Research
Level II Scots pine plot measurements
Research Status:current
Variables monitored in UK Scots pine long-term forest monitoring plots
| Variables | Period | Frequency of sampling | Rannoch | Thetford | Lady Bower | Culbin | Rogate SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foliar sampling and analysis | 1995-2004 | 2 years |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2005-2006 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2005 | Once |  |
|||||
| 2007 | Annual |  |
 |
||||
| 2008 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2010 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Soil analysis | 1995 | Once |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2010 | Once |  |
|||||
| Soil moisture | 2008-2010 | Daily |  |
||||
| Increment | 1995-2010 | 5 years |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2004 | Once |  |
|||||
| 2010 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Permanent girth bands | 2009 | 2 weeks |  |
||||
| 2010 | 2 weeks |  |
 |
||||
| Crown condition | 1994-1995 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
||
| 1996-2007 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| 2009-2010 | Annual |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Meteorology | 1994-2009 | Daily (Manual) |  |
||||
| 1994-2005 | Continuous (automatic) |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2005-2009 | Continuous (automatic) |  |
 |
||||
| Above canopy metrology | 2001-2007 | Continuous (automatic) |  |
||||
| Atmospheric deposition | 1995-1996 | 2 weeks |  |
 |
 |
||
| 1997-2006 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2007 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
||||
| 2008 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2009-2010 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| SO2,O3,NOx above canopy (diffusion tubes) | 2003 | Monthly |  |
 |
 |
||
| SO2,O3,NOx,NH4 below canopy (diffusion tubes) | 2001 | Monthly |  |
||||
| 2002-2005 | Monthly |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2006 | Monthly |  |
|||||
| NH4 | 2000-2006 | Monthly |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2007-2010 | Monthly |  |
 |
||||
| Ground vegetation | 1998-2004 | 3 years |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2004 | Once |  |
|||||
| 2007 | Once |  |
|||||
| 2010 | Once |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Quantitative ground vegetation | 2010 | Once |  |
 |
|||
| Litter fall quantification | 2001-2006 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
||
| 2007 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
||||
| 2008 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2009-2010 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Soil solution | 1996-2001 | 2 weeks |  |
 |
|||
| 2002-2006 | 2 weeks |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2007 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
||||
| 2008 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
|||
| 2009-2010 | 4 weeks |  |
 |
 |
 |
||
| Growth uptake of heavy metals | 2003 | Single measurement |  |
 |
 |
 |
