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Continued funding for SITES!

14 October 2021
SITES enables multi-disciplinary and integrative research on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including long-term effects of land use change, climate change, biodiversity loss.
SITES enables multi-disciplinary and integrative research on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including long-term effects of land use change, climate change, biodiversity loss.
The Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem

Students and other visitors back at Lönnstorp

06 October 2021
Agroecology students at a field walk at Lönnstorp Research Station in late September. Photo: Marie-Claire Feller.
Agroecology students at a field walk at Lönnstorp Research Station in late September. Photo: Marie-Claire Feller.
Finally! Students are back at SITES Lönnstorp. During September several different student activities took place.

Lake Erken sediment mapping completed

30 September 2021

Only a few lakes remain to be investigated, with the most recent sediment sampling taking place at Lake Erken. Sediments along the four transects with GHG chambers were successfully collected in mid-September. At each GHG transect two sediment cores were collected, representing a shallow and deep depth within the transect. Most sediment was sampled with a gravity corer, however at shallow depths within the reed belts innovative sampling techniques were required.

The 18th Krycklan symposium at Svartberget

27 September 2021
The Krycklan Symposium started at Trollberget Experimental Area; here a presentation about riparian buffer management is being given. Photo: Blaize Denfeld.
The Krycklan Symposium started at Trollberget Experimental Area; here a presentation about riparian buffer management is being given. Photo: Blaize Denfeld.

Forest excursion at Asa

27 August 2021
Mikael Andersson (on the left) is hosting one of the groups in a 29-year-old stand of Hybrid larch. Photo: Kristina Wallertz.
Mikael Andersson (on the left) is hosting one of the groups in a 29-year-old stand of Hybrid larch. Photo: Kristina Wallertz.
The covid pandemic has affected the work at the field stations within SITES in many ways.

Lifeplan data collection starts at Röbäcksdalen

17 August 2021

In May, Röbäcksdalen and Lönnstorp station received the good news that they can be a part of the Lifeplan project, which is a global project to monitor biodiversity. Many of the other SITES stations are already participating. However, intensive management and the urban location of the two agricultural stations made it difficult to fit into the original model of Lifeplan. However, SITES and Lifeplan have now agreed on a modified participation for the two agricultural stations.