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Biogeographical Region

  • Alpine Bio-geographical Region (37)
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Co-located with

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Country

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EUNIS habitat

  • Coastal habitats (B) (7)
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  • Inland surface waters (C) (30)
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  • Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) (14)
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Equipment

  • Data infrastructure (131)
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GEO-BON Biome

  • Coastal (6)
  • Fresh water lakes (32)
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LTER Site Classification

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Land Use

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  • primary production (9)
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Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (33)
  • atmospheric parameter (112)
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  • (-) ecosystem parameter (138)
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    • benthic invertebrates abundance (11)
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    • bryophytes cover (7)
    • bryophytes presence (17)
    • bryophytes species coverage (4)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (3)
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    • canopy gap area (16)
    • canopy growth rate (3)
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    • canopy structure (5)
    • canopy temperature (6)
    • canopy transpiration (6)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (8)
    • change in population size over time (3)
    • community composition (26)
    • crown closure (3)
    • date of start of physiological maturity (1)
    • deadwood decaying rate (14)
    • deadwood position (5)
    • deadwood volume (9)
    • dissolved nutrient (5)
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    • diversity index (39)
    • dry matter content (5)
    • earth worms abundance (2)
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    • ecosystem structure (58)
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    • floristic diversity (36)
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    • forest structure (29)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (3)
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    • ground water level (24)
    • groundwater permeability (4)
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    • habitat heterogeneity (6)
    • habitat structure (25)
    • habitat use (6)
    • heat flow (2)
    • heterotrophic respiration (2)
    • inorganic nutrient content (33)
    • land cover type (11)
    • latent heat (9)
    • leaf age (2)
    • leaf area (6)
    • leaf area index (10)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (7)
    • leaf nutrient (7)
    • leaf size (2)
    • litter residence time (18)
    • litter size (4)
    • macrofauna abundance (8)
    • microbial biomass carbon (2)
    • microbial diversity (17)
    • microbial respiration (3)
    • naturalness (8)
    • normalized vegetation index (13)
    • percent carbon (4)
    • percent nitrogen (4)
    • percent organic carbon (3)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (5)
    • phytoplankton abundance (2)
    • phytoplankton biomass (1)
    • plant cover (10)
    • plant density (4)
    • plant development stage (1)
    • plant distribution (8)
    • plant diversity (11)
    • plant nutrient (5)
    • plant species abundance (10)
    • plant species composition (31)
    • plant species presence (13)
    • plant species richness (9)
    • plant transpiration (3)
    • population changes over time (2)
    • population density (2)
    • population size (1)
    • potential evaporation (2)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (3)
    • relative abundance (1)
    • root biomass (5)
    • root density (1)
    • root dry weight (1)
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    • root length (1)
    • sapwood area (6)
    • seedling growth rate (1)
    • seedling survival rate (1)
    • seed yield (3)
    • soil heat flux (11)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (3)
    • soil microbial diversity (10)
    • soil organic residual (4)
    • soil solute amount (17)
    • species abundance (32)
    • species composition (32)
    • species group abundance (12)
    • species list (24)
    • species presence (26)
    • species richness (16)
    • species turnover (35)
    • stand density (4)
    • total carbon (5)
    • transpiration rate (4)
    • tree age (10)
    • tree basal area (9)
    • tree condition (10)
    • tree diameter (10)
    • tree diameter at breast height (32)
    • tree distribution (31)
    • tree height (12)
    • vapor pressure deficit (1)
    • vegetation layer composition (18)
    • vegetation layer structure (16)
    • vegetation layer type (17)
    • vegetation pattern (7)
    • vegetation reflectance (9)
    • vegetation structure (8)
    • zooplankton abundance (2)
    • zooplankton biomass (1)
  • environmental parameter (24)
  • genetic parameter (13)
  • landscape parameter (53)
  • physical parameter (11)
  • remote sensing parameter (10)
  • soil parameter (106)
  • water parameter (81)

Projects

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    • eLTER (H2020) (142)
    • eLTER PLUS (H2020) (51)
      • eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA (38)
      • (-) eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA (37)
      • eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA (40)
    • EnvEurope (8)
    • EU Biodiversity Observation Network (2)
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    • ExpeER (21)
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    • GEO-BON (1)
    • International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) (2)
    • International Group for Marine Ecological Time Series (IGMETS) (2)
    • LIFEPLAN (18)
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    • Teabag (34)
    • TreeDivNet (3)
    • Water Supply Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP) (1)
    • Zero Emission Nature Protection Areas (Zenapa) (1)
  • (-) UN Conventions and Programmes (111)
    • ICP Forests (Level I) (37)
    • ICP Forests (Level II) (58)
    • ICP Integrated Monitoring (8)
    • ICP Vegetation (1)
    • ICP Waters (8)
    • Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (29)
    • UNESCO World Heritage Site (7)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (3)
  • Category Ib – Wilderness Area (2)
  • Category II – National Park (13)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (16)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (6)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (22)
  • not applicable (2)

Site Status

  • Operational (137)
  • Stand-by (1)

Site Type

  • Platform (26)
  • Stationary land-based site (112)

Search all active, formally acknowledged European LTER sites

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site Icon Lammi LTER - Finland
2026-03-13
site Icon Collelongo-Selva Piana ABR1 - Italy
2026-03-09
site Icon LTSER Platform Pannonischer Raum - Austria
2026-01-26
site Icon TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland LTER - Germany
2025-12-15
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 Bavarian Forest - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Rhine-Main-Observatory - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Lehrforst Rosalia - Austria
2025-09-10
site Icon Laguna di Cabras - Italy
2025-07-11
site Icon Hyytiälä SMEAR II LTER - Finland
2025-07-08
site Icon LTER Zöbelboden - Austria
2025-07-03
site Icon Bosland - Belgium
2025-06-04
site Icon Sonian Forest - Belgium
2025-06-04
site Icon Doñana Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Platform - Spain
2025-05-26
site Icon KISKUN LTER - Hungary
2025-05-13
site Icon Ruette - Belgium
2025-04-23
site Icon Willerzie - Belgium
2025-04-23

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