Forest of Meerdaal - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Forest of Meerdaal
Short name
Forest of Meerdaal
Country
Belgium
Web Address
LTER-Belgium
Site Manager
Beatrijs Van der Aa
Site Description
The Forest of Meerdaal is situated on the Belgian loess belt about 25 km south-east of Brussels. It is an ancient woodland site, previously managed as coppice with standards, well known history (up to the middle ages). It is managed as multifunctional forest containing strict forest reserves with dense sampling grid (measured every decade). its proximity to the university make it an ideal research subject. Over the years many different studies have been conducted and documented.
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Last modified
2023-09-01 14:09:11

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1990
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
ICP Forests✖The affiliation of this site with "ICP Forests" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_31)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 50.801767 Longitude: 4.680811

Size
ca. 2071.00ha
Elevation (average)
90.00msl
Elevation (min)
35.00msl
Elevation (max)
102.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1) » Acidophilous oak-dominated woodland (G1.8)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
880.00mm
Geology
The upper soil is quarternary niveo-aeolian loam and loamy sand on tertiary sand/clay
Vegetation
Mostly acidophilous beech-oak woodland (Fago-Quercetum; habitat type 9120) and oak-hornbeam woodland (Carpinetum; 9150 with oak trees >200yrs)
Soils
The soils in this forest belong to the association of Typic hapludalfs, typic fragiudalfs and typic fralossudalfs
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
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Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
50
Maintenance Interval
730
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.