Site Location: Guan-dau-shi Experimental Forest/Nantou, Taiwan

Latitude, longitude, elevation, size: 24º04’ N, 121º30’E, 1100-1700 m, 210 ha

Principal biome/main communities: Subtropical mixed evergreen hardwood forest/Fagaceae and Lauranceae forest

History of site: Site was designated in 1994

Landscape

Forest vegetation

Research Topics: Long-term monitoring of environmental variables; hydrological modeling; plant succession after fire disturbance; pollination; epiphytes; ecosystem phenomena and processes; soil ecology; ecosystem response to acidic deposition at various trophic levels; ecological modeling and data management; human impact of recreational activities

Infrastructure: One gauged weir in a small forest watershed (47 ha); weather stations; observing towers, 110V power supply, laboratories and accommodation for 150 persons

Type of data: Maps of geology, topography; air temperature, humidity, precipitation, solar radiation, wind speed and direction; chemical composition of precipitation, throughfall, stemflow, soil solution, streamwater, soils; vegetation composition, tree growth/mortality, litterfall and decomposition; phenology; species composition of flora and fauna

Partnerships: National Science Council, National Chung-hsing University, National Chang-hwa University of Education, National Tsing-hua University , National Chiyi Institute of Agriculture

Meteorological tower