Abstract:

There is a recognised need within the European forest industry for models forecasting the quality of timber, given that the wood products industries are reliant on a regular supply of wood of uniform properties. This proposal aims to improve understanding of the relationships between site conditions and growth, timber quality and production, current and future scenarios of climate change and atmospheric composition. It will do this by developing an integrated modelling framework. This will be achieved by:

1. monitoring existing forest sites;
2. manipulating conditions of growth;
3. analysing anatomical, biochemical and mechanical wood properties;
4. modelling growth, yield and quality at a range of spatial scales.

Contacts

Coordinator

• Samuel Piercy EVANS / Forestry Commission Research Agency UNITED KINGDOM

EC Scientific Officer

• Alexandros ARABATZIS / European Commission DG Research Theme 1 Key Action 5.3 / BELGIUM

Participant

• Keith MAUN / BRE - Building Research Establishment Ltd Centre for Timber Technology and Construction / UNITED KINGDOM
• Timo KARJALAINEN / Finnish Forest Research Institute Joensuu Research Centre / FINLAND
• Dieter OVERDIECK / Technical University of Berlin Landschaftsoekologie/Oekologie der Gehoelze FB7 / GERMANY
• Reinhart CEULEMANS / University of Antwerpen (UIA) Department of Biology / BELGIUM
• Joris VAN ACKER / University of Gent Laboratory of Wood Technology / BELGIUM
• Giuseppe E SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA / University of Tuscia Department of Forests / ITALY