Experimental Plots: Key Features

Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury (1) , Bruno Ferry (2) , Jean-François Molino (3) , Pascal Petronelli (4) , Laurent Schmitt (5)

1 UAR 1149 Département Ecologie des Forêts, Prairies et Milieux Aquatiques
2 LERFoB - Laboratoire d'Etudes des Ressources Forêt-Bois
3 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
4 ECOFOG - Ecologie des forêts de Guyane
5 UAR 0865 Paris Réunion

The present chapter first provides a general overview of Paracou experimental site within the ecological context of French Guiana and describes the original design of Silvicultural Project and the main data collected on the plots. It then review the main characteristics and potential differences between these plots, as a basis for further discussion and interpretation of the results reported in some of the following chapters.

Mots clés: PARACOU SITE; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; DATABASE; EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Bruno Ferry, Jean-François Molino, Pascal Petronelli, Laurent Schmitt. Experimental Plots: Key Features. Ecology and management of a neotropical rainforest: lessons drawn from Paracou, a long-term experimental research site in French Guiana, Elsevier, 2004, 2-84299-455-8. ⟨hal-01189542⟩