Marion CARME

After 2 years of advanced undergraduate studies in sciences, I specialized in the fields of wood and forestry, engaging in a double MEng at AgroParisTech and ENSTIB (National School of Wood Technologies and Industries). I completed several internships in forestry research (at University College Dublin / Teagasc Research Centre, Alliance Forêt Bois Limousin and UCLouvain / Earth and Life Institute). My master internship, funded by CLAND, is dedicated to the study of maintain and grow potential of Quercus pubescens in France under climate change. In fact, climate change directly affects forest ecosystem processes and associated services. On French territory, managers and Forest Health Department (DSF) have already observed diebacks in French forests. For example, some oaks forests in northern France are already dying. However, these forests are essential in timber construction or furniture production. To meet new challenges due to climate change, managers could favoring alternative species, as more thermophilic oaks (as Quercus pubescens). This internship will allow tackling this point, which constitute a major concern of actors of the territory. To predict potential of Quercus pubescens, we will use two mechanistic models: ForCEEPS (a gap-model Morin et al 2020) and CASTANEA (a process based model, Dufrêne et al 2005). During my internship, we will: work on the spatialization of Quercus pubescens stands potential in France over the 21st century in the context of climate change, using several climate scenarios (1), develop a reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of both used mechanistic models, comparing our results (2).