What makes a forest 'tick'?

Carbon and water exchange of a typical Scottish forest

Sitka spruce plantations are prevalent in Scotland. These plantations cover as much as 5% of the Scottish landscape.

Site:	Details of the experiment site.
Methods:	Description of experimental methods for both the pre-thinning and post-thinning experiment.	#
Climatology:	Examples of the sites climatology based on the pre-thinning experiment.
Carbon:	Experiment findings for Griffin's carbon budget.
Energy :	The energy budget and its components for Griffin.
Hydrology:	The catchment hydrology measurements and results.
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The project is funded by NERC from 2003-2006 and part-funded by CarboEurope IP from 2007-2009.

Principal Investigators: Dr John B. Moncrieff, Prof. Keith Smith, Dr Maurizio Mencuccini.

Research Staff: Dr Robert Clement, PDRA & Max Priestman, PGRA.