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Appennino centrale: Gran Sasso d'Italia - Italy
Appennino centrale: Gran Sasso d'Italia - Italy
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Site Name:
Appennino centrale: Gran Sasso d'Italia
Site Code:
LTER_EU_IT_021
Country (Site Location):
Italy
LTER Member Network:
Italy (LTER-ITalia)
Parent Site Name:
IT01- Apennines - High elevation Ecosystems - Italy
Contact: Site Manager:
Bruno Petriccione
General Site Description:
The site consists of high elevation vegetation in central Mediterranean basin, along the Apennines mountain range: xerophitic primary grassland (Pediculari elegantis-Seslerietum tenuifoliae) and mesophitic primary grassland (Luzulo italiacae-Festucetum macratherae), with important resident and migratory bird communities. Six plots, each one 100 m2 large, grouped in two cluster-plots including each one three plots, representative of a larger area of 0,5 km2 ca., ranging from 2100 to 2300 m a.s.l. (alpic and Mediterranean high-mountain belts.
UUID:
c0738b00-854c-418f-8d4f-69b03486e9fd
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General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Metadata provider:
Bruno Petriccione
Site Status:
existing
Year Site Established:
1986
Size :
50.00ha
Purpose of Site :
Investigate and monitoring structure and composition changes in plant communities and bird communities in relation to climate changes.
Research Topics:
ecology
population ecology
population dynamics
population changes over time
plants population changes over time
plant ecology
vegetation dynamics
community ecology
successional dynamics
community dynamics
physics
soil physics
Parameters:
ecosystem measure
population and community properties
community composition
diversity measure
biotic diversity
floristic diversity
species list
species composition
plant species composition
species richness
species abundance measure
plant cover
soil measure
soil physics
soil temperature
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Geographic
Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.440000000000
Longitude: 13.550000000000