Objective THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING FIVE INTERRELATED SUB-PROJECTS. A. LOW-RISK SILVICULTURE B. DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT C. SITE CORRELATION RESEARCH D. GROWTH AND YIELD RESEARCH E. WOOD QUALITY RESEARCH THE PROJECT WILL BE INTEGRATED BY VARYING, AS REQUIRED, THE MODELS USED IN THESE 5 SUB-PROJECTS USING DATA FROM COMPARABLE LOCATIONS OR IDENTICAL PERMANENT FIELD PLOTS. THE MODELS FOR DOUGLAS-FIR WILL BE USEFUL AS TOOLS FOR ESTIMATING AND FORECASTING GROWTH AND YIELD (WITH REGARD TO STEM VOLUME, DIMENSIONS AND QUALITY) UNDER VARIOUS SITE AND MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS. EXISTING SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR DOUGLAS FIR WILL BE EVALUATED WITH REGARD TO MAJOR OR SILVICULTURAL RISKS AS E.G. WINDTHROW. TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN WOOD QUALITY AND SITE CHARACTERISTICS, CORRELATIONS WILL BE SOUGHT. Programme(s) PRE-RAWMAT 2C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the raw materials sector, 1982-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address DEPT.OF FOREST TECHNIQUE AND FOREST PRODUCTS P.O.BOX 342 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Total cost No data