Fourteenth Congress of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

1968 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-314
Keyword(s):  
International Union ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Research Organizations

scholarly journals Motivation for Excellence in Forestry Research

1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 627-633
Author(s):  
J. Burley
Keyword(s):  
Working Environment ◽  
International Union ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Forestry Research ◽  
Dimensional Matrix ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Career Structure ◽  
Specialist Groups ◽  
Personnel Policies

Forestry cannot be considered as a single commodity and research is not a homogeneous activity. Forestry and its research are carried out in various topics, stages and types, locations, institutions, ecological zones, and stage of country development. Excellence in research can apply to individual scientists, specialist groups, whole institutions, networks of institutions, and the managers of any of these.There is thus a multi-dimensional matrix within which to identify appropriate motivations for excellence. Research excellence itself may have different implications for scientists, science managers, and financiers and policy-makers. Motivating forces (incentives) are also varied but can be summarized simplistically as fame and fortune. However, other factors may be equally important to individuals (security, career structure, personnel policies, creative freedom, relevance of research not just fashionableness, resources, managerial methods and general working environment).The structure and composition of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) is described and a summary of Canadian activities in IUFRO is included.

The effect of temperature on site index in western Canada and Scandinavia estimated from IUFRO Pinus contorta provenance experiments

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Fries ◽  
Dag Lindgren ◽  
Cheng C Ying ◽  
Seppo Ruotsalainen ◽  
Katarina Lindgren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Contorta ◽  
Site Index ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Forest Research ◽  
International Union ◽  
Potential Productivity ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Wide Range

Site index was calculated for 78 experimental plantations in western Canada and northern Finland and Sweden, representing a wide range of site environments where lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) is considered as a potential afforestation species. The plantations and provenances belong to the International Union of Forest Research Organizations' international provenance testing program, and estimates of site index (projected 50-year height) were based on height growth of recommended provenances. The estimated site indices were used in regression analyses with temperature data and estimated soil fertilities to predict the change in forest production due to a warmer climate, which may follow an expected rise in atmospheric CO2. The influence of temperature was strong and considerably stronger in northern Finland and Sweden than in Canada. The relationships differed between the two continents and between sites located north of 56°N and south of that latitude. Soil fertility had a small but significant influence. Estimates of increases in site index and potential productivity in different scenarios for increases in temperature sum and average July temperatures are given.

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