Models

• Quantify the effects of tree selection by thinning, and develop a genetic module for practitioner training to assess the genetic impacts of management decisions
   
• Assess the effects of genotype interaction on growth, resilience to drought, stand structure and genetic diversity in genetic mixtures, and develop silvicultural prescriptions for their management
   
• Assess the consequences of genetically heterogeneous landscapes on ecosystem services and gene connectivity, and analyse different regional forest planning scenarios
   
• Develop FGR-oriented management and restoration options to anticipate forest decline and restoration needs, and test them in long-term experimental sites

In research...

• To extend our capacity to explore the responses of forests in various contexts, as a complement to replicated and long-term experiments
   
• To integrate knowledge from different disciplines and account for interference between management and natural processes

In management...

• To test management scenarios and assess the impacts of management practices from short- to long-term
   
• To explore and assess innovative management options and choose the ones deserving pre-development experimentation

In training and education...

• To raise awareness on forest response and management impacts
   
• To illustrate complex interactions between multiple processes