La Planada Forest dynamics Plot, Colombia

High in Andean cloud forest lies the 25-ha La Planada Forest Dynamics Plot in the La Planada Nature Reserve. The La Planada plot was established in 1996 by the Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos 'Alexander von Humboldt' and CTFS/STRI. The plot's site represents a gradient from the plateau of La Planada (1718 m) to the slopes leading to the surrounding ridges (1844 m), and researchers are interested in how the forest changes over this gradient. The La Planada site provides interesting parrallels to the Asian montane site, Doi Inthanon Forest Dynamics Plot.

坐落于安第斯山地云雾林深处的拉普拉纳达自然保护区（La Planada Nature Reserve）内，设有一处面积为25公顷的拉普拉纳达森林动态监测样地（La Planada Forest Dynamics Plot）。该样地于1996年由亚历山大·冯·洪堡生物资源研究所（Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos 'Alexander von Humboldt'）与CTFS/STRI联合建立。其生境覆盖了从拉普拉纳达高原（海拔1718米）至周边山脊坡地（海拔1844米）的环境梯度，研究人员聚焦于森林沿该梯度的动态变化规律。该样地与亚洲山地样地因他暖山森林动态监测样地（Doi Inthanon Forest Dynamics Plot）存在颇具研究价值的可比特征。