Ecological observation point

From 1986 to 2000, a major ecological inventory program was carried out in the forests of southern Quebec in order to describe the diversity of forest ecosystems. In total, **28,425 ecological observation points (POE) ** were established on a territory covering 760,000 km2, located between 45° and 53° N latitude and 57° and 80° W longitude. The POE is a circular sampling unit that covers an area of 400 m². It collects data on the characteristics of forest stand (composition, structure), soil (texture, deposit, drainage), and topography, as well as location information. The coverage of each plant species in the plot is estimated visually. A detailed description of a soil profile is available in approximately 35% of POEs.

The ecological classification elements of POEs (groups of indicator species, forest types, potential vegetation, ecological types, etc.) are determined using computerized identification keys using data on vegetation and the physical environment. The criteria used for this ecological classification are those presented in the guides for the recognition of ecological types. **The levels of the ecological classification system of the territory are also determined for each POE. **

**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-03-04
Date ( RI_366 )
2021-03-04
RI_418
  Government and Municipalities of Québec; Government and Municipalities of Québec; Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts - 🍃 Secteur des Forêts - Direction des inventaires forestiers (DIF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
Status
historicalArchive; archiveHistorique RI_594
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • DIF
  • Forest Inventory Department
  • Plant species
  • Forest
  • Inventory
  • Norm
  • Observation
  • Placette
  • Sol
  • Sample
  • Environmentally friendly
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
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vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1986-01-01
End date
2000-12-31
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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 des inventaires forestiers (DIF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
OnLine resource
Ecological observation point ( HTTPS )

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ðOpen forest (ð️‍ ð️ Visualization only) ( 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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The ecological point of view: technical standards ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Carrying out the sampling ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

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Data code dictionary ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XLS;fra

OnLine resource
Ecological observation point ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;fra

File identifier
7396a043-ee84-4068-9665-a22b509d8038 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-12-02
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 des inventaires forestiers (DIF) ( )
https://www.donneesquebec.ca
 
 

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