IT19-T Alpi Nord-Occidentali
Creators
- Freppaz, Michele1
- Viglietti, Davide1
- Pintaldi, Emanuele1
- D'Amico, Michele1
- Colombo, Nicola1
- Martin, Maria1
- Lombardi, Giampiero1
- Lonati, Michele1
- Giardino, Marco2
- Perotti, Luigi2
- Cremonese, Edoardo3
- Isabellon, Michel3
- Morra di Cella, Umberto3
- Galvagno, Marta3
- Pogliotti, Paolo3
- Filippa, Gianluca3
- Petey, Martina3
- Balestrini, Raffaella4
- Salerno, Franco4
- Bocca, Massimo5
- Barni, Elena6
- 1. Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, DISAFA
- 2. Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, DST
- 3. Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Valle d'Aosta, ARPA VdA
- 4. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA), Brugherio
- 5. Parco Naturale Mont Avic- Frazione La Fabrique, 164 - 11020 Champdepraz (AO)
- 6. Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi, DBIOS
Description
The macrosite is included in LTER-Italia network since 2009 and represents high-elevation environments of Northwestern Alps. The macrosite includes six research sites located on an elevation-gradient, from 1700 to 3300 m a.s.l., and is characterized by forests (where Larch and Spruce are dominant species) and alpine grasslands. Consequently, soils are considerably heterogeneous in term of different degree of evolution. Snow is an important driving factor, since it covers soil from 5 to 9 months/year, and could have a strong effect on soil chemical and physical dynamics also during the subsequent growing season. Currently, the macrosite has many international collaborations, such as the LTER site Niwot Ridge (Colorado) managed by the University of Colorado - INSTAAR. The main research activities carried out in the macrosite concern the analysis of the interaction between soil/vegetation and water at elevations ranging between the subalpine and the nival belts, through a multidisciplinary approach.
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Funding
- eLTER PLUS – European long-term ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological systems research infrastructure PLUS 871128
- European Commission
- eLTER – European Long-Term Ecosystem and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure 654359
- European Commission
- eLTER PPP – eLTER Preparatory Phase Project 871126
- European Commission