LWF Lausanne long-term research site

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LWF Plot Lausanne

  • Community: Lausanne / canton VD
  • Date of installation: 5 September 1994
  • Size of the plot: 2 ha
  • Altitude: 800-814 m
  • Mean slope: 7%
  • Geology (in German): Untergrund: Tertiär, Miozän, Burdigalien, obere Meeresmolasse; Sandstein - Oberfläche: Quartär, Würm; würmeiszeitliche Moräne
  • Soil types (WSL) : Distric Cambisols
  • Woodland association after EK72: 8: Milio-Fagetum
  • Main tree species: Fagus sylvatica
  • Management system: high forest
  • Silvicultural system: group selection
  • Top-height diameter (quadratic average diameter of the 100 thickest trees per ha): 59.9 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 650
  • Maximum tree age: Abies alba 160-170 yr - Picea abies 160-170 yr - Fagus sylvatica 160-170 yr

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

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.618
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=9f35f697-a226-4719-aefd-b8c96fe5ae7c
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 (6.658 LON, 46.584 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 1994-09-05T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2045-01-01T00:00:00Z