The CAQ network in France: 15 years of brainstorming and cooperative work to connect forest resources and wood quality through modelling approaches and simulation software

Auclair , Nepveu

This special issue on “Tree growth and forest production modelling, at different spatio-temporal scales, for various ecosystem processes, functions and services” was initiated during the 13th annual meeting of the CAQ network, held in Grenoble (France) during 2010. The history of this network goes back to the early 1970s, when a small group of dendrometricians from France, Belgium and Switzerland met annually (among others J.H. Bartet, J. Bouchon, M. Buffet, F. Cailliez, N. Decourt, P. Duplat, B. Lemoine, J. Rondeux, J.P. Schütz). Amicable scientific discussions focused around forest statistics, tree growth and stand dynamics and simulation, and were an opportunity for junior scientists to meet their elders. For reasons it would be politically incorrect to reveal in detail here, the group was abruptly dissolved during 1985.

Domaines: Sylviculture, foresterie

Auclair, Nepveu. The CAQ network in France: 15 years of brainstorming and cooperative work to connect forest resources and wood quality through modelling approaches and simulation software. Annals of Forest Science, 2012, 69 (2), pp.119-123. ⟨10.1007/s13595-012-0185-4⟩. ⟨hal-00930836⟩