Aamotsdalen - Norway

DEIMS.ID:

https://deims.org/266eedce-b67c-4935-a7b7-4dc3c169c902

Basic Information

Site Name:

Aamotsdalen

Short name :

Aamotsdalen

Country (Site Location):

Norway

LTER Member Network:

Norway (LTER Norway)

Contact: Site Manager:

Erik Framstad

General Site Description:

terrestrial ecosystems monitoring site located in steep mountain valley in north boreal mountain birch forest and low alpine vegetation zones

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1991

Size :

9 000.00ha

Purpose of Site :

monitoring of long-term changes in biodiversity components (ground vegetation, epiphytes, small mammals, birds) in response to natural dynamics, long-range pollution, climate

Research Topics:

Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 62.466700000000
Longitude: 9.416670000000

Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

690.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

1 390.00msl

Elevation - Average:

910.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-8.20°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

9.30°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

-0.06°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

50.11mm

Precipitation Annual :

912.42mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

100.40mm

Biome :

Alpine

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Alpine
Forest
Boreal forests/taiga
Tundra

Biogeographic Region:

Alpine

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

Norwegian Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring
LTER

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_NO_002

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Protection Status and Resource Management

Nat. protection

75 - 100%

Management of Resources :

Yes

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

0 - 25%

Management of Resources - Notes:

the area is used for outfield grazing/browsing by livestock (mainly sheep); the Landscape Protection Area is used for traditional harvesting of grass, firewood etc

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Simple Site

Scale of Observation:

plot without link to explicit catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

no experimentation

Infrastructure

Infrastructure notes:

there is no allocated infrastructure of any kind

Accessible All Year :

All parts of Site Accessible:

Permanent Power Supply:

Operation

Operation Notes:

sampling is conducted annually (for fauna), every 5 yrs for vegetation and epiphytes

Permanent Operation:

Data Management

Data Storage Location :

Distributed within Institution

Data Storage Format :

Relational Database

Spatial database (GIS)

Structured file or spreadsheet

Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

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