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LTER Site Classification

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Land Use

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Observed Properties

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    • above ground biomass (11)
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    • canopy transpiration (7)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (9)
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    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (3)
    • germination date (6)
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    • habitat structure (17)
    • habitat use (3)
    • heat flow (4)
    • heterotrophic respiration (2)
    • inorganic nutrient content (55)
    • land cover type (7)
    • latent heat (11)
    • leaf age (2)
    • leaf area (3)
    • leaf area index (8)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (6)
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    • litter residence time (11)
    • litter size (2)
    • macrofauna abundance (9)
    • microbial diversity (17)
    • microbial respiration (2)
    • naturalness (5)
    • normalized vegetation index (8)
    • percent carbon (4)
    • percent nitrogen (4)
    • percent organic carbon (4)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (7)
    • phytoplankton abundance (3)
    • phytoplankton biomass (3)
    • plant cover (11)
    • plant density (4)
    • plant distribution (6)
    • plant diversity (10)
    • plant nutrient (3)
    • plant species abundance (9)
    • plant species composition (40)
    • plant species presence (9)
    • plant species richness (10)
    • plant transpiration (2)
    • population changes over time (4)
    • population density (3)
    • population size (2)
    • potential evaporation (3)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (3)
    • root biomass (4)
    • root density (1)
    • root dry weight (1)
    • root growth rate (1)
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    • sapwood area (7)
    • seedling growth rate (3)
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    • soil heat flux (17)
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    • species abundance (48)
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    • species group abundance (10)
    • species list (25)
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    • species turnover (34)
    • stand density (3)
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    • tree diameter at breast height (33)
    • tree distribution (24)
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    • vapor pressure deficit (2)
    • vegetation layer composition (20)
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    • vegetation layer type (15)
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    • zooplankton abundance (2)
    • zooplankton biomass (2)
  • environmental parameter (33)
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  • landscape parameter (51)
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  • remote sensing parameter (12)
  • soil parameter (115)
  • water parameter (127)

Projects

  • EU Directive (18)
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  • UN Conventions and Programmes (45)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (4)
  • Category Ib – Wilderness Area (1)
  • Category III – Natural Monument or Feature (2)
  • Category II – National Park (16)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (31)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (2)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (43)
  • not applicable (3)

Site Status

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  • Partly operational (1)
  • Stand-by (1)

Site Type

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  • Platform (10)
  • Stationary land-based site (159)

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site Icon Pallas LTER observatory - Finland
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site Icon Schorfheide-Chorin - Germany
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site Icon Solling - Germany
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site Icon Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald - Germany
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site Icon National Park Bavarian Forest - Germany
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site Icon LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN - Germany
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site Icon DFG Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research - Germany
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site Icon Rhine-Main-Observatory - Germany
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site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Müggelsee - Germany
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site Icon Lake Stechlin - Germany
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site Icon WasserCluster Lunz - Austria
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site Icon Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon - United Kingdom
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site Icon Hyytiälä SMEAR II LTER - Finland
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