Comparer des méthodes

	Conception des traitements sylvicoles	Échantillonnage d'inventaire forestier
Domaine	Foresterie	Foresterie
Famille	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Année d'origine	1950s–2000s	1973
Auteur d'origine	Smith, Larson, and classical silviculture	Loetsch, Zöhrer, and Haller
Type	Planning and decision pipeline	Statistical sampling pipeline
Source fondatrice	Smith, D. M., Larson, B. C., Kelty, M. J., & Ashton, P. M. S. (1997). The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology (9th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.	Loetsch, F., Zöhrer, F., & Haller, K. E. (1973). Forest Inventory. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft.
Alias	Silvicultural prescription, Stand treatment planning, Forest management design	Forest stand sampling, Timber inventory sampling, Plot-based forest survey
Apparentées	4	4
Résumé	Silvicultural treatment design is the process of developing specific management prescriptions for forest stands to achieve defined objectives (timber yield, biodiversity, carbon storage, watershed protection). Codified in foundational texts by Smith and colleagues, silvicultural design integrates stand assessment, growth models, and ecosystem understanding to specify interventions (thinning, shelterwood, clear-cut, rotation-age modification) that steer forest development toward intended outcomes while respecting ecological constraints.	Forest inventory sampling is a systematic approach to estimate forest characteristics such as timber volume, species composition, and biomass by surveying a representative subset of trees rather than conducting exhaustive censuses. Developed by Loetsch and colleagues in the 1970s, the method applies statistical sampling theory to forest assessment and remains the foundation for sustainable forest management and resource monitoring worldwide.