LWF Vordemwald long-term research site

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LWF Plot Vordemwald

  • Community: Vordemwald / canton AG
  • Date of installation: 18 August 1995
  • Size of the plot: 2 ha
  • Altitude: 473-487 m
  • Mean slope: 14%
  • Geology (in German): Untergrund: Oligozän, Aquitanien, untere Süsswassermolasse, bunte Mergel - Oberfläche: Rissgrundmoräne
  • Soil types (WSL): Distric Gleysols
  • Woodland association after EK72: 46: Bazzanio-Abietetum
  • Main tree species: Abies alba
  • Management system: high forest
  • Silvicultural system: group selection
  • Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 53.9 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 1084
  • Maximum tree age: Abies alba 110 yr - Quercus sp. 190-210 yr

More Information: https://www.wsl.ch/en/forest/forest-development-and-monitoring/long-term-forest-ecosystem-research-lwf/sites/vordemwald.html

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.609
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=bffc768d-e3b2-41b2-9b5f-3c1ecbc3ce74
Provenance
Creator Flurin, Sutter, 0000-0001-6201-5791; Peter, Waldner,
Publisher EnviDat
Publication Year 2019
Funding Reference WSL,
Rights wsl-data; WSL Data Policy
OpenAccess true
Contact envidat(at)wsl.ch
Representation
Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Version 1.0
Discipline Environmental Sciences
Spatial Coverage (7.887 LON, 47.274 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 1995-08-18T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2045-01-01T00:00:00Z