Recherche sur le développement des peuplements forestiers: les placettes d'essai du WSL en terre neuchâteloise | Research on forest development: WSL trial areas in the Canton Neuchâtel

Studies on the production and yield of forests in Switzerland depend entirely on collaboration between owners and forestry services. Not a single square meter of trial area on which to conduct experiments or studies actually belongs to the research institute. The trial areas are spread across the country and their location owes nothing to chance; there are relatively few such areas in Canton Neuchâtel. The present article traces the history and the current situation regarding yield studies in this canton and presents some conclusions. Populations of spruce and beech served only to produce yield tables for FLURY (1907). Plenter forest areas still exist that serve to illustrate long term growth development, the balance of the situation and total growth performance. The oak stands at Boudry are representative of older oak populations.