SITES Lönnstorp Research Station

Lönnstorp Research Station is dedicated to studies of cropping systems ecology, with a focus on the design, sustainable development and assessment of arable cropping systems, in conventional and organic farming. The research station is available for research within ecology, agronomy, environmental science, agroecology and other disciplines. Researchers or research groups who wish to start an experiment at Lönnstorp are welcome to contact the station management.

SITES Lönnstorp
Field in skåne

About SITES Lönnstorp

The research station is situated in a periurban area east of Lomma between the E6/E20 motorway and the Södra stambanan railway. The land that belongs to the station consists of a conventionally farmed area (60 ha at the station) and an area converted to certified organic farming in 1993 (18 ha at the Alnarp campus).

Contact

Here you find contactinformation for those working at SITES Lönnstorp
Staff at Lönnstorp SITES
Collecting data

SITES Spectral

SITES Spectral is an infrastructure for collecting spectral data for ecosystem monitoring. Through this initiative SITES can provide data for research related to climate change, carbon and greenhouse gas balances, phenology, general ecology and biodiversity and plant science.

Aeral view over Lönnstorp

SITES Agroecological Field Experiment

SAFE (SITES Agroecological Field Experiment) is a completely new and innovative resource for Swedish field research, established in response to a growing interest within international research in agronomy, environmental science, and ecology. The systems Agroecological Intensification and Perennial Crop (wheatgrass) are particularly pioneering.

SITES Lönnstorp Services

Contact manager Johannes Albertsson to use the facilities at SITES Lönnstorp and to discuss how your research can be initiated and conducted in the best possible way.
After an initial discussion, a plan for the experiment is then submitted via the following web form.
Rape seed field in Skåne, Sweden.

Scientific services and infrastructure available at SITES Lönnstorp

The services and infrastructure available from SITES Lönnstorp, combined with the associated services available from SLU Alnarp, provide scientists in agriculture and ecology a broad range of ready-made support.