APPENDIX II – Lists of site characteristics
Table A II – Site characteristics derived from the FLUXNET database. R0 is the reference respiration estimated
with the LinGPP model formulation, LAI is the maximum seasonal leaf area index of the ecosystems
(understorey and overstorey), LAIMAX,o is the maximum leaf area index of the sole overstorey, SoilC is the total
soil carbon content, Age is the stand age, T mean is the annual average mean temperature, Ndepo is the total
atmospheric nitrogen deposition derived as described in the method section, u* is the median of the yearly
friction velocity threshold identified at each site by using the method described in Papale et al. (2006). Sites with
(*) in the column dist (disturbance) represent sites with recent disturbance according to what is reported in the
FLUXNET database.
SITE ID
AT-Neu
AU-How
BE-Lon
BE-Vie
BR-Sp1
BW-Ma1
CA-Ca1
CA-Ca3
CA-Gro
CA-Let
CA-Mer
CA-NS1
CA-NS3
CA-NS6
CA-Oas
CA-Ojp
CA-Qfo
CA-TP4
CA-WP1
CH-Oe1
CN-HaM
CN-Ku1
CN-Ku2
CN-Xi2
DE-Bay
DE-Hai
DE-Kli
DE-Tha
DK-Ris
ES-ES1
ES-ES2
ES-LMa
ES-VDA
FI-Hyy
FI-Kaa
FI-Sod
FR-Fon
FR-Gri
FR-Hes
FR-LBr
FR-Lq2
FR-Pue
ID-Pag
IL-Yat
IT-Amp
IT-BCi
IT-Cpz
IT-MBo
IT-Noe
IT-Non
IT-PT1
IT-Ren
Tower Name
Neustift/Stubai Valley
Howard Springs
Lonzee
Vielsalm
Sao Paulo Cerrado
Maun- Mopane Woodland
British Columbia- Campbell River - Mature Forest Site
British Columbia- Campbell River - Young Plantation Site
Ontario- Groundhog River-Mat. Boreal Mixed Wood
Lethbridge
Eastern Peatland- Mer Bleue
UCI-1850 burn site
UCI-1964 burn site
UCI-1989 burn site
Sask.- SSA Old Aspen
Sask.- SSA Old Jack Pine
Quebec Mature Boreal Forest Site
Ontario- Turkey Point Mature White Pine
Western Peatland- LaBiche-Black Spruce/Larch Fen
Oensingen1 grass
Haibei Alpine Tibet site
Kubuqi_populus forest
Kubuqi_shrubland
Xilinhot grassland site (X03)
Bayreuth-Waldstein/WeidenBrunnen
Hainich
Klingenberg
Tharandt- Anchor Station
Risbyholm
El Saler
El Saler-Sueca
Las Majadas del Tietar
Vall d'Alinya
Hyytiala
Kaamanen wetland
Sodankyla
Fontainebleau
Grignon (after 6/5/2005)
Hesse Forest- Sarrebourg
Le Bray (after 6/28/1998)
Laqueuille extensive
Puechabon
Palangkaraya
Yatir
Amplero (after 6/28/2004)
Borgo Cioffi
Castelporziano
Monte Bondone
Sardinia/Arca di Noè
Nonantola
Zerbolò-Parco Ticino- Canarazzo
Renon/Ritten (Bolzano)
1
R0
LAIMAX
LAIMAX,o
SoilC
Ndepo
gCm-2day-1
4.83
1.84
2.23
2.47
3.54
0.67
2.77
3.84
4.88
1.05
0.94
3.43
6.10
2.40
3.70
1.76
2.14
3.56
0.76
3.83
2.97
0.23
0.61
0.88
5.04
2.93
4.42
5.64
2.77
3.28
1.04
1.57
1.66
3.63
1.27
2.09
2.20
2.16
3.17
3.51
3.26
2.66
4.53
0.68
2.49
2.28
1.31
4.82
2.84
1.27
2.65
1.79
m2m-2
6.50
2.40
5.62
5.10
3.50
1.10
8.40
6.70
4.30
0.80
1.30
5.68
9.81
2.97
5.10
2.60
3.70
8.00
2.61
4.85
2.78
0.23
0.20
0.25
5.60
6.08
9.73
7.60
6.00
3.63
5.80
2.00
1.35
7.00
0.70
1.20
5.05
3.34
6.70
4.00
3.00
3.90
5.60
2.50
2.00
5.80
3.50
2.82
2.10
1.70
4.45
5.11
m2m-2
6.5
0.9
5.6
5.1
3.5
1.1
7.1
3.0
4.3
0.8
1.3
5.2
5.3
3.0
2.1
2.6
3.7
8.0
1.3
4.9
2.8
0.2
0.2
0.3
5.3
6.1
5.5
5.2
6.0
2.6
5.8
0.5
1.4
6.7
0.7
1.2
5.1
3.3
7.3
2.5
3.0
1.9
5.6
2.5
2.0
5.8
3.5
2.8
2.1
1.7
2.2
4.6
kgCm-2
4.25
15.10
3.70
3.82
8.00
0.50
kgN year-1ha-1
18.97
1.09
23.12
25.22
8.32
3.54
1.51
1.65
1.82
3.01
5.79
0.69
0.69
0.69
1.28
1.18
1.45
12.17
