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Co-located with

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EUNIS habitat

  • Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) (2)
  • Habitat complexes (X) (1)
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  • Inland surface waters (C) (6)
  • Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) (4)
  • Mires, bogs and fens (D) (8)
  • Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) (7)

Equipment

  • Data infrastructure (12)
  • Energy and data transmission infrastructure (11)
  • Maintenance infrastructure (8)
  • Observation devices (10)
  • Supporting infrastructure (13)

GEO-BON Biome

  • Fresh water lakes (7)
  • Fresh water rivers (8)
  • Terrestrial (13)

LTER Site Classification

  • Emerging (1)
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Land Use

  • other uses (2)
  • primary production (1)
  • tertiary production (1)

Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (2)
  • atmospheric parameter (12)
  • (-) biological parameter (13)
    • above ground biomass (1)
    • age class (1)
    • age distribution (1)
    • annual net primary production (1)
    • biological diversity (2)
    • breast height diameter (1)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (2)
    • canopy cover rate (3)
    • canopy growth rate (3)
    • canopy height (3)
    • canopy temperature (1)
    • canopy transpiration (3)
    • change in population size over time (1)
    • crown closure (1)
    • date of start of stem elongation (1)
    • emergence date (2)
    • flowering date (6)
    • forest cover (1)
    • functional diversity (1)
    • greenness (1)
    • Greenness Index (1)
    • leaf age (1)
    • leaf area (3)
    • leaf area ratio (2)
    • leaf longevity time (1)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (1)
    • leaf nutrient (2)
    • microbial biomass carbon (1)
    • net assimilation rate (1)
    • net photosynthetic rate (1)
    • net primary productivity (1)
    • nitrogen content (3)
    • nitrogen dioxide flux (1)
    • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (2)
    • nutrient flux (1)
    • photochemical reflectance index (1)
    • photosynthetic rate (1)
    • plant carbon concentration (1)
    • plant cover (4)
    • plant development stage (3)
    • plant growth rate (1)
    • plant height (3)
    • plant nutrient (2)
    • plant size (1)
    • plant transpiration (3)
    • population size (3)
    • primary productivity (1)
    • root biomass (1)
    • root density (3)
    • root dry weight (1)
    • root growth rate (3)
    • root length (1)
    • shoot growth rate (1)
    • stress response (1)
    • tree age (3)
    • tree basal area (1)
    • tree condition (3)
    • tree diameter (3)
    • tree diameter at breast height (1)
    • tree height (3)
    • tree mortality (1)
  • chemical parameter (6)
  • ecosystem parameter (12)
    • above ground biomass (1)
    • above ground net primary production (3)
    • algae species presence (1)
    • ammonium nitrate concentration (1)
    • animal species presence (2)
    • below ground autotrophic respiration (1)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (1)
    • biomass allocation (1)
    • biotic diversity (1)
    • birds abundance (1)
    • birds presence (3)
    • bryophytes presence (1)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (1)
    • canopy gap area (1)
    • canopy growth rate (1)
    • canopy height (1)
    • canopy structure (1)
    • canopy temperature (1)
    • canopy transpiration (1)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (1)
    • community composition (1)
    • deadwood decaying rate (2)
    • deadwood volume (1)
    • disturbance pattern (1)
    • diversity index (3)
    • ecosystem health (1)
    • ecosystem structure (4)
    • fire severity index (1)
    • floristic diversity (1)
    • forest cover (1)
    • forest structure (3)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (1)
    • germination date (1)
    • ground water level (3)
    • habitat structure (2)
    • heat flow (1)
    • heterotrophic respiration (1)
    • inorganic nutrient content (1)
    • land cover type (2)
    • latent heat (2)
    • leaf age (1)
    • leaf area (1)
    • leaf area index (1)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (1)
    • leaf nutrient (1)
    • leaf size (1)
    • (-) litter residence time (2)
    • litter size (1)
    • macrofauna abundance (1)
    • microbial diversity (3)
    • microbial respiration (1)
    • normalized vegetation index (2)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (1)
    • phytoplankton abundance (1)
    • plant cover (2)
    • plant density (1)
    • plant species composition (5)
    • plant species presence (1)
    • plant transpiration (1)
    • potential evaporation (1)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (1)
    • root biomass (1)
    • root density (1)
    • root growth rate (1)
    • root length (1)
    • sapwood area (1)
    • soil heat flux (2)
    • soil microbial diversity (2)
    • soil organic residual (1)
    • soil solute amount (1)
    • species abundance (3)
    • species composition (4)
    • species list (2)
    • species presence (2)
    • species turnover (2)
    • transpiration rate (1)
    • tree age (1)
    • tree basal area (1)
    • tree condition (1)
    • tree diameter (1)
    • tree diameter at breast height (2)
    • tree distribution (3)
    • tree height (1)
    • vapor pressure deficit (1)
    • vegetation layer composition (1)
    • vegetation layer structure (1)
    • vegetation layer type (2)
    • vegetation pattern (1)
    • vegetation reflectance (2)
    • zooplankton abundance (1)
  • environmental parameter (5)
  • genetic parameter (3)
  • landscape parameter (8)
  • remote sensing parameter (2)
  • soil parameter (8)
  • water parameter (12)

Projects

  • EU Directive (2)
  • Project (6)
  • UN Conventions and Programmes (3)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (1)
  • Category II – National Park (2)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (1)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (2)
  • not applicable (1)

Site Status

  • Operational (13)

Site Type

  • Platform (1)
  • Stationary land-based site (12)

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site Icon Hyytiälä SMEAR II LTER - Finland
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site Icon Kilpisjärvi Biological Station (Kilpisjärvi LTER) - Finland
2025-01-07
site Icon Sonnblick Observatory - Austria
2025-01-07
site Icon Cairngorms (ECN site) - United Kingdom
2025-01-07
site Icon ALPFOR - Switzerland
2025-01-07
site Icon Arctic-alpine tundra - Czechia
2025-01-07
site Icon Värriö Research Station (Värriö LTER) - Finland
2024-09-12
site Icon Svartberget Research Station - Sweden
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site Icon Abisko Scientific Research Station - Sweden
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site Icon Tarfala Research Station - Sweden
2021-11-23
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