211-212 Forest Mensuration and Surveying

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

620-160 Experimental Design and Data Analysis or equivalent

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The subject teaches basic skills to carry out forest surveying and measurement. The content of the subject includes an introduction to basic surveying and mensuration equipment (including GPS systems), traversing, levelling, and the measurement and computation of forest stand and tree parameters (perimeters, areas, tree diameters and heights, bark, crown and stand heights). Students completing the subject should be able to measure and assess forest areas, apply standard statistical techniques of sampling (random, stratified random, systematic and probability-proportional-to-size) for both resource inventory and experimental research, account for slope and roads or tracks, and process the surveying and inventory data to map and estimate standing volumes and yields. The subject will also cover site productivity, stand density, stem geometry, stem analysis, and defect in trees and logs.

Assessment

One 3-hour written examination at the end of the semester. Practical assignments throughout the semester.