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
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- Date (Creation)
- 1984-01-01
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- 1985-01-01
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- 2012-01-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2013-01-01
- Identifier
- CEBA_Paracou
- Status
- Planned
Point of contact
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
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Herault, Bruno
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes
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- Environmental monitoring facilities
- Geounits
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- Americas
- South America
- France
- French Guiana
- GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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- 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
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- local coverage
- labex CEBA
- Theme
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- 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
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- 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
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- Biota
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- 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.
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.9
- Distribution format
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Shapefile
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- OnLine resource
- CIRAD Paracou experimental station website ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related )
- OnLine resource
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ceba_paracou_plot_polys.zip
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
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Shapefile Paracou plot polygones
- OnLine resource
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ceba_paracou_plot_polys.kmz
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
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Google Earth Paracou plot polygones
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
- Under development.
- File identifier
- 69289a5d-12e9-4a04-b7e2-3c2ed5513abe XML
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-01-28T06:00:26
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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