I/UCRC: Phase 2 - UMaine Membership in IUCRC Center for Advanced Forestry Systems

在第二阶段的运作中，缅因州大学先进林业系统I/UCRC(CAFS)基地打算重点优化生产高质量原材料所需的营林和遗传系统，从而促进该中心的合作研究，并通过森林遗传学、立地操作和更好的生长和产量建模，在提高森林生产力方面取得重大进展。今天森林管理面临的许多问题和机会跨越了学科和区域界限。为了实现21世纪新挑战所需的技术进步，现有的大学/工业合作社必须在多个空间(包括分子、细胞、个体树、林分、森林和生态系统水平)和时间尺度上处理研究问题。缅因州大学在CAFS现场进行的研究增加了林产品产业和林地所有者的竞争力。行业成员受益于对更广泛的技术能力的了解，而CAFS科学家和成员人员之间的技术转让促进了新技术的快速实施。通过CAFS研究培训的学生在林业科学中是独一无二的，因为他们在多个范围内使用跨学科技术解决问题的应用技能。在代表性不足的群体中，将继续积极招聘研究生，在这一传统上缺乏多样性的学科中，增加学术界和工业界劳动力的多样性。将继续寻求让本科生参与CAFS研究活动的机会，让他们接触到森林科学的兴奋，并鼓励他们继续研究生教育。

In Phase II operation, the University of Maine Site of the I/UCRC for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) intends to focus on optimizing the silvicultural and genetic systems needed to produce high quality, raw materials thereby contributing to the cooperative research of the center and making significant progress in increasing forest productivity through forest genetics, site manipulation, and better growth & yield modeling. Many of the problems and opportunities facing the management of forests today bridge disciplinary and regional boundaries. To achieve the technological advances needed for new 21st century challenges, existing university/industry cooperatives must approach research questions at multiple spatial (including the molecular, cellular, individual-tree, stand, forest, and ecosystem levels) and temporal scales. Research conducted by the University of Maine site of CAFS increases the competitiveness of forest products industries and forest landowners. Industrial members benefit by becoming knowledgeable about a wider range of technological capabilities and technology transfer between CAFS scientists and member personnel fosters rapid implementation of new technologies. Students trained via CAFS research are unique in the forestry sciences because of their applied problem-solving skills using interdisciplinary techniques across multiple scales. Aggressive recruiting for graduate students among under-represented groups will continue to be conducted, increasing the diversity of the workforce for both academia and industry in this traditionally diversity-deficient discipline. Opportunities will continue to be sought to involve undergraduate students in CAFS research activities, exposing them to the excitement of forest science and encouraging them to pursue graduate education.