Austrian Forest Monitoring Networks in an International Context Plots n= start status focus Forest Soil 514(137) 1989 ongoing soil chemistry,site and soil Monitoring assessment System(BioSoil) Transnat'l 131 1986 suspended defoliation assessment,chemical network foliar analysis,soil chemistry ICP-Forests level Transnat1 20(16) ongoing defoliation assessment; network measurements:chemical foliar ICP-Forests level analysis,tree increment,deposition, growing stock volume,soil:chemistry, soil solution chemistry,temperature moisture;meteorology;vegetation relevees LTER Austria 10 2004 ongoing see above;site water balance, humus dynamics,stand regeneration experiments... Institut fur Waldokologie und BodenPlots n= start status focus Forest Soil Monitoring System (BioSoil) 514 (137) 1989 ongoing soil chemistry, site and soil assessment Transnat‘l network ICP-Forests level I 131 1986 suspended defoliation assessment, chemical foliar analysis, soil chemistry Transnat‘l network ICP-Forests level II 20 (16) ongoing defoliation assessment; measurements: chemical foliar analysis, tree increment, deposition, growing stock volume, soil: chemistry, soil solution chemistry, temperature moisture; meteorology; vegetation relevees LTER Austria 10 2004 ongoing see above; + site water balance, humus dynamics, stand regeneration experiments … Austrian Forest Monitoring Networks in an International Context