THE FOREST HABITATS OF TEMPERATE FRANCE - TYPOLOGY AND PHYTOECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATIONOriginal Title (non-English) LES HABITATS FORESTIERS DE LA FRANCE TEMPEREE : TYPOLOGIE ET CARACTERISATION PHYTOECOLOGIQUE [French]

摘要

"Les habitats forestiers de la France temperee - Typologie et caracterisation phytoecologique" is a synopsis of Jean-Claude Rameau's outstanding knowledge of forest ecosystems and of European phytosociological literature and constitutes the first synsystem of French Metropolitan forests at the association level. It covers all forest types, except Corsican and Mediterranean ones, including ones that are not in the European "Habitats" directive. It is based on the leading existing typologies (Cahiers d'habitats, Prodrome des vegetations de France, Gestion forestiere et diversite biologique document, etc.) and supplements them. Our typology is brought into line with the new version of the "Prodrome des vegetations de France" which is still in process and will describe French vegetation types very precisely.Using 9000 phytoecological releves (mainly from the EcoPlant database), our typology provides detailed quantitative information, for the first time at this scale, about flora, climate and soil moisture for more than 180 forest associations.