• Key message Modern forest managers operate in a world characterised by increasing variability in multiple factors impacting forest productivity, survival and product quality. Being able to predict, as accurately as possible, how forests will develop in the future is perhaps of more importance than ever before. At an international IUFRO conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in September 2018, researchers and managers came together to present research and discuss multiple facets of this large and critical area of forest science.

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探索预测森林生长，产量和木材特性变化的新领域

•关键信息 现代森林管理者的工作环境以影响森林生产力，生存和产品质量的多个因素的可变性为特征。能够尽可能准确地预测森林的未来发展可能比以往任何时候都更为重要。在2018年9月在南非斯泰伦博斯举行的IUFRO国际会议上，研究人员和管理人员聚集在一起进行了研究，并讨论了这一广阔而关键的森林科学领域的多个方面。