Tierberg Karoo Research Station - South Africa

Basic Information
Site Name
Tierberg Karoo Research Station
Short name
TKRS
Country
South Africa
Web Address
http://www.azef.co.za/pdf/TKRCsite.pdf
Operating Organisation
National Research Foundation (NRF)
Site Manager
Marco Pauw
Sue Milton-Dean
Site Description
Tierberg Karoo Research Station (TKRS) is a Long Term Ecological Research field facility available for use by organisations involved in research and tertiary education in the natural sciences. The field site comprises 100 ha of natural Karoo shrubland situated in the Karoo Biome. The field site has been fenced to exclude domestic livestock since July 1987. Studies of plant, bird and small mammal populations at this site have contributed substantially to present conceptual understanding of ecological process in the Karoo and provide valuable baselines for research.
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2023-07-18 15:07:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1987
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterlandscape parameterbiological parameterairtemperatureprecipitationintensitywinddirectionwindspeedlandcoverlanduseabovegroundbiomass
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
SAEON✔ (LTER-SAF-ZA-12)This site is a verified "SAEON" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -33.165436 Longitude: 22.268082

Size
ca. 100.00ha
Elevation (average)
780.00msl
Elevation (min)
780.00msl
Elevation (max)
780.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
19.00°C
Precipitation Annual
176.00mm
Geology
The TKRS is situated within the Cape Fold Belt. Soils are derived from Witteberg Quartzite, Dwyka Tillite and Ecca shales with a sandy loam texture.
Vegetation
The field site comprises of natural Karoo shrubland in the Succulent/Nama Karoo transition zone
Soils
Soils are fine and alkaline
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 1 - 5 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Other transmission types
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » Less than 1 kW
Equipment notes
Staff room with 2 beds on site
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
Data Policy URL
http://saeon.dirisa.org/management/it-governance/G373.2%20Policy%20and%20Guidel…
LTER Site Classification
Regular