LTEM Sites

Long term ecological monitoring sites.



Chile
IEB

Shrubland

China
CAS

Meadow steppes, sparse ulmus woodlands, farming ecosystem

Spain
UA

Mature and young pine forests, alpha grass steppe, shrubland

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Spain
UA

Semiarid thermo-Mediterranean shrubland

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Spain
CEAM

Open shrublands and young pine forest

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Greece
AUTh

Deciduous oak forests, Beech forests, Kermes oak forests, Grasslands, Agricultural lands, Wetlands

Mexico
UANL

Semiarid halophytic and gypsophilic grasslands

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Namibia
UHH

Open (dwarf) shrub savannah; perennial grass-shrub matrix in plains, dwarf-shrub communities at pediments, sparsely vegetated hillslopes

Namibia
UHH

Degraded open (dwarf) shrub savannah; shrubland with annual, generalist plant species of low grazing value in plains, dwarf-shrub communities at pediments, sparsely vegetated hillslopes

Portugal
LPN
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United States

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands (Western edge of Chihuahuan Desert), Sky islands (e.g., Chiricahua Mountain Range, Whitlock Mountain Range), Lakes and streams <0.1% of surface area

South Africa
NWU

Savanna biome. Kalahari duneveld. Land uses: grazing, cultivation, urbanization

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South Africa
NWU

Kalahari Plains Thorn Bushveld, characterised by a well-developed tree stratum, a moderately developed shrub layer with a grass cover

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