The Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein is the largest Austrian multidisciplinary research and education centre, which holds the legal status of an institution under public law. As part of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism it is driving-force for sustainable economizing in the region. The head office is situated in the municipality Irdning-Donnersbachtal, in the Styrian Enns Valley, at an altitude of 700 m a.s.l.. The rural area is dominated by grassland and forests, embedded in a mountainous landscape. More than 330 employees work in four research institutes (Livestock Research, Plant Production and Cultural Landscape, Animal Welfare and Health, Organic Farming and Farm Animal Biodiversity) and as teachers at the technical agrarian college (branches Agrarian Marketing, Agrarian Management, Environment and Resource Management, with about 440 students). AREC has external research areas and test sites with different climate conditions all over Austria (Wels, Lambach, Winklhof, Admont). The centre is specialized in research for multifunctional farm and environmental systems and in developing complex landscape analysis in view of agriculture, sustainable and efficient usage of natural resources, climate change, preservation of biodiversity and rural development. AREC offers a high expertise in dissemination of know-how for scientists, farmers, practitioners, decision makers, stakeholders and the local population. Workshops, trainings and national as well as international conferences are organized regularly with several hundred participants each year. AREC participates in national and international projects as well as relevant research networks.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1953

Size :

372.00ha

Purpose of Site :

AREC provides a large variety of agricultural and environmental impact assessments. The main topics of research are grassland ecology, plant sociology, site specific greening, floristic biodiversity, preservation of nature, soil health, lysimetry, climate and its consequences, cultural landscape, animal husbandry, animal health and welfare, organic agriculture, biodiversity of farm animals, alternative cattle-keeping and herd-management, emissions and nuisance of animal husbandry, animal housing systems, energy- and nutrient-flows in agriculture as well as quality of food. The long-term monitoring site is equipped with high tech infrastructure (e.g. ZAMG weather station, lysimeters, different research plots), research stables, chemistry and water labs.

History of Site:

The site was acquired by the Austrian Republic in 1953, in 1956 the Federal Research Station for Agriculture Gumpenstein (Today: AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein) was opened.

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Coordinates:

Latitude: 47.495763000000
Longitude: 14.098118000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

700.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

1 300.00msl

Elevation - Average:

750.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-3.63°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

-3.63°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

4.52°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

286.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

1 563.30mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

558.60mm

Biome :

Grasslands

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Agricultural
Alpine
Forest
Grasslands
Lakes
Rivers

Biogeographic Region:

Alpine

Geology:

Grauwacken-Zone

Soils:

mainly cambisoils

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

LTER
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
ALTER-Net
BE-NATUR
CAMARO-D
EuroMAB
Lysimeter Research Group
MAB (Man and Biosphere)
NEPROVALTER

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LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_AT_006

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

ExpeER Classification:

Highly Instrumented Observational AND Experimental Site

Protection Status and Resource Management

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Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Complex Site

Scale of Observation:

plot without link to explicit catchment

Design of Observation:

partly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

partly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

700-2000 k

Infrastructure notes:

Infrastructure at Trautenfels: measurement redox potential, groundwater, 187 ha agricultural area, 168 ha forest, 12 ha water body, 5 ha other, research stables, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chicken, respiration house for livestock, laboratories for water and chemistry

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing equipment
Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing frequency › Daily
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Supply Location › All over site/catchment
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › 1 - 5 beds
Supporting infrastructure › Staff room at site › > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 4WD

Operation

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Site Visit Interval:

Every 1 days

Maintenance Interval:

Every 14 days

Data Management

General Data Policy:

The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description

Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers

The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset

Data Storage Location :

Central

Data Storage Format :

Relational Database

Spatial data file (GIS)

Structured file or spreadsheet

Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

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