Assessment and Modeling of Forests
(FR 5218)

University of Minnesota
Department of Forest Resources
Spring Quarter 1999

Course Lecture Outlines

Lecture 1 - Class administration and overview; MYSTAT

Lecture 2 - Standing Tree Content Estimation - Volume Equations

Lecture 3 - Multiple/Changing Utilization Standards

Lecture 4 - Timber Inventory Overview

Lecture 5 - Fixed-Radius Plots - Introduction

Lecture 6 - Fixed-Radius Plots - Summarizing Data

Lecture 7 - Variable-Radius Plots - Introduction

Lecture 8 - Variable-Radius Plots - Field Considerations

Lecture 9 - Variable-Radius Plots - Summarizing Data

Lecture 10 - Permanent Sample Plots/Measurement Technology

Lecture 11 - 3P Sampling

Lecture 12 - Regeneration and Understory Vegetation Sampling

Lecture 13 - Timber Sampling Case Studies

Lecture 14 - Site Quality I

Lecture 15 - Site Quality II

Lecture 16 - Stand Density/Stocking Measures

Lecture 17 - Stand Density Management Applications

Lecture 18 - Individual Tree Growth

Lecture 19 - Stand Growth

Lecture 20 - Stand Table Projection

Lectures 21 & 22 - Tree Growth Models

Lecture 23 - Whole Stand Growth Models

Lecture 24 - Diameter Distribution Growth Models

Lecture 25 - Individual-Based Forest Ecosystem Models

Lecture 26 - "Big Leaf" Ecosystem Models

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