The Hohe Tauern National Park (NPHT) and its region has been conducting specific monitoring programs for research purposes for years, all with links to eLTER. The platform includes a number of measuring facilities, which are all described in specific research sites each, i.e. LTER Hohe Tauern National Park (NPHT), Sonnblick Observatory, Oberes Stubachtal, Mullwitzkees, Venedigerkess and Pasterze. This LTSER platform picks up all possible monitoring acvities within the NPHT region and makes them available for eLTER. The platform is able to carry out and promote natural and social science work.

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Monte Rufeno LAZ1 is a monitoring plot within Mediterranean Forests LTER Italy site (parent site); it belongs to the Italian branch of the ICP Forests Network and it has been included in LTER Europe since 2007. Monte Rufeno (690 m asl) is part of the typical hilly landscape of northern Lazio, which suffered intense exploitation in the past by man. The dominant tree species is the oak (Quercus cerris L.). For a long time and up until the 1960s, the extensive oak woods were subjected to coppice cutting for the production of firewood. With the interruption of the practice of the cut, the forest stands have suffered a progressive aging and present themselves today as predominantly monospecific woods and monoplanes. There are also reforestations of conifers. Peculiarities of the territory are the water richness and the accentuated dynamism linked to the landslides. Monte Rufeno LAZ1 has been active as a monitoring plot since 1995. Data collection is carried out in collaboration with several organizations and universities. The research site is included in the Monte Rufeno Regional Natural Reserve.

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The Fushan Long-Term Ecological Site was established in 1992. It is the first LTER site in Taiwan. The site is managed by Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. It is characterized by steep slopes (averaging 35%), and frequent rainfall. FEF is very moist with relative humidity above 90% most of the time throughout the year. The forest is characterized as a moist subtropical mixed evergreen forest without an observable dormant season. The dominant tree species include Castanopsis carlesii, Machilus thunbergii, Engelhardtia roxburghiana. Shrubs were mostly Ardisia quinquegona,Blastus cochinchinensis and Lasianthus fordii. The forest is multistoried with scattered tree ferns and shrubs, and with an herbaceous ground cover of 20% on the ridge, 70% on slopes, and 80% in the valley.

with adjacent terretorries

long-term ecosystems monitoring site located in a broad valley covering north boral pine and birch forest and low alpine vegetation zones

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This site is the university forest of Kochi University with an accommodation for 60 persons located close to the forest. 60 % and 40% of the area was covered with conifer plantations (Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress) and secondary broad-leaved forests (both evergreen and deciduous, regenerated from charcoal production), respectively. The conifer plantation consists of small patches of various aged stands from just after planting to about 100 years of age. Now we are on the way of preparering a patchwork of vegetation at various stages of succession. The small scale vegetation patchwork may be a distingushing feature of this site.

long-term terrestrial ecosystems monitoring site in rolling hills/mountains in middle to north boreal birch forest and low alpine vegetation zones