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  • Alpine Bio-geographical Region (18)
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Co-located with

  • ACTRIS (1)
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  • COSMOS-UK (7)
  • Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net) (8)
  • CZ-LTER (3)
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  • EUROPARC (3)
  • European Marine Biology Resource Centre (EMBCR) (1)
  • European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) (2)
  • Finnish Marine Research Infrastructure (FINMARI) (1)
  • GERI (66)
  • Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) (3)
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  • UK Eutrophying and Acidifying atmospheric Pollutants network (UKEAP) (3)
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Country

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EUNIS habitat

  • Coastal habitats (B) (8)
  • Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) (8)
  • Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) (29)
  • Habitat complexes (X) (14)
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  • Inland surface waters (C) (28)
  • Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) (13)
  • Marine habitats (A) (6)
  • Mires, bogs and fens (D) (15)
  • Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) (10)
  • Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) (57)

Equipment

  • Data infrastructure (85)
  • Energy and data transmission infrastructure (71)
  • Maintenance infrastructure (24)
  • Observation devices (53)
  • Supporting infrastructure (71)

GEO-BON Biome

  • Coastal (9)
  • Fresh water lakes (23)
  • Fresh water rivers (23)
  • Marine (5)
  • Terrestrial (76)

LTER Site Classification

  • Emerging (1)
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Land Use

  • other uses (3)
  • primary production (11)
  • residential use (2)
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  • tertiary production (3)

Observed Properties

  • agricultural parameter (100)
  • atmospheric parameter (305)
  • biological parameter (364)
  • chemical parameter (288)
  • ecosystem parameter (417)
    • above ground biomass (26)
    • above ground net primary production (62)
    • 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 (17)
    • animal species presence (22)
    • 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 (5)
    • benthic invertebrates abundance (46)
    • benthic invertebrates presence (40)
    • beta diversity (12)
    • biodiversity loss (11)
    • biomass allocation (4)
    • biomass moisture content (2)
    • biotic diversity (11)
    • biovolume (4)
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    • birds presence (46)
    • birth date (1)
    • breeding success (1)
    • bryophytes cover (11)
    • bryophytes presence (37)
    • bryophytes species coverage (7)
    • canopy aerodynamic resistance (3)
    • canopy cover rate (9)
    • canopy gap area (28)
    • canopy growth rate (3)
    • canopy height (16)
    • canopy structure (11)
    • canopy temperature (7)
    • canopy transpiration (7)
    • carbon dioxide concentration (12)
    • change in population size over time (8)
    • community composition (88)
    • crop growth rate (2)
    • crown closure (5)
    • date of start of physiological maturity (2)
    • date of start of stem elongation (1)
    • deadwood decaying rate (27)
    • deadwood position (12)
    • deadwood volume (18)
    • dissolved nutrient (10)
    • disturbance pattern (30)
    • diversity index (125)
    • dry matter content (8)
    • earth worms abundance (7)
    • ecosystem health (7)
    • ecosystem structure (143)
    • emergence date (1)
    • faunistic diversity (53)
    • fire severity index (7)
    • fish abundance (14)
    • floristic composition (23)
    • floristic diversity (98)
    • flowering date (5)
    • forest cover (19)
    • forest structure (64)
    • fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (3)
    • fungal diversity (2)
    • fungi species abundance (1)
    • fungi species presence (2)
    • germination date (10)
    • ground water level (45)
    • groundwater permeability (11)
    • habitat complexity (10)
    • habitat degradation (9)
    • habitat disturbance (15)
    • habitat heterogeneity (13)
    • habitat structure (55)
    • habitat use (11)
    • heat flow (13)
    • heterotrophic respiration (2)
    • home range area (2)
    • inorganic nutrient content (108)
    • land cover type (23)
    • latent heat (17)
    • leaf age (2)
    • leaf area (10)
    • leaf area index (18)
    • leaf nitrogen concentration (9)
    • leaf nutrient (8)
    • leaf size (5)
    • litter residence time (30)
    • litter size (10)
    • macrofauna abundance (26)
    • microbial biomass carbon (3)
    • microbial diversity (39)
    • microbial respiration (3)
    • naturalness (18)
    • normalized vegetation index (32)
    • percent carbon (8)
    • percent nitrogen (9)
    • percent organic carbon (8)
    • photosynthetically active radiation intensity (12)
    • phytoplankton abundance (19)
    • phytoplankton biomass (15)
    • plant cover (31)
    • plant density (10)
    • plant development stage (1)
    • plant distribution (14)
    • plant diversity (28)
    • plant nutrient (6)
    • plant species abundance (27)
    • plant species composition (95)
    • plant species presence (30)
    • plant species richness (29)
    • plant transpiration (3)
    • population changes over time (9)
    • population density (7)
    • population size (5)
    • 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 (12)
    • seedling growth rate (4)
    • seedling survival rate (4)
    • seed yield (5)
    • soil heat flux (26)
    • soil macrofauna abundance (9)
    • soil microbial diversity (23)
    • soil organic residual (4)
    • (-) soil solute amount (32)
    • species abundance (124)
    • species composition (112)
    • species group abundance (34)
    • species list (67)
    • species presence (94)
    • species richness (71)
    • species turnover (83)
    • stand density (6)
    • total carbon (9)
    • transpiration rate (5)
    • tree age (14)
    • tree basal area (12)
    • tree condition (13)
    • tree diameter (13)
    • tree diameter at breast height (64)
    • tree distribution (61)
    • tree height (16)
    • vapor pressure deficit (3)
    • vegetation layer composition (45)
    • (-) vegetation layer structure (40)
    • vegetation layer type (38)
    • vegetation pattern (17)
    • vegetation reflectance (17)
    • vegetation structure (18)
    • zooplankton abundance (16)
    • zooplankton biomass (12)
  • environmental parameter (92)
  • (-) genetic parameter (33)
    • allele frequency (5)
    • DNA sequence (6)
    • genetic polymorphism (1)
    • intraspecific variation (2)
  • landscape parameter (160)
  • physical parameter (29)
  • remote sensing parameter (33)
  • soil parameter (270)
  • water parameter (320)

Projects

  • EU Directive (26)
  • Project (59)
  • UN Conventions and Programmes (23)

Protection Level

  • Category Ia – Strict Nature Reserve (1)
  • Category Ib – Wilderness Area (1)
  • Category III – Natural Monument or Feature (2)
  • Category II – National Park (14)
  • Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area (13)
  • Category VI – Protected Area with sustainable use of natural resources (2)
  • Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area (16)
  • not applicable (2)

Site Status

  • Operational (90)

Site Type

  • Platform (16)
  • Stationary land-based site (74)

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site Icon DFG Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research - Germany
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2025-12-11
site Icon Lange Bramke - Germany
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site Icon Müggelsee - Germany
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site Icon WasserCluster Lunz - Austria
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site Icon Jamtalferner - Austria
2025-11-06
site Icon Helsinki Metropolitan Area HMA-LTSER - Finland
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site Icon Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon - United Kingdom
2025-10-01
site Icon Lehrforst Rosalia - Austria
2025-09-10
site Icon Porton Down - United Kingdom
2025-08-08
site Icon Hyytiälä SMEAR II LTER - Finland
2025-07-08
site Icon LTER Zöbelboden - Austria
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