Overview
Description
Forest mensuration techniques and range methods commonly used in quantifying natural resources. Statistical analyses and interpretation are stressed.
Units
Lecture4
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- conduct forest stand inventories founded on fixed plot measurements including instrumentation, design and layout, data analysis, and statistical interpretation elements.
- conduct forest stand inventories founded on variable plot measurements including instrumentation, design and layout, data analysis, and statistical interpretation elements.
- conduct forest stand inventories founded on sample tree measurements including instrumentation, design and layout, data analysis, and statistical interpretation elements.
- conduct a basic stream channel survey including channel cross-section, gradient and sinuosity measurements for the purpose of channel classification.
- design and implement a riparian area monitoring protocol developed from current published methods, conduct methods of vegetation and channel stability measurement, data analysis, utilize software designed for data analysis, and interpret and present results in a professional report.
- conduct vegetation inventories for monitoring the long-term ecological health of rangelands. These include methods associated with plant composition, plant density, biomass production, soil stability, and invasive weed quantification.
- design and implement statistically valid monitoring plans, collect, and analyze the data.