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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 tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2005-2006 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2005 Once       tick.gif  
2007 Annual tick.gif tick.gif      
2008 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2010 – present Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
Soil analysis 1995 Once tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2010 Once         tick.gif
Soil moisture 2008-2010 Daily tick.gif        
Increment 1995-2010 5 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2004 Once       tick.gif  
2010 – present Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
Permanent girth bands 2009 2 weeks         tick.gif
2010 – present 2 weeks   tick.gif     tick.gif
Crown condition 1994-1995 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
1996-2007 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif  
2009-2010 Annual tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
Meteorology 1994-2009 Daily (Manual)   tick.gif      
1994-2005 Continuous (automatic) tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2005-2009 Continuous (automatic)   tick.gif tick.gif    
Above canopy metrology 2001-2007 Continuous (automatic)   tick.gif      
Atmospheric deposition 1995-1996 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
1997-2006 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2007 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif      
2008 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2009-present 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
SO2,O3,NOx above canopy (diffusion tubes) 2003 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif 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      
NH4 2000-2006 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2007-2010 Monthly tick.gif tick.gif      
Ground vegetation 1998-2004 3 years tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2004 Once       tick.gif  
2007 Once   tick.gif      

2010

2013 – present

Once

Every 3 years

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Quantitative ground vegetation 2010 Once   tick.gif     tick.gif
Litter fall quantification 2001-2006 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2007 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif      
2008 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    

2009-2010

2010 – present

4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
Soil solution 1996-2001 2 weeks   tick.gif tick.gif    
2002-2006 2 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    
2007 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif      
2008 4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif    

2009-2010

2010 – present

4 weeks tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif   tick.gif
Growth uptake of heavy metals 2003 Single measurement tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif tick.gif  

 

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