Appennino centrale: Gran Sasso d'Italia - Italy

Basic Information

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.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Metadata provider:

Bruno Petriccione

Site Status:

existing

Year 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.

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Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 42.440000000000
Longitude: 13.550000000000

Site Details

Ecosystem and Enviromental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

2 150.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

2 280.00msl

Elevation - Average:

2 210.00msl

Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-4.40°C

Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

11.80°C

Temperature: Average Annual:

3.10°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

53.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

1 100.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

122.00mm

ILTER Biome :

Alpine

GEO-BON Biome:

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Alpine
Grasslands
Montane grasslands and shrublands

Biogeographic Region:

Alpine

eLTER Parameters

Network Affiliation

Networks/Projects (In addition to / Other than LTER):

Natura 2000

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Simple Site

Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Short name :

IT01-003-T

Protection Status and Resource Management

Program

National park

Protection Program Cover:

0 - 25%

Program

Natura 2000

Protection Program Cover:

0 - 25%

Design and Scale of Site

Scale of Observation:

plot without link to explicit catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

no experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

100-700 k

Infrastructure notes:

Site accessible by regular car 6 months per year and by cable car the rest of the year (November - April)

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Operation

Operations Cost:

Less than 10 k

Permanent Operation:

Sampling Interval:

Every 30 days

Maintenance Interval:

Every 30 days

Data Management

Data Storage Location :

Central

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Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

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