Project: Long-Term Alpine Ecosystem Research in Norwegian Scandes (LTAER)
Further information: Information about the project can be found at www.geographie.uni-bonn.de

Objectives: To understand local and regional alpine ecosystems from a long-term perspective.

• Micro-climate (especially near-ground temperature)
• Snowpack dynamics
• soil hydrology
• Plant species composition
• Vegetation phenology
• Dwarf shrub dendrochronology
• Net primary production
• Nitrogen cycle
• Soil water chemistry
• Humus and carbon cycle
• Periglacial ground morphodynamics
• Microbial activity of the soil
• Zoology of arthropods, insects, small mammals
• Grazing herbivory