Test Sites

HoliSoils harmonises and maps soil data from multiple sources. These harmonised products are indispensable for Europe-wide GHG inventories and for the project’s experimental and modelling work in Europe’s main bioclimatic regions and soil types.

Field experiments at HoliSoils test sites will investigate the effects of soil and forest management (including thinning regimes, tree species composition, fertilisation, rewetting) and natural disturbances (forest fires, windthrow, droughts) on soil processes, resilience and climate change mitigation potential. Measurements of soil physico-chemical properties and biodiversity will be complemented by monitoring soil processes such as GHG fluxes and nutrient cycling.

Global

Uruguay – Tacuarembo

Established

Established

2021

Organization

Organization

Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA)

Location

Location

31° 52′ 14.844” S
55° 59′ 54.24” W
(North-central region of Uruguay)

Soil type

Soil type

Sandy soils (luvisol; acrisol)

Dominant species

Dominant species
Eucalyptus grandis

Ground vegetation

Ground vegetation
Native grassland (pampas biome)

Aim of the study

Aim of the study

Evaluate the effect of degraded native grassland afforestation with Eucalyptus on the heterotrophic, autotrophic and total ecosystem respiration.