I/UCRC: Center for Advanced Forestry Systems University of Georgia Site Phase II

在第二阶段的运作中，缅因大学研究所/UCRC先进林业系统（CAFS）站点打算集中其研究组合，以促进对人工林生长动态以及森林管理活动对产量和产品质量影响的了解。今天森林管理面临的许多问题和机遇跨越了学科和区域界限。为了取得技术进步，有必要在多个时空尺度上进行研究，包括分子、细胞、个体-树、林分和生态系统水平。CAFS成功地提供了管理结构和资金，使这些现有合作社的科学家能够在遗传学、位点操作、生长和产量模型等领域开展急需的跨学科研究。乔治亚大学CAFS网站进行的研究旨在提高林产品工业和森林土地所有者的竞争力。CAFS科学家与工业界和政府成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方面是独一无二的，因为他们使用跨多个尺度的跨学科技术应用解决问题的能力。将继续在代表性不足的群体中积极招聘研究生，在这个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。将继续寻求机会让本科生参与中非科学院的研究活动，使他们接触森林科学的兴奋，并鼓励他们接受研究生教育。

In Phase II operation, the University of Maine Site of the I/UCRC for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) intends to focus its research portfolio so as to advance understanding of plantation growth dynamics and yield and product quality impacts of forest management activities. Many of the problems and opportunities facing the management of forests today bridge disciplinary and regional boundaries. For technological advances to be made, it is necessary to approach research questions on multiple spatial and temporal scales, including the molecular, cellular, individual-tree, stand, and ecosystem levels. CAFS has been successful at providing the administrative structure and funding that has allowed scientists from these existing cooperatives to initiate much need cross-disciplinary research in areas of genetics, site manipulation, and growth and yield modeling. Research conducted by the University of Georgia site of CAFS is targeted at increasing the competitiveness of forest products industries and forest landowners. Technology transfer between CAFS scientists and industry and government 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.