Conception d’un catalogue des stations dans le cadre de la gestion intégrée des forêts hygrophiles : application à l’aulne glutineux (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) en Région wallonne ; Conception of a site classification for humid forests integratedd management : application to black alder (Alnus glutinosa) in southern Belgium

The present study aims at conception of a site classification wich contains most of the usefull information for forest integrated management. It has been applied to humid forests of Wallonia, specially related to black alder, indigenous tree of those sites, but slightly known and under-valorized. After the presentation of some ecological and silvicultural aspects of black alder related in the litterature, we proceed to review site classification, productivity estimation and site productivity evaluation methods. Then, we relate the ecological caracterization of the 166 alder sites of the sampli... Mehr ...