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.

安第斯山地云雾林深处，坐落着拉普兰达自然保护区内的25公顷拉普兰达森林动态监测样地（La Planada Forest Dynamics Plot）。该样地于1996年由生物资源研究所‘亚历山大·冯·洪堡’（Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos 'Alexander von Humboldt'）与CTFS/STRI联合设立。样地生境呈现出从拉普兰达高原（海拔1718米）至通往周边山脊的山坡（海拔1844米）的环境梯度，研究人员聚焦森林在该梯度上的变化规律。拉普兰达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）存在极具研究价值的对应相似性。