1.15
23.67
2.26
3.14
3.14
5.88
13.65
17.80
14.79
14.79
8.51
7.68
7.68
6.85
12.02
2.87
1.30
1.07
23.38
21.09
26.30
14.30
18.23
14.46
2.19
7.18
10.41
8.98
11.25
18.78
10.22
16.96
18.91
18.78
16.53
3.64
4.40
1.63
1.58
3.50
3.70
18.30
8.60
17.02
12.20
9.70
16.00
3.32
5.60
3.14
10.20
7.17
10.90
6.10
3.70
19.30
4.31
35.00
10.00
4.80
4.59
15.20
IT-Ro1
IT-Ro2
IT-SRo
JP-Tef
NL-Loo
PT-Esp
PT-Mi1
RU-Cok
UK-EBu
UK-Gri
US-ARb
US-ARM
US-Aud
US-Bar
US-Bkg
US-Bn1
US-Bn2
US-Bn3
US-Bo1
US-Brw
US-Dk3
US-FPe
US-Fwf
US-Ha1
US-Ho1
US-Ho2
US-IB1
US-KS2
US-Los
US-LPH
US-Me2
US-Me3
US-Me4
US-MMS
US-MOz
US-NC2
US-Ne1
US-Ne2
US-NR1
US-Oho
US-PFa
US-SO2
US-SO3
US-SP1
US-SP2
US-Syv
US-Ton
US-UMB
US-Var
US-WCr
US-Wi4
VU-Coc
Roccarespampani 1
Roccarespampani 2
San Rossore
Teshio Experimental Forest
Loobos
Espirra
Mitra (Evora)
Chokurdakh
Easter Bush- Scotland
Griffin- Aberfeldy-Scotland
ARM Southern Great Plains burn site- Lamont
ARM Southern Great Plains site- Lamont
Audubon Research Ranch
Bartlett Experimental Forest
Brookings
Bonanza Creek, 1920 Burn site near Delta Junction
Bonanza Creek, 1987 Burn site near Delta Junction
Bonanza Creek, 1999 Burn site near Delta Junction
Bondville
Alaska – Barrow
Duke Forest - loblolly pine
Fort Peck
Flagstaff – Wildfire
Harvard Forest EMS Tower (HFR1)
Howland Forest (main tower)
Howland Forest (west tower)
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory- Batavia (Agricultural site)
Kennedy Space Center (scrub oak)
Lost Creek
Little Prospect Hill
Metolius-intermediate aged ponderosa pine
Metolius-second young aged pine
Metolius-old aged ponderosa pine
Morgan Monroe State Forest
Missouri Ozark Site
NC_Loblolly Plantation
Mead - irrigated continuous maize site
Mead - irrigated maize-soybean rotation site
Niwot Ridge Forest (LTER NWT1)
Oak Openings
Park Falls/WLEF
Sky Oaks- Old Stand
Sky Oaks- Young Stand
Slashpine-Austin Cary- 65yrs nat regen
Slashpine-Mize-clearcut-3yr,regen
Sylvania Wilderness Area
Tonzi Ranch
Univ. of Mich. Biological Station
Vaira Ranch- Ione
Willow Creek
Mature red pine (MRP)
CocoFlux
2
2.97
2.46
2.89
4.76
4.23
2.06
1.10
1.20
2.00
3.72
2.66
0.84
1.28
3.91
1.63
1.73
0.88
0.69
2.57
1.12
1.39
1.25
0.80
3.26
3.71
3.59
1.90
1.92
1.94
3.19
2.15
0.90
1.28
2.83
2.09
3.66
3.82
2.40
3.04
1.57
3.31
1.15
0.66
3.04
3.60
2.80
1.88
3.17
2.15
2.60
1.17
4.44
4.30
4.08
4.20
7.50
3.50
2.80
2.30
1.50
3.90
7.00
3.25
2.10
1.00
4.70
3.00
3.50
2.50
1.10
5.25
1.50
5.20
2.50
0.60
5.20
6.50
5.60
5.25
2.50
4.24
5.00
2.80
0.52
2.10
4.62
4.20
3.00
6.30
3.75
5.60
4.70
4.10
3.00
1.10
4.50
3.88
3.80
2.00
3.95
2.50
5.40
2.80
5.65
3.0
3.9
4.2
4.5
2.0
2.8
0.7
1.5
3.9
7.0
3.3
2.1
1.0
5.1
3.0
3.5
2.5
1.1
5.3
1.5
4.7
2.5
0.6
5.2
6.5
5.6
5.3
2.5
4.2
5.0
2.7
0.5
2.1
4.6
4.2
3.0
6.3
3.8
5.1
4.0
4.1
3.0
1.1
4.5
2.9
3.8
0.6
3.6
2.5
4.5
1.8
3.0
11.30
11.84
2.15
2.40
4.35
22.95
15.00
13.51
15.50
16.50
9.00
3.30
8.80
11.00
12.00
6.30
3.60
4.50
3.70
7.90
10.00
5.56
6.60
18.40
21.10
16.00
20.20
0.87
8.00
10.47
4.85
3.60
9.47
4.25
13.72
13.72
16.10
1.83
12.24
5.62
5.62
0.20
6.27
4.54
10.71
11.52
2.55
6.98
8.57
0.62
0.62
0.62
16.50
0.15
15.07
3.74
2.47
12.27
4.19
4.19
14.95
7.00
3.02
12.27
3.45
3.45
3.45
18.27
17.17
14.33
13.20
13.20
3.77
13.49
4.32
3.56
3.56
9.15
9.15
2.55
1.87
3.83
1.87
4.32
4.18
0.39