INRA – Silviculture

The XYLOSYLVE platform is a large forest experimental facility (50 ha) to test innovative silvicultural regimes for increasing biomass production using fast growing tree species such as pines and eucalyptus (http://www.xyloforest.org/xyloforest_eng/Technical-platforms/Xylosylve-Ecosylve).

This open access infrastructure is also connected to ICOS network for monitoring carbon cycles in terrestrial ecosystems.

The scientific network “cooperative de données sur la croissance des peuplements forestiers” (cooperative for data on silviculture and forest growth) includes 180 field trials to explore the variations of forest dynamics and different silvicuture options. This network concerns the main forest tree species in France : Douglas fir, oaks, Maritime pine, Corsican pine, mixed forest stands.