L'étude de la dynamique des populations est essentielle pour le développement de scénarios de gestion rationnelle des écosystèmes forestiers. Cette étude réalisée sur des parcelles expérimentales forestières permanentes (PFTP) à Bensékou visait à évaluer la dynamique de la population de la forêt classée de Sota, sous la menace de la pression anthropique, par l'analyse du développement des peuplements sur PFTP au Nord-Est du Bénin. Ce travail a permis d'obtenir un inventaire floristique (identification des espèces, mesure de DBH) sur ce PFTP en lisière de forêt. Le traitement To (sans traitement) et T2 T1 (simple Coppice) ont été appliqués.
Dynamics stands of Woodland Testing Plots (WTP) of the Sota Forest inNorth-East Benin ABSTRACT Population dynamics study is an essential for the development of rational management scenarios of forest ecosystems. This, This study carried out on permanent Forestry trials plots (PFTP) at Bensékou aimed at 1995 assessing the population dynamics of the Sota classified forest, under the threat of anthropogenic pressure, by the analysis of stand development on PFTP in the North East of Benin. This work achieved a floristic inventory (species identification, DBH measuring) on this PFTP on the edge of the forest. The To treatment (without treatment) and T2 T1 (single Coppice) were applied. Moreover, historical data about the evolution of PFTP since 1996 were considered. A total of 09 species grouped into 05 families were identified. The fabaceae form the floristic fund. The formation is a shrub savanna, dominated by Detarium microcarpum, Terminalia avicennioides, Vitellaria paradoxa, Combretum racemosum and in minority by Prosopis africana and Vitex doniana, Pterocarpus erinaceus. The relatively fast-growing species are Detarium microcarpum, Vitellaria paradoxa, Lannea microcarpa, Pterocarpus erinaceus, and Terminalia avicennioides. In under treatments T1 and T2 grouped in plots T3, an increase of the average density for approximately 772 feets/ha between 1996 and 2014 was noted, which is explained by the strong capacity for regeneration. The plot under To treatment also have an increasing of 428 feet / ha in the same period. Regarding the basal area, we notice an increase of about 20 m 2 /ha between 1996 and 2001, then abruptly drops to 2.68 m 2 /ha from 2001 to 2014. Therefore, the plots which have been treated had a faster evolutionary dynamics; but anthropogenic pressure exerted by the riparian population does not allow trees to have a large diameter before being cut down. It is then important to implement awareness raising of the local population on the merits of rational management of this plant formation on their lives and on the environment.