LTEs UK

Site/Institution

Site/Institution

Experiment Name

Surface Soil Texture

Primary contact

Email

Loughborough University  Ainsdale Dune slacks Sandy Joanathan Millett J.Millett@lboro.ac.uk
University of Liverpool Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL) Calcerous  Emma Sayer buxtonclimatelab@gmail.com; e.sayer@lancaster.ac.uk
Natural Resources Wales Ellan Valley Meadows Brown earths of Denbigh series -peaty soils Stuart Smith stuart.smith@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
Imperial College Nash's Field Experiment Sandy, acidic soil of the Bagshot Series Catalina Estrada c.estrada@imperial.ac.uk
Rothamsted Research North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) Clay loam overlying shales of the Crackington formation with thin subsidiary sandstone bands Andy Gregory jane.hawkins@rothamsted.ac.uk; andy.gregory@rothamsted.ac.uk

Experiment Name

Experiment Name

Site/Institution

Year of initiation

Topic

Ainsdale Dune slacks Loughborough University  1974 Dune slack wetland grazining experiment
Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL) University of Liverpool 1993 Impact of climate change on the UK's grasslands and ecosystems
Ellan Valley Meadows Natural Resources Wales 2004 Impacts of farmyard manure and lime applicationson species rich upland-fringe meadows
Nash's Field Experiment Imperial College 1992 Impact of fertiliser and grazing on grassland
North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) Rothamsted Research 2011 Impact of Livestock Grazing systems on the sustainability of lowland grassland

Topic

Topic

Classification System

Surface Soil Texture

Experiment Name

Dune slack wetland grazining experiment British Standard classification system (BS 1990)  Sandy Ainsdale Dune slacks
Impact of climate change on the UK's grasslands and ecosystems British Standard classification system (BS 1990)  Calcerous  Buxton Climate Change Impact Labs (BCCIL)
Impacts of farmyard manure and lime applicationson species rich upland-fringe meadows British Standard classification system (BS 1990)  Brown earths of Denbigh series -peaty soils Ellan Valley Meadows
Impact of fertiliser and grazing on grassland British Standard classification system (BS 1990)  Sandy, acidic soil of the Bagshot Series Nash's Field Experiment
Impact of Livestock Grazing systems on the sustainability of lowland grassland British Standard classification system (BS 1990)  Clay loam overlying shales of the Crackington formation with thin subsidiary sandstone bands North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP)