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  • Alpine Bio-geographical Region (29)
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Co-located with

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EUNIS habitat

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Equipment

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  • Supporting infrastructure (93)

GEO-BON Biome

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LTER Site Classification

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Land Use

  • other uses (6)
  • primary production (14)
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Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (57)
  • atmospheric parameter (127)
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    • above ground biomass (12)
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    • bacteria abundance (10)
    • bacterial diversity (4)
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    • bare soil cover (3)
    • below ground autotrophic respiration (5)
    • benthic invertebrates abundance (18)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (12)
    • beta diversity (4)
    • biodiversity loss (3)
    • biomass allocation (3)
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    • biotic diversity (2)
    • biovolume (2)
    • birds abundance (20)
    • birds presence (29)
    • birth date (1)
    • bryophytes cover (6)
    • bryophytes presence (21)
    • bryophytes species coverage (3)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (2)
    • canopy cover rate (4)
    • canopy gap area (14)
    • canopy growth rate (3)
    • canopy height (12)
    • canopy structure (8)
    • canopy temperature (7)
    • canopy transpiration (7)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (11)
    • change in population size over time (4)
    • community composition (37)
    • crop growth rate (2)
    • crown closure (4)
    • deadwood decaying rate (14)
    • deadwood position (6)
    • deadwood volume (11)
    • dissolved nutrient (3)
    • disturbance pattern (15)
    • diversity index (48)
    • dry matter content (5)
    • earth worms abundance (5)
    • ecosystem health (6)
    • ecosystem structure (54)
    • emergence date (1)
    • faunistic diversity (23)
    • fire severity index (6)
    • fish abundance (7)
    • floristic composition (7)
    • floristic diversity (41)
    • flowering date (2)
    • forest cover (10)
    • forest structure (30)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (3)
    • germination date (6)
    • ground water level (24)
    • groundwater permeability (8)
    • habitat complexity (4)
    • habitat degradation (2)
    • habitat disturbance (5)
    • habitat heterogeneity (5)
    • habitat structure (20)
    • habitat use (4)
    • heat flow (6)
    • heterotrophic respiration (2)
    • inorganic nutrient content (28)
    • land cover type (9)
    • latent heat (11)
    • leaf age (2)
    • leaf area (5)
    • leaf area index (11)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (6)
    • leaf nutrient (4)
    • leaf size (2)
    • litter residence time (16)
    • litter size (2)
    • macrofauna abundance (13)
    • microbial biomass carbon (1)
    • microbial diversity (28)
    • microbial respiration (2)
    • naturalness (10)
    • normalized vegetation index (17)
    • percent carbon (5)
    • percent nitrogen (6)
    • percent organic carbon (5)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (8)
    • phytoplankton abundance (4)
    • phytoplankton biomass (4)
    • plant cover (10)
    • plant density (5)
    • plant development stage (1)
    • plant distribution (5)
    • plant diversity (11)
    • plant nutrient (4)
    • plant species abundance (10)
    • plant species composition (38)
    • plant species presence (10)
    • plant species richness (9)
    • plant transpiration (2)
    • population changes over time (5)
    • population density (4)
    • population size (3)
    • potential evaporation (3)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (3)
    • root biomass (6)
    • root density (1)
    • root dry weight (1)
    • root growth rate (1)
    • root length (1)
    • sapwood area (7)
    • seedling growth rate (2)
    • seedling survival rate (2)
    • seed yield (1)
    • soil heat flux (17)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (3)
    • soil microbial diversity (17)
    • soil organic residual (3)
    • soil solute amount (18)
    • species abundance (40)
    • species composition (45)
    • species group abundance (13)
    • species list (23)
    • species presence (35)
    • species richness (23)
    • species turnover (42)
    • stand density (4)
    • total carbon (6)
    • transpiration rate (4)
    • tree age (8)
    • tree basal area (7)
    • tree condition (9)
    • tree diameter (8)
    • tree diameter at breast height (32)
    • tree distribution (25)
    • tree height (9)
    • vapor pressure deficit (3)
    • vegetation layer composition (20)
    • vegetation layer structure (19)
    • vegetation layer type (19)
    • vegetation pattern (5)
    • vegetation reflectance (8)
    • vegetation structure (6)
    • zooplankton abundance (3)
    • zooplankton biomass (3)
  • environmental parameter (36)
  • genetic parameter (14)
  • landscape parameter (80)
  • physical parameter (12)
  • remote sensing parameter (15)
  • soil parameter (110)
  • water parameter (109)

Projects

  • EU Directive (36)
  • Project (97)
  • UN Conventions and Programmes (48)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (4)
  • Category Ib – Wilderness Area (2)
  • Category III – Natural Monument or Feature (1)
  • Category II – National Park (16)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (16)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (3)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (18)
  • not applicable (4)

Site Status

  • Operational (139)
  • Stand-by (1)

Site Type

  • not applicable (2)
  • Platform (53)
  • Stationary land-based site (85)

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site Icon LTSER Platform Austrian Central Alps (ACA) - Austria
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site Icon Collelongo-Selva Piana ABR1 - Italy
2026-03-09
site Icon Rothamsted - United Kingdom
2026-02-04
site Icon LTSER Platform Pannonischer Raum - Austria
2026-01-26
site Icon TERENO - Eifel Lower Rhine Valley - Germany
2025-12-15
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 National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Bavarian Forest - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Rhine-Main-Observatory - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Müggelsee - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Lake Stechlin - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon WasserCluster Lunz - Austria
2025-12-10
site Icon Helsinki Metropolitan Area HMA-LTSER - Finland
2025-10-03
site Icon Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon - United Kingdom
2025-10-01
site Icon Porton Down - United Kingdom
2025-08-08
site Icon Hyytiälä SMEAR II LTER - Finland
2025-07-08

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