LWF Beatenberg long-term research site

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LWF plot Beatenberg

  • Community: Beatenberg / canton BE
  • Date of installation: 25 September 1996
  • Size of the plot: 2 ha
  • Altitude: 1490-1532 m
  • Mean slope: 66%
  • Geology (in German): Helvetikum, Tertiär, Eozän; Hohgantsandstein
  • Provisional soil type (WSL) : Gleyic Podzols
  • Woodland association after EK72: 57: Sphagno-Piceetum calamagrostietosum villosae
  • Main tree species: Picea abies
  • Management system: high forest
  • Silvicultural system: selection
  • Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 46.4 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 851
  • Maximum tree age: Picea abies 190-210 yr

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

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.611
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=7310b935-757f-4f27-b202-9f433c9882ab
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 (7.762 LON, 46.700 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 1996-09-25T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2045-01-01T00:00:00Z