Realm: Terrestrial
Climate: Temperate
Biome: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Central latitude: 50.975410
Central longitude: 3.804494
Duration: 6 years, from 1996 to 2017

304 records

26 distinct species

Across the time series Acer pseudoplatanus is the most frequently occurring species

Methods

More detailed sampling protocols can be found through the ICP Manual at https://www.icp-forests.org/pdf/manual/2016/ICP_Manual_2016_01_part07-1.pdf. This dataset contains Level 2 monitoring for the Gontrode site. Vegetation survey data on permanently marked subplots (100 m²) of the LTER site Brasschaat (BE001) between the years 1996 and 2017. All vascular plant and terrestrial moss species occurring at the subplots were recorded and their percentage cover was estimated. Woody species were assigned to three different vegetation strata depending on their height: herb layer (< 50 cm), shrub layer (? 50 cm and < 5 m) and tree layer (? 5 m). Scientific nomenclature for plants was standardized using the R package ?Taxonstand? version 2.1 (Cayuela et al. 2012).

Citation(s)

@Dataset{BioTIME_cit369, Study_id = {608}, Citation_id = {369}, Author = {Verstraeten, Arne and Van Landuyt, Wouter}, Publisher = {International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests)}, Title = {Ground vegetation data ICP Forests Level II plot, Gontrode}, Year = {2017}, Doi = {10.23728/b2share.26d9c4e64dfe486c8d2beecedacc2f0d}, Url = {https://deims.org/dataset/b3998b9b-7f61-495e-b489-dd1dcb73fba9}, Language = {English} }