Model assessment of impacts of climate change, forest management and transfer of forest reproductive material

The model ForGEM was parametrized, validated and initialized throughout the distribution range of Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur, Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris. The model was used to assess the effect of environmental drivers on the performance of these species, the role of forest management on adaptation of functional traits and the species’ genetic diversity throughout the distribution range, and extensive provenance trials were performed in silico. Due to heavy computational demands of the model, not all analyses could be performed on all species in due tim