Network for the study and monitoring of forest ecosystems (RESEF)

Created in the late 1980s, the Network for the Study and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems (RESEF) is a network for the long-term monitoring of natural forests, including more than forty stations spread across Quebec. It aims to characterize the main components of these forest ecosystems, to monitor their evolution and to study their functional interactions.

Each station consists of a sample plot of 0.5 hectares in deciduous stands and 0.25 hectares in coniferous stands. In order to carry out a detailed monitoring of the characteristics of the vegetation, these plots are subdivided into plots of 100 m2 (10 m × 10 m). Each tree with a diameter at chest height (DHP, measured 1.3 m from the ground) greater than or equal to 11 mm present in the plot is numbered and georeferenced, then its DHP and its height are measured. The dimensions of the crown are noted for trees whose DHP is greater than or equal to 91 mm, and the regeneration is inventoried. Each plot is surrounded by a 100 m protection zone, in which the physicochemical properties of soils and foliage are measured. Analysis of growth rings complete the follow-up. Since 1986, data has been collected at regular intervals of 5 or 10 years according to standardized protocols.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-11-07
Date ( RI_366 )
2025-11-07
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la recherche forestière ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
Status
planned; planifié RI_597
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • DRF
  • Directorate of Forest Research
  • Foliage
  • Forest
  • Inventory
  • Parcel
  • Placette
  • RESEF
  • Network
  • Sol
  • Station
  • Follow-up
  • Sample
  • Ecosystem
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution (CC-BY) licence – Quebec (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/fr/licence/)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1986-01-01
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RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la recherche forestière ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
OnLine resource
Network for the study and monitoring of forest ecosystems (RESEF) ( HTTPS )

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Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca) ( HTTPS )

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READ ME ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Network for the study and monitoring of forest ecosystems (RESEF) — Definitions and methods ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Network (RESEF) soil sampling methodology and sample preparation for analysis ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Development of a new soil sampling method in the Network for the Study and Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
Data code dictionary ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XLS;fra

File identifier
3bbd143c-62da-40f1-bfd4-8c3a818dc689 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-03-10
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - Secteur des Forêts - Direction de la recherche forestière ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
 
 

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