Collelongo-Selva Piana ABR1 - Italy

DEIMS.ID:

https://deims.org/9b1d144a-dc37-4b0e-8cda-1dda1d7667da

Basic Information

Site Name:

Collelongo-Selva Piana ABR1

Short name :

IT03-001-T

Web Address:

http://www.lteritalia.it

Country (Site Location):

Italy

LTER Member Network:

Italy (LTER-ITalia)

Parent Site Name:

IT03-Forest of the Apennines - Italy

Contact: Site Manager:

Giorgio Matteucci

General Site Description:

Beech forest in the Central italian Apennines

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1991

Size :

250.00ha

Purpose of Site :

Site established to study ecology, structure and silviculture of Central Apennines beech forests (1991) Ecophysology and canopy level studies using a scaffold tower Ecosystem level flux measurments with eddy covariance since 1995 ICP-Forests monitoring site since 1995-1996 (full set of surveys) Whole system approach including soil processes Experimental studies on nitrogen fertilisation started in 2015

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Parameters:

Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 41.849400000000
Longitude: 13.588100000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

1 450.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

1 800.00msl

Elevation - Average:

1 500.00msl

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-7.91°C

Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

27.22°C

Air Temperature: Average Annual:

7.08°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

0.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

1 088.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

460.00mm

Biome :

Deciduous Forest

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Forest
Deciduous Forest

Biogeographic Region:

Mediterranean

Geology:

calcareous bedrock

Vegetation:

Mostly beech forests. Polysticho-Fagetum (Feoli and Lagonegro 1982) Some mountain grasslands

Soils:

Humic Alisols (Cutanic Alisol, Humic)

eLTER Parameters

eLTER Parameters:

Network Affiliation and Network Specific Information

Networks/Projects:

LTER
CarboEurope
CarboItaly
CONECOFOR
EuroFLUX
FLUXNet
FutMon
ICP Integrated Monitoring
ICP Forests (Level II)
NitroEurope

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_IT_031

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Master

ICP Forests Code:

IT01

Protection Status and Resource Management

Natura 2000

0 - 25%

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

50 - 75%

Management of Resources - Notes:

Although the site is in a managed forest, being a mountain forest, it is under general protection

Design and Scale of Site

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Simple 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:

Clearing of snow until 1.5 km to the main plots. Access in winter through sledog. Power provided by solar panels and generator. Lodging available in the close-by village (10 km from the site). Mountain hut available at site on request (5 beds)

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing frequency › Monthly
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › No within site data transmission
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › No data transmission from site
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › 1 - 5 beds
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Observation device › Measurement tower › Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Unstructured file
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Structured file
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Proprietary file format
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial data file (GIS)

Operation

Operation Notes:

Dataloggers collect continuously meteorological and canopy flux data. Site is visited every 15-30 days for sampling (e.g. soil solution, litterfall, etc.).

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Site Visit Interval:

Every 15 days

Maintenance Interval:

Every 30 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 Policy Notes:

Some data from the site are available from networks or projects web/data sites

Data Storage Location :

Distributed over multiple institutions

Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

Data Notes:

Although the option "No cost" has been selected, the exact policy of data costs has not yet been established

Associated Data

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