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

Funding Information:

This work was supported by:
  • WSL

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Citation:

Sutter, Flurin; Waldner, Peter (2019). LWF Alptal long-term research site. EnviDat. doi:10.16904/envidat.607.

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DOI 10.16904/envidat.607
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  • Email: flurin.sutterfoo(at)wsl.ch ORCID: 0000-0001-6201-5791 Given Name: Flurin Family Name: Sutter Affiliation: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland DataCRediT: Publication
  • Email: peter.waldnerfoo(at)wsl.ch Given Name: Peter Family Name: Waldner Affiliation: WSL DataCRediT: Publication, Supervision
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Publication Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2019
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  • Type: Collected Date: 1995-05-31 End Date: 2045-01-01
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