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Course ID: | FORS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | Course Title: | Forest Mensuration | Course Description: | Direct measurement and indirect estimation of primary and secondary forest products. Measures of stand productivity, density, and growth. | Oasis Title: | Forest Mensuration | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) | Graduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) | Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| Course Objectives: | Course objectives:
•Learn the foundations of measuring trees, quantifying timber
products, and estimating yields.
•Learn to apply concepts from solid geometry in determining
product and tree volumes.
•Learn to use volume, taper and weight equations to estimate
tree and stand volumes.
•Learn concepts and quantitative approaches to evaluate site
productivity and stand density.
•Learn to conduct a “timber cruise” (sample) to meet the
informational objectives.
•Gain practical field experience in conducting timber cruises.
•Learn the concepts and techniques necessary to predict timber
growth.
•Gain experience in using published models and software to
project timber growth and yield. | Topical Outline: | Course Outline
Weeks Topics and readings
1 Review of statistical methods, especially regression
On your own, read chapters 1, 2 and 4 as a review of
FORS 3000 and FORS 3610.
2-3 Cubic, stacked, board-foot measures, log rules, weight
scaling, specialty products.
Chapter 5, 6
4 Measuring standing trees
Chapter 7
5 Models for tree stem volume, weight, taper
Chapter 8 - EXAM
7-8 Sampling and Inventory
Chapters 3, 9, 10, 11
9 Site index
Chapter 15
10 Stocking and stand density
Chapter 15
EXAM
11 Growth projection
Chapter 16
12 Growth and yield models Chapter 17
13-14 Growth and yield predictions with SIMS
15 Review | |
Course ID: | FORS 4610/6610-4610L/6610L. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
Course Title: | Forest Mensuration |
Course Description: | Direct measurement and indirect estimation of primary and secondary forest products. Measures of stand productivity, density, and growth. |
Oasis Title: | Forest Mensuration |
Undergraduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) |
Graduate Prerequisite: | (FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L) |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Course objectives:
•Learn the foundations of measuring trees, quantifying timber
products, and estimating yields.
•Learn to apply concepts from solid geometry in determining
product and tree volumes.
•Learn to use volume, taper and weight equations to estimate
tree and stand volumes.
•Learn concepts and quantitative approaches to evaluate site
productivity and stand density.
•Learn to conduct a “timber cruise” (sample) to meet the
informational objectives.
•Gain practical field experience in conducting timber cruises.
•Learn the concepts and techniques necessary to predict timber
growth.
•Gain experience in using published models and software to
project timber growth and yield. |
Topical Outline: | Course Outline
Weeks Topics and readings
1 Review of statistical methods, especially regression
On your own, read chapters 1, 2 and 4 as a review of
FORS 3000 and FORS 3610.
2-3 Cubic, stacked, board-foot measures, log rules, weight
scaling, specialty products.
Chapter 5, 6
4 Measuring standing trees
Chapter 7
5 Models for tree stem volume, weight, taper
Chapter 8 - EXAM
7-8 Sampling and Inventory
Chapters 3, 9, 10, 11
9 Site index
Chapter 15
10 Stocking and stand density
Chapter 15
EXAM
11 Growth projection
Chapter 16
12 Growth and yield models Chapter 17
13-14 Growth and yield predictions with SIMS
15 Review |
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