The Paracou forestry experimental site: permanent plots of forest inventories since 1984.

The Paracou Research Station encompasses 5000 ha of tropical rain forest near Sinnamary, French Guiana, and is accessible by paved road. The site includes several types of forest plots, each with unique research objectives. Logging Plots: Fifteen nine-hectare plots (numberred 1 to 15) were established in 1984 to study the impact of different logging treatments on tropical tree population structure. This zone is reserved exclusively for studies investigating the impact of the different logging treatments on forest populations. Primary Forest Plot: A 25 hectare plot (no. 16) was established in 1991 for studies of undisturbed forest. Researchers whose interests are unrelated to the effects of logging treatments are encouraged to conduct their work in this plot. Clearcut Plot: a 6.25 ha plot (no. 17) was established in 1989 at a nearby reserve along the road to St. Elie to study the effects of clearcutting on tropical forest dynamics

Date (Creation): 1984-01-01

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Identifier: CEBA_Paracou

Status: Planned

Point of contact

Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) - Herault, Bruno

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes

Environmental monitoring facilities

Geounits

Americas
South America
France
French Guiana

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

biodiversity
primary forest
forest conservation
tropical forest
forest ecosystem
tropical forest ecosystem
forest resource assessment
inventory of forest damage
natural forest
carbon cycle
greenhouse gas
nitrogen cycle
above ground biomass
total organic carbon
organic carbon
carbon
microclimate

Keywords

local coverage
labex CEBA

Theme

sampling plots
mesoscale plot network
forest structure
tropical forest types
forest composition
permanent plots
diameter measurements
forest inventory
tree community
tree flora
tree growth
primary productivity
gase exchange

Place

Paracou

Use limitation: Please get in touch with a point of contact to have informations about use of data from Paracou experimental station

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Agreement between potential user and point of contact.

Classification: Unclassified

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 57a957d8-6024-48f7-9949-5a3c6cedb1ce

Association Type: Cross reference

Initiative Type: Project

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Denominator: 5000

Metadata language: fre

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 1984-01-01

Supplemental Information: Bibliography : Gourlet-Fleury, S., Guehl, J.-M., Laroussinie, O. (2004): Ecology and management of a neotropical rainforest : lessons drawn from Paracou, a log-term experimental research site in French Guiana. Elsevier SAS, Paris, 311p.