LWF Alptal long-term research site

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LWF plot Alptal

  • Community: Alpthal / canton SZ
  • Date of installation: 31 May 1995
  • Size of the plot: 0.6 ha
  • Altitude: 1149-1170 m
  • Mean slope: 23%
  • Geology (in German): Nordpenninikum; obere Kreide-unteres Eozän, Wägitaler Flysch
  • Soil types (WSL) : Mollic Gleysols, Gleyic Cambisols
  • Woodland association after EK72: 49: Equiseto-Abietetum
  • 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): 39.3 cm
  • Number of trees BHD >= 12 cm (2011): 321
  • Maximum tree age: Picea abies 180-230 yr

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

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.607
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=49729a45-f5bf-4bc0-afdd-77123894d3bb
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 (8.713 LON, 47.049 LAT); Switzerland
Temporal Coverage Begin 1995-05-31T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2045-01-01T00:00:00Z