Chronology

Here a brief chronology of the station 35-years station history
  • 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