I/UCRC Phase II: Center For Advanced Forestry Systems

位于华盛顿大学（UW）的IUCRC先进林业系统（CAFS）网站建议更新第二阶段的操作。CAFS及其网站解决林业面临的问题和机遇，弥合学科和区域边界，并需要更广泛的跨学科的方法，这是大学的标志。该中心及其站点在多个空间和时间尺度上处理研究问题，包括分子，细胞，个体树，林分和生态系统水平。华盛顿大学网站将在第二阶段推进研究，以满足成员的需求，如它在第一阶段所做的，包括1）道格拉斯冷杉的区域施肥反应，2）改良道格拉斯冷杉股票的生长和产量，以及3）使用遥感来描述道格拉斯冷杉种植园的叶面积和根生物量。森林对全球生态、社会和经济健康至关重要。CAFS进行的研究通过解决多个时间和空间尺度上的问题，并确定超越传统物种，区域和学科界限的基本解决方案，提高了林产品行业和森林土地所有者的竞争力。学生培训仍然是中心研究和技术转让的一个重要特点。这些学生在林业科学中是独一无二的，因为他们在多个尺度上使用跨学科技术解决问题的能力。将在代表性不足的群体中招聘学生，增加学术界和工业界在这个传统上缺乏多样性的学科中的劳动力多样性。

The IUCRC for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS) site at the University of Washington (UW) proposes renewal for Phase II operation. CAFS and its sites address the problems and opportunities facing forestry that bridge disciplinary and regional boundaries, and require a broader and interdisciplinary approach that is the hallmark of universities. The center and its sites approach research questions on multiple spatial and temporal scales, including the molecular, cellular, individual-tree, stand, and ecosystem levels. The UW site will advance research in Phase II consistent with member needs such as it has done in Phase I in areas including 1) regional fertilization response of Douglas-fir, 2) growth and yield of improved Douglas-fir stock, and 3) use remote sensing to describe leaf area and root biomass of Douglas-fir plantations. Forests are vital to global ecological, social, and economic health. The research conducted by CAFS increases the competitiveness of forest products industries and forest landowners by solving problems on multiple temporal and spatial scales and determining fundamental solutions that transcend traditional species, regional, and disciplinary boundaries. Student training continues to be an important feature in Center research and technology transfer. These students are unique in the forestry sciences because of their problem-solving skills using interdisciplinary techniques across multiple scales. Recruiting for students among under-represented groups will be conducted, increasing the diversity of the workforce for both academia and industry in this traditionally diversity-deficient discipline.