FORE631-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Tropical Plantation Silviculture

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2014

Description

In-depth coverage of all aspects of tropical plantation silviculture from seed production through to harvesting impacts, with emphasis on decision-making.

This paper is only available to students enrolled in the Master of International Forestry (MIntFor) degree.

Learning Outcomes

  • Knowledge
    Students will gain advanced technical knowledge in:
  • Growth & yield modelling
  • The influence of silviculture on wood products and forest services
  • Alternative stand-level management techniques
  • The integration of silvicultural decision-making and financial outcomes of forest investments

    Students will gain a critical understanding of key principles of plantation silviculture.

    Skills
    Students will:
  • Be able to set objectives for growing forests and understand the impacts of objectives on management decisions
  • Be able to evaluate different silvicultural strategies for a variety of sites and species.
  • Be required to use the acquired knowledge to address complex stand management problems.

    Application
    Students will:
  • Be able to integrate objectives, silvicultural decisions, design of silvicultural regimes and implementation of growing strategies of plantation stands.
  • Be able to analyse the impacts of adopting alternative silvicultural strategies to meet land-owners’ objectives.
  • Be able to effectively communicate methods, results and conclusions of these analyses.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval by the Head of School

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Forestry Head of Department

Assessment

Statistical analysis (20%)
Project (30%)
Exam (50%)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

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