Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Explore
    • Quick Search
    • All Sites
    • European LTER Sites
    • Site Map
  • Log in

Biogeographical Region

  • Alpine Bio-geographical Region (26)
  • Atlantic Bio-geographical Region (19)
  • Black Sea Bio-geographical Region (1)
  • Boreal Bio-geographical Region (8)
  • Continental Bio-geographical Region (41)
  • Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region (12)
  • Pannonian Bio-geographical Region (11)
  • Steppic Bio-geographical Region (1)

Co-located with

  • ACTRIS (1)
  • AnaEE (5)
  • COSMOS-UK (1)
  • Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net) (6)
  • CZ-LTER (7)
  • EuroMAB (10)
  • EUROPARC (3)
  • European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) (3)
  • GERI (103)
  • Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) (1)
  • Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (GMBA) (2)
  • Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) (4)
  • ICOS (10)
  • ICP Forests (35)
  • ICP Integrated Monitoring (4)
  • (-) ILTER (141)
  • INTERACT (4)
  • Lifewatch (1)
  • Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF) (1)
  • LTER-D (Germany) (12)
  • LTER Austria (9)
  • LTER Belgium (19)
  • LTER Bulgaria (1)
  • LTER Denmark (1)
  • LTER Europe (144)
  • LTER Finland (4)
  • LTER France (14)
  • LTER Greece (1)
  • LTER Hungary (7)
  • LTER Israel (11)
  • LTER Italia (Italy) (17)
  • LTER Lithuania (1)
  • LTER Norway (1)
  • LTER Poland (12)
  • LTER Portugal (3)
  • LTER Romania (3)
  • LTER Serbia (2)
  • LTER Slovakia (6)
  • LTER Slovenia (1)
  • LTER Spain (3)
  • LTER Sweden (5)
  • LTER Switzerland (2)
  • Netherlands LTER (1)
  • OZCAR RI (4)
  • SCANNET (1)
  • Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES) (2)
  • TreeNet (2)
  • UK ECN (3)
  • WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) (1)

Country

  • Antarctica (1)
  • Austria (9)
  • Belgium (19)
  • Bulgaria (1)
  • Czechia (7)
  • Denmark (1)
  • Finland (4)
  • France (10)
  • Germany (12)
  • Greece (1)
  • Hungary (7)
  • Israel (11)
  • Italy (17)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic (1)
  • Netherlands (1)
  • Poland (10)
  • Portugal (3)
  • Romania (3)
  • Serbia (2)
  • Slovakia (6)
  • Slovenia (1)
  • Spain (2)
  • Sweden (5)
  • Switzerland (2)
  • United Kingdom (3)
  • Viet Nam (1)
  • Zimbabwe (1)

EUNIS habitat

  • Coastal habitats (B) (9)
  • Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) (8)
  • Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) (32)
  • Habitat complexes (X) (22)
  • Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) (11)
  • Inland surface waters (C) (34)
  • Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) (14)
  • Marine habitats (A) (9)
  • Mires, bogs and fens (D) (17)
  • Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) (11)
  • Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) (91)

Equipment

  • Data infrastructure (133)
  • Energy and data transmission infrastructure (109)
  • Maintenance infrastructure (37)
  • Observation devices (79)
  • Supporting infrastructure (112)

GEO-BON Biome

  • Coastal (12)
  • Fresh water lakes (29)
  • Fresh water rivers (21)
  • Marine (10)
  • Terrestrial (111)

LTER Site Classification

  • Extensive (12)
  • LTSER (23)
  • Master (29)
  • Regular (77)

Land Use

  • other uses (3)
  • primary production (10)
  • tertiary production (1)
  • transport networks logistics and utilities (1)

Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (95)
  • atmospheric parameter (286)
  • biological parameter (351)
  • chemical parameter (270)
  • ecosystem parameter (402)
    • above ground biomass (24)
    • above ground net primary production (59)
    • algae species abundance (16)
    • algae species presence (16)
    • alpha diversity (12)
    • ammonium content (8)
    • ammonium nitrate concentration (10)
    • ammonium nitrogen content (8)
    • animal species abundance (16)
    • animal species presence (21)
    • annelida presence (8)
    • bacillariophyceae abundance (15)
    • bacillariophyceae biomass (12)
    • bacillariophyceae biovolume (11)
    • bacillariophyceae presence (5)
    • bacillariophyceae species richness (16)
    • bacteria abundance (18)
    • bacterial diversity (10)
    • bacterial respiration (2)
    • bacteria presence (18)
    • bare soil cover (9)
    • below ground autotrophic respiration (4)
    • benthic invertebrates abundance (45)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (39)
    • beta diversity (12)
    • biodiversity loss (11)
    • biomass allocation (4)
    • biomass moisture content (2)
    • biotic diversity (11)
    • biovolume (4)
    • birds abundance (28)
    • birds presence (43)
    • birth date (1)
    • breeding success (1)
    • bryophytes cover (8)
    • bryophytes presence (34)
    • bryophytes species coverage (5)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (3)
    • canopy cover rate (7)
    • canopy gap area (27)
    • canopy growth rate (2)
    • canopy height (13)
    • canopy structure (8)
    • canopy temperature (6)
    • canopy transpiration (5)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (11)
    • change in population size over time (8)
    • community composition (82)
    • crop growth rate (2)
    • crown closure (4)
    • date of start of physiological maturity (2)
    • date of start of stem elongation (1)
    • deadwood decaying rate (25)
    • deadwood position (10)
    • deadwood volume (14)
    • dissolved nutrient (10)
    • disturbance pattern (30)
    • diversity index (119)
    • dry matter content (7)
    • earth worms abundance (6)
    • ecosystem health (5)
    • (-) ecosystem structure (137)
    • emergence date (1)
    • faunistic diversity (50)
    • fire severity index (7)
    • fish abundance (13)
    • floristic composition (21)
    • floristic diversity (91)
    • flowering date (4)
    • forest cover (15)
    • forest structure (58)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (3)
    • fungal diversity (2)
    • fungi species abundance (1)
    • fungi species presence (2)
    • germination date (10)
    • ground water level (41)
    • groundwater permeability (10)
    • habitat complexity (9)
    • habitat degradation (8)
    • habitat disturbance (14)
    • habitat heterogeneity (12)
    • habitat structure (50)
    • habitat use (10)
    • heat flow (11)
    • heterotrophic respiration (2)
    • home range area (2)
    • inorganic nutrient content (107)
    • land cover type (22)
    • latent heat (15)
    • leaf age (2)
    • leaf area (10)
    • leaf area index (17)
    • (-) leaf nitrogen concentration (8)
    • leaf nutrient (7)
    • leaf size (5)
    • litter residence time (30)
    • litter size (9)
    • macrofauna abundance (25)
    • microbial biomass carbon (3)
    • microbial diversity (39)
    • microbial respiration (3)
    • naturalness (18)
    • normalized vegetation index (31)
    • percent carbon (7)
    • percent nitrogen (8)
    • percent organic carbon (7)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (11)
    • phytoplankton abundance (19)
    • phytoplankton biomass (15)
    • plant cover (27)
    • plant density (7)
    • plant development stage (1)
    • plant distribution (13)
    • plant diversity (24)
    • plant nutrient (6)
    • plant species abundance (22)
    • plant species composition (89)
    • plant species presence (26)
    • plant species richness (25)
    • plant transpiration (3)
    • population changes over time (5)
    • population density (5)
    • population size (4)
    • potential evaporation (3)
    • radiation below canopy intensity (3)
    • relative abundance (1)
    • root biomass (7)
    • root density (1)
    • root dry weight (1)
    • root growth rate (1)
    • root length (1)
    • sapwood area (11)
    • seedling growth rate (4)
    • seedling survival rate (3)
    • seed yield (5)
    • soil heat flux (24)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (9)
    • soil microbial diversity (22)
    • soil organic residual (4)
    • soil solute amount (31)
    • species abundance (119)
    • species composition (107)
    • species group abundance (32)
    • species list (61)
    • species presence (90)
    • species richness (68)
    • species turnover (81)
    • stand density (5)
    • total carbon (8)
    • transpiration rate (4)
    • tree age (12)
    • tree basal area (11)
    • tree condition (11)
    • tree diameter (12)
    • tree diameter at breast height (62)
    • tree distribution (57)
    • tree height (15)
    • vapor pressure deficit (3)
    • vegetation layer composition (41)
    • vegetation layer structure (37)
    • vegetation layer type (35)
    • vegetation pattern (15)
    • vegetation reflectance (16)
    • vegetation structure (16)
    • zooplankton abundance (15)
    • zooplankton biomass (11)
  • environmental parameter (86)
  • genetic parameter (32)
  • landscape parameter (154)
  • physical parameter (27)
  • remote sensing parameter (29)
  • soil parameter (252)
  • water parameter (302)

Projects

  • EU Directive (42)
  • Project (74)
  • UN Conventions and Programmes (48)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (4)
  • Category Ib – Wilderness Area (2)
  • Category II – National Park (18)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (15)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (5)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (18)
  • not applicable (2)

Site Status

  • Operational (138)
  • Partly operational (1)
  • Stand-by (2)

Site Type

  • not applicable (1)
  • Platform (28)
  • Stationary land-based site (112)

Search all active, formally acknowledged European LTER sites

141 results
Export as CSVReset Filters
Site Last updated
site Icon LTSER Platform Austrian Central Alps (ACA) - Austria
2026-03-26
site Icon Collelongo-Selva Piana ABR1 - Italy
2026-03-09
site Icon Kevo Research Station (Kevo LTER) - Finland
2026-01-12
site Icon TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland LTER - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Solling - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon North Sea Benthos Observatory - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Nationalpark Kellerwald-Edersee - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon National Park Hunsrück-Hochwald - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN - Germany
2025-12-15
site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon AgroScapeLab Quillow (ZALF) - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Müggelsee - Germany
2025-12-11
site Icon Helsinki Metropolitan Area HMA-LTSER - Finland
2025-10-03
site Icon Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon - United Kingdom
2025-10-01
site Icon LTER Fulophaza Site, KISKUN LTER - Hungary
2025-09-29
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

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »
  • © 2026 Umweltbundesamt GmbH
  • Terms
  • Imprint
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • Contact
  • Training
  • Docs
  • API
  • Changelog
  • About
powered by  eLTER Logo  eLTER RI