Working groups

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

Ordesa y Monte Perdido / Huesca ES (Spain)








General information

  • Operator: Regional Government of Aragón - Ministry of Agriculture, food and environment
  • Altitude: 700-1340m asl
  • Size: 15 608.00 ha
  • Established: 1918
  • Climate zone: alpine, subalpine
  • Ecosystem type: forest, alpine meadows, summits
  • Geology: calcareous
  • Soils: humic Alisols (cutanic alisol, humic)
  • Point coordinates: 42.6497°N, 0.0827°E

Variables measured

  • Air temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Snow depth
  • Plant abundance
  • Within habitat plant diversity