Chronology
Here a brief chronology of the station 35-years station history
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1982 - 1984
Large-scale inventories in the coastal forests to find the best place to set up the station -
1983 - 1984
Setting up the first 6.25ha plots (number 1 to 12) in 3 homogeneous floristic blocks -
1984 - 1986
Pre-logging annual censuses to fix the forest structure and dynamic baselines -
1986 - 1987
Logging and post-logging treatment on disturbed plots (number 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12) -
1987 - 1991
Annual forest censuses with a special attention to the fate of damaged trees -
1991 - 1992
Setting up the biodiversity plots: 3 new 6.25ha plots (number 12 to 15) plus 1 very large 25ha plot -
1992 - 1993
Setting up the regeneration plots by INRA, 64*400m2 subplots per plot 1 to 15. -
2003 - 2004
Setting up the flux tower by INRA -
2004 - 2005
Integration of Paracou into the Guyafor network -
2011 - 2014
Setting-up the high-frequency water-stress monitoring -
2015 - 2016
Setting up the fertilization plots