Last May 17 and 18, the Forest Ecosystems research unit of Nogent-sur-Vernisson (Irstea, EFNO) welcomed the 9th Irstea Measurement Network meeting. On this occasion, a group of forty people from all IRSTEA centers went to visit OPTMix. After an introduction about the Orleans’s forest and OPTMix network the visit focus on four main points:
– Impact of herbivores measurements;
– Biodiversity measurements: an exemple with vascular flora and bryophytes;
– Tree growth measurements: from inter-annual to intra-annual growth;
– Water balance measurements.
