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Biogeographical Region

  • Alpine Bio-geographical Region (1)
  • Atlantic Bio-geographical Region (3)
  • Continental Bio-geographical Region (1)

Co-located with

  • Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net) (1)
  • EUROPARC (1)
  • GERI (5)
  • Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) (1)
  • ICOS (1)
  • (-) ILTER (5)
  • LTER-D (Germany) (1)
  • LTER Austria (1)
  • LTER Europe (5)
  • LTER France (2)
  • OZCAR RI (1)
  • SCANNET (1)
  • UK ECN (1)

Country

  • Austria (1)
  • France (2)
  • Germany (1)
  • United Kingdom (1)

EUNIS habitat

  • Coastal habitats (B) (1)
  • Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) (2)
  • Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) (6)
  • Habitat complexes (X) (2)
  • Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) (1)
  • Inland surface waters (C) (4)
  • Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) (2)
  • Mires, bogs and fens (D) (3)
  • (-) Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) (5)
    • Arable land and market gardens (I1) (3)
    • Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2) (2)
  • Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) (14)

Equipment

  • Data infrastructure (5)
  • Energy and data transmission infrastructure (3)
  • Maintenance infrastructure (3)
  • Observation devices (4)
  • Supporting infrastructure (3)

GEO-BON Biome

  • Fresh water lakes (2)
  • Fresh water rivers (2)
  • Terrestrial (4)

LTER Site Classification

  • LTSER (3)
  • Master (2)

Land Use

  • primary production (1)
  • transport networks logistics and utilities (1)

Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (31)
  • atmospheric parameter (39)
  • biological parameter (34)
  • chemical parameter (36)
  • ecosystem parameter (39)
    • above ground biomass (5)
    • above ground net primary production (12)
    • algae species abundance (1)
    • algae species presence (2)
    • alpha diversity (1)
    • ammonium content (2)
    • ammonium nitrate concentration (3)
    • ammonium nitrogen content (2)
    • animal species abundance (2)
    • animal species presence (3)
    • annelida presence (2)
    • bacillariophyceae abundance (1)
    • bacillariophyceae biomass (1)
    • bacillariophyceae biovolume (1)
    • bacteria abundance (2)
    • bacterial diversity (3)
    • bacterial respiration (1)
    • bacteria presence (2)
    • bare soil cover (1)
    • below ground autotrophic respiration (2)
    • benthic invertebrates abundance (5)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (2)
    • beta diversity (2)
    • biodiversity loss (2)
    • biomass allocation (1)
    • biomass moisture content (1)
    • biotic diversity (1)
    • biovolume (1)
    • birds abundance (7)
    • birds presence (8)
    • bryophytes cover (1)
    • bryophytes presence (3)
    • bryophytes species coverage (1)
    • canopy gap area (2)
    • canopy height (2)
    • canopy structure (1)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (2)
    • change in population size over time (3)
    • community composition (8)
    • crop growth rate (2)
    • deadwood decaying rate (2)
    • dissolved nutrient (2)
    • disturbance pattern (2)
    • diversity index (10)
    • dry matter content (2)
    • earth worms abundance (3)
    • ecosystem health (1)
    • ecosystem structure (11)
    • emergence date (1)
    • faunistic diversity (8)
    • fish abundance (2)
    • floristic composition (2)
    • floristic diversity (10)
    • flowering date (1)
    • forest cover (2)
    • forest structure (4)
    • germination date (1)
    • ground water level (4)
    • groundwater permeability (4)
    • habitat complexity (3)
    • habitat degradation (1)
    • habitat disturbance (2)
    • habitat heterogeneity (2)
    • habitat structure (6)
    • habitat use (2)
    • heat flow (1)
    • inorganic nutrient content (8)
    • land cover type (4)
    • latent heat (1)
    • leaf area (3)
    • (-) leaf area index (5)
    • leaf size (1)
    • litter residence time (3)
    • macrofauna abundance (4)
    • microbial diversity (11)
    • microbial respiration (1)
    • naturalness (4)
    • normalized vegetation index (3)
    • percent carbon (2)
    • percent nitrogen (3)
    • percent organic carbon (2)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (3)
    • phytoplankton abundance (2)
    • phytoplankton biomass (2)
    • plant cover (2)
    • plant density (1)
    • plant development stage (1)
    • plant distribution (2)
    • plant diversity (2)
    • plant nutrient (2)
    • plant species abundance (3)
    • plant species composition (8)
    • plant species presence (3)
    • plant species richness (2)
    • population density (1)
    • population size (1)
    • potential evaporation (1)
    • root biomass (2)
    • seedling growth rate (1)
    • seed yield (1)
    • soil heat flux (4)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (2)
    • soil microbial diversity (5)
    • soil organic residual (1)
    • soil solute amount (3)
    • species abundance (9)
    • species composition (9)
    • species group abundance (3)
    • species list (7)
    • species presence (8)
    • species richness (6)
    • species turnover (8)
    • stand density (1)
    • total carbon (3)
    • transpiration rate (1)
    • tree age (1)
    • tree basal area (1)
    • tree condition (2)
    • tree diameter (2)
    • tree diameter at breast height (5)
    • tree distribution (4)
    • tree height (2)
    • vapor pressure deficit (1)
    • vegetation layer composition (4)
    • vegetation layer structure (4)
    • vegetation layer type (4)
    • vegetation pattern (1)
    • vegetation reflectance (2)
    • vegetation structure (2)
    • zooplankton abundance (1)
    • zooplankton biomass (1)
  • environmental parameter (14)
  • genetic parameter (4)
  • landscape parameter (33)
  • physical parameter (7)
  • remote sensing parameter (9)
  • soil parameter (40)
  • water parameter (40)

Projects

  • EU Directive (1)
  • Project (3)
  • UN Conventions and Programmes (1)

Protection Level

  • Category II – National Park (1)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (1)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (1)

Site Status

  • Operational (5)

Site Type

  • Platform (3)
  • Stationary land-based site (2)

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