (5)
    • bacillariophyceae biomass (4)
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    • bare soil cover (2)
    • below ground autotrophic respiration (2)
    • benthic invertebrates abundance (30)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (30)
    • beta diversity (5)
    • biodiversity loss (5)
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    • birth date (1)
    • bryophytes cover (4)
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    • bryophytes species coverage (3)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (1)
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    • canopy gap area (18)
    • canopy growth rate (2)
    • canopy height (6)
    • canopy structure (3)
    • canopy temperature (2)
    • canopy transpiration (3)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (6)
    • change in population size over time (5)
    • community composition (35)
    • crop growth rate (1)
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    • date of start of physiological maturity (1)
    • deadwood decaying rate (13)
    • deadwood position (5)
    • deadwood volume (7)
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    • diversity index (51)
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    • ecosystem structure (58)
    • faunistic diversity (25)
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    • fish abundance (5)
    • floristic composition (7)
    • floristic diversity (46)
    • flowering date (1)
    • forest cover (6)
    • forest structure (29)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (1)
    • fungal diversity (1)
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    • germination date (5)
    • ground water level (23)
    • groundwater permeability (5)
    • habitat complexity (3)
    • habitat degradation (4)
    • habitat disturbance (5)
    • habitat heterogeneity (4)
    • habitat structure (20)
    • habitat use (4)
    • heat flow (6)
    • heterotrophic respiration (1)
    • home range area (1)
    • inorganic nutrient content (71)
    • land cover type (8)
    • latent heat (7)
    • leaf area (3)
    • leaf area index (6)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (2)
    • leaf nutrient (3)
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    • litter residence time (13)
    • litter size (5)
    • macrofauna abundance (13)
    • microbial biomass carbon (1)
    • microbial diversity (14)
    • naturalness (10)
    • normalized vegetation index (20)
    • percent carbon (2)
    • percent nitrogen (3)
    • percent organic carbon (3)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (5)
    • phytoplankton abundance (7)
    • phytoplankton biomass (5)
    • plant cover (10)
    • plant density (1)
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    • plant diversity (11)
    • plant nutrient (3)
    • plant species abundance (10)
    • plant species composition (46)
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    • plant species richness (9)
    • plant transpiration (2)
    • population changes over time (1)
    • potential evaporation (1)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (1)
    • root biomass (3)
    • root dry weight (1)
    • sapwood area (5)
    • seedling growth rate (2)
    • seedling survival rate (1)
    • seed yield (3)
    • soil heat flux (9)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (3)
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    • soil solute amount (23)
    • species abundance (57)
    • species composition (50)
    • species group abundance (14)
    • species list (27)
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    • species turnover (46)
    • stand density (2)
    • total carbon (4)
    • transpiration rate (2)
    • tree age (4)
    • tree basal area (4)
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    • tree diameter (4)
    • tree diameter at breast height (33)
    • tree distribution (29)
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    • vegetation layer composition (21)
    • vegetation layer structure (20)
    • vegetation layer type (21)
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    • vegetation reflectance (10)
    • vegetation structure (7)
    • zooplankton abundance (5)
    • zooplankton biomass (3)
  • environmental parameter (34)
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  • landscape parameter (69)
  • physical parameter (7)
  • remote sensing parameter (11)
  • soil parameter (111)
  • water parameter (140)

Projects

  • EU Directive (40)
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  • UN Conventions and Programmes (59)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (3)
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  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (29)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (3)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (40)
  • not applicable (2)

Site Status

  • Operational (180)
  • Stand-by (1)

Site Type

  • Platform (31)
  • Stationary land-based site (150)

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