Working groups

Promoting Long-Term Ecological Research in Mountains (2011-2013)

Collelongo - Selva Piana (Italy)







General information

  • Operator: Institute of Agroenvironmental and Forest Biology, National Research Council of Italy
  • Altitude (from): 1450m asl
  • Size: 250.00 ha
  • Established: 1991
  • Climate zone: mediterranean
  • Ecosystem type: beech forest, deciduous broadleaf forest
  • Geology: calcareous bedrock
  • Soils: humic Alisols (cutanic alisol, humic)
  • Point coordinates: 41.8494°N, 13.5881°E

Variables measured

  • Air temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Soil temperature
  • Soil moisture
  • Solar radiation
  • Snow depth
  • Duration of snow cover
  • Vegetation phenology
  • LAI
  • Soil nutrients
  • Biodiversity
  • Atmospheric deposition
  • Windspeed