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Week 1
[4 Jan] 1.0 Introduction - (T^* 1, 2) - Husch, et al. chpts 1- 2

              1.1 Principles of measurement - notes

              1.2 Presenting Information  - notes

              1.3 Course Logistics - Topics Outline - Course Details

  Problem Set  (PS) # 1:-_Math&Stat in For. Sci. (DUE: Mo 11 Jan) - Student's t-table

 
  Indoor Lab (Optional) - Work independently on PS #1

[6 Jan] 2.0 Review [brief!] of Statistics Knowledge - (T 3; B&D II§viii; F §1,2)

              2.1 Statistical Methods - 2.0-2.5 notes - Freese HndBk
              2.1 Populations, param's, variables, statistics                                                                                                          

              2.2 Frequency dist'ns, Location, Dispersion, Error

              2.3 Covariance, correlation

              2.4 Expanding means, standard errors   
                                                                                                                

[8 Jan] 3.0 Land Measurements - (T 4) - 3.0-3.4 class notes

              3.1 USPLS
              3.2 Distances

              3.3 Directions
             

Week 2

[11 Jan] 3.4 Determining Areas
               3.5 Closing a Traverse - 3.5 notes

   Field Exercise (FX) # 1:- Basic Traverse - (DUE: We 20 Jan)

[13 Jan] 4. Assessing Tree Attributes 

                4.1 Tree Age, DBH, Height, Form, Crown - (T 5) - notes

[15 Jan] 4.2 Tree Contents; Volume Tables / Equations - (T 6) - notes

 
Week 3
18  Jan - No Class, No Lab - UW Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

[20 Jan] 4.3 Volume dist'n / Taper eq'ns, Defects  -  notes  - Behre hyperbola note

[22 Jan] 5.0 Assessing Primary Forest Products - (T 9) - 5.0-5.3 notes

                5.1 Cubic foot contents

    Problem Set - PS #2:-_Log_Scaling - (DUE: Fr 29 Jan)

Week 4

[25 Jan] 5.2 Board foot contents - Scribner Table                                                                                                   

                5.3 Log Defects & grading                       
 

    Field Exercise FX #2:- Detailed Tree Measurements - (DUE:  We 3 Feb) 

                                                                                                                  

[27 Jan] 6.0 Assessing Stand Attributes

                6.1 Stand Age, Spp. Comp., DBH, Height, SI - (T 8) - notes  - QMD article

[29 Jan] 6.2 Fixed area plots - (T 11) - notes

Week 5

[1 Feb]   6.3 Variable area plots (pps sampling) - (T 14-1) - notes

    Field Exercise FX #3:-_Fixed- & Variable-area Plots - (DUE: Fr 12 Feb)

[3 Feb]   6.4 Stand Density & Stocking - notes

[5 Feb] 7.0 Stand Sampling Methods

              7.1 Simple random / Systematic sampling (T 13-1, 13-2) - notes

Week 6

[8 Feb] 7.2 Ratio estimation (T 13-3, 13-7; F §3) - notes

    Indoor Lab (Optional) - Analyses for FX #3

[10 Feb] 7.3 Double sampling (supplement reading) - notes

 

    Problem Set - PS #3:-_Stand Attributes & Sampling - (DUE: We 17 Feb)

[12 Feb] 8.0 Forest Assessment Methods

                8.1 Multi-resource Inventory - (T 12) - notes
  

Week 7

15 Feb  No Class, No Lab - UW Holiday - Presidents' Day

[17 Feb] 8.2 Stratified random sampling - (T 13-5) - notes 

[19 Feb] 8.2a STRS Sample size, Lee Forest Overview - (Lee Forest Information)  

Sa 20 Feb 2015 FX #4:- Forest Inventory 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (DUE:  Mo 7 Mar)

Week 8

[22 Feb]  8.3 Two-stage sampling - (T 13-6) - notes

   Indoor Lab (Optional)  Analyses for FX #4 - Age Extrapolation from partial core

[24 Feb] 9.0 Trees are more than Timber!        - 9.0-9.2 notes
                9.1 Tree Weight Relationships - (T 7)

[26 Feb] 9.2 Forest Biomass / Carbon Storage - (T 10) 

Week 9

[29 Feb] 9.3 Habitat Quality (LIS, PRS, Coverboard, Duff depth) - notes

    Field Exercise FX #5:- Other Forest Resources - (DUE:  Fr 11 Mar)

[2 Mar] 10.0 Growth of Trees - (T 15) - 10.0-10.4 notes        
                10.1 Tree Growth concepts 

                10.2 Dimensional Increment

                10.3 Percentage Growth

[4 Mar]  10.4 Stem Analysis

  Problem Set PS #4:- Tree / Stand Growth & Yield -  (DUE: Tu 15 Mar)

Week 10

[7 Mar] 11.0 Assessing Stand Growth & Yield (G & Y) - 11.0-11.5 notes
               11.1 Repeated Sampling - (T 13-9)     
               11.2 Growth components - (T 16) - Article from J. Forestry
               11.3 Direct Methods of forecasting growth: TSP & STP  

     Indoor Lab (Optional) - Analyses for FX #5 / PS #4

[9 Mar] 11.4 Indirect Methods: Yield Tables & Functions
               11.5 Assessing the Assessments      

[11 Mar] Wrap up / Catch up

Tu 15 Mar 2015 Final Exam (Cumulative) - In Class - 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM