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Variables monitored in UK Oak long-term forest monitoring plots

Variables Period Frequency of sampling Grizedale Alice Holt / Straits Savernake Ardtornish Micheldever
Foliar sampling and analysis 1995-2005 2 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2005 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2006 Annual tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2008 Annual tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Annual tick.gif tick.gif
Soil analysis 1995 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2010 Once tick.gif tick.gif
Soil solution 1995-2001 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2001-2006 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2009 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Soil moisture 2007-2008 Hourly tick.gif
2009-2010 Hourly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Soil temperature 1998-2008 Hourly tick.gif
2009-2010 Hourly tick.gif tick.gif*
Atmospheric deposition 1995-1996 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
1997-2002 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2002-2006 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif V
2007-2008 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Increment 1995-2010 5 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2004 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2008 Annual tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Permanent girth bands 2008 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Phenology (manual) 1995-2007 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2007-2009 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Weekly (spring/autumn) tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Phenology (webcam) 2009-2010 Hourly tick.gif
Crown condition 1994-2007 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Leaf area index 2009-2010 Once tick.gif tick.gif
Meteorology 1994-2009 Daily(manual) tick.gif tick.gif
1994-2008 Continuous (Automatic) tick.gif
2009-2010 Continuous (Automatic) tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
SO2,O3,NOx above canopy (diffusion tubes) 2003 Monthly tick.gif
SO2,O3,NOx,NH4 below canopy (diffusion tubes) 2001 Monthly tick.gif
2002-2005 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2006 Monthly tick.gif
NO2 1994-2010 2 weeks tick.gif
NH4 2000-2006 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2006-2010 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif
Quantitative ground vegetation 2010 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Litter fall quantification 1998-2002 2 weeks (autumn) 4 weeks (winter-summer) tick.gif tick.gif
2002-2008 2 weeks (autumn) 4 weeks (winter-summer) tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
2009-2010 2 weeks (autumn) 4 weeks (winter-summer) tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Litter fall analysis 2009 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif
Growth uptake of heavy metals 2003 Single measurement tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif

Key

  • V – Volume of throughfall only recorded.
  • * – Fortnightly at Micheldever.
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