Alice Holt - United Kingdom

Basic Information
Site Name
Alice Holt
Short name
T09
Country
United Kingdom
Web Address
ECN website
Forest Research: Alice Holt Forest
Operating Organisation
Forest Research (UK)
Site Manager
Caitlin Lewis
Site Description
UK ECN site. Alice Holt forest lies in the Weald between the North and South Downs in southern England. Alice Holt Forest Park covers 851 hectares of mainly Corsican pine but approximately 140 ha. of original 1820 oak still remain. The ancient forest is now a truly multi-purpose woodland where research, conservation, timber production and recreation co-exist. The target sampling square is located in 90 hectares of 80 year old semi-natural oak woodland. Gault clay dominates the underlying geology. For the past 25 years intensive monitoring has been carried out under a variety of programs at this highly instrumented site. The site is part of a network of such highly monitored forests across both the UK and Europe. The Alice Holt site is owned by the Forestry Commission and is run by Forest Research under the Integrated forest monitoring programme. Collaboration with other research programs is actively encouraged.
Last modified
2023-07-28 09:07:58

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1946
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.
UK ECN✔ (LTER_EU_UK_055)This site is a verified "UK ECN" member.
COSMOS-UK✖The affiliation of this site with "COSMOS-UK" is not verified.
Projects
CarboEurope
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
EuroFLUX
FLUXNet
NitroEurope
ICP Forests (Level II)
ICP Vegetation
Photos
Forest track (ride) Alice Holt forest

Forest track (ride) Alice Holt forest

Monitoring in Alice Holt Forest

Monitoring in Alice Holt Forest

Alice Holt Forest in the winter

Alice Holt Forest in the winter

Geographic
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Elevation (average)
77.00msl
Elevation (min)
110.00msl
Elevation (max)
125.00msl
Related location(s)
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Mixed Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.70°C
Precipitation Annual
869.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » In canopy
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 1 place
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » More than 100 kW
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
ECN terrestrial site monitoring takes place at least once a week
Site Visit Interval
7
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
The ECN datasets are hosted by the NERC Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC - http://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/), managed by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) - https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/documents/4971bce4-8a81-4e23-9637-7fcff37c5f21. They are available under the Open Government Licence and can be cited via DOI's (digital object identifier).
Data Policy URL
http://data.ecn.ac.uk/datapolicy.asp
LTER Site Classification
Master
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
18 dataset(s) in total:
Alice Holt: Ecosystem services variables from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN)
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bat data: 1993-2015
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) bird data: 1995-2015
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) butterfly data: 1993-2015
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) carabid beetle data: 1992-2015
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) common breeding bird data: 1971-2007
Alice Holt: UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) frog data: 1994-2015
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.