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

This work was supported by:

Rebetez M., von Arx G., Gessler A., Pannatier E.G., Innes J.L., Jakob P., … Haeni M. (2018) Meteorological data series from Swiss long-term forest ecosystem research plots since 1997. Ann. For. Sci. 75(2), 41 (7 pp.). doi.org/10.1007/s13595-018-0709-7

Sutter, Flurin; Waldner, Peter (2019). LWF Alptal long-term research site. EnviDat.

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Authors	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
Contact Person	Given Name: Peter Family Name: Waldner Email: peter.waldnerfoo(at)wsl.ch Affiliation: WSL
Subtitles
Publication	Publisher: EnviDat Year: 2019
Dates	Type: Collected Date: 1995-05-31 End Date: 2045-01-01
Version	1.0
Type	Dataset
General Type	Dataset
Language	English
Location	Switzerland
Content License	WSL Data Policy
Last Updated	December 2, 2019, 22:38 (UTC)
Created	October 1, 2019, 09:20 (UTC)

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