The locations
 
   
In analogy to successfully established field sites in grassland ecosystems (e.g. BIODEPTH, The Jena experiment, Cedar Creek), a large scale manipulative experiment with tree species will be set up at three sites in Thuringia, Germany, differing in geological attributes and soil types.
 
 
 
Site Size
[ha]
Geology Height a.s.l.
[m]
Mean annual
temperature
[°C]
Mean annual
precipitation
[mm]

Mehrstedt 50 calcareous 293 8.0 550
Kaltenborn 20 acidic 325 7.8 651
Bechstedt 9 calcareous 390 8.1 550