LWF Lens long-term research site

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LWF Plot Lens

  • Community: Lens / canton VS
  • Date of installation: 15 March 1996
  • Size of the plot: 2 ha
  • Altitude: 1033-1093 m
  • Mean slope: 75%
  • Geology (in German): Untergrund: Penninikum, Ferret-Zone, Trias; sandiger Kalkstein - Oberfläche: Hängeschutt
  • Provisional soil type (WSL): Calcaric Cambisol
  • Woodland association after EK72: +- 64: Cytiso-Pinetum silvestris
  • Main tree species: Pinus sylvestris
  • Management system: high forest
  • Silvicultural system: unmanaged
  • Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 31.8 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 2304
  • Maximum tree age:150-170 yr

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

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.617
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=87d3ea5a-8d50-446b-9c33-cbe56057f7d3
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 (7.436 LON, 46.269 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 1996-03-15T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2045-01-01T00:00:00Z