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Purpose

The purpose of the Oxford site is:

• to quantify energy, carbon and water fluxes for native vegetation regenerating in grassland

• to study the regulation of carbon storage during the transition from pasture to regenerating forest

• to quantify the rates of carbon storage and fluxes between a grazed pasture and a fellow grassland

• to measure the effects of grazing, pasture and revegetation on surface albedo

• to utilize the physiological and environmental parameters to determine the effects of removal of grazing on grass growth and light use efficiency.