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Forest Assessment and Monitoring (FRST90019)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Creswick)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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May
Overview
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This subject promotes understanding of quantitative assessment of forest carbon, timber and biodiversity. Specifically, the aim is to:
- Present the state of the art of forest assessment for carbon, timber and biodiversity
- Present methods for formulating and planning an effective and efficient forest assessment
- Enable participants to implement a modern assessment and determine the advantages and disadvantages of available methods
- Enable participants to analyse assessment data to determine reliable estimates and confidence limits
Topics include: introduction to statistics and sampling theory, issues in forest assessment design, modern measurement tools and techniques, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, and specific techniques for assessment of carbon, timber and biodiversity.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject will provide students with an advanced understanding of:
At subject completion students should be able to design and implement a forest assessment.
- The role of assessment in forest management
- Statistical techniques for sampling design and analysis, sources of assessment errors and their significance
- The use of standard equipment to estimate tree and stand parameters such as diameter, basal area, height, crown cover and stem volume
- The use of modelling tools to estimate forest carbon
- Techniques to asses forest biodiversity including species richness and composition
- The use of GIS for forest assessment and creating maps using ArcGIS
- The use of remote sensing in forest assessment and project management. Ability to access and use various satellite data for specific purposes
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
Progress exercises (total of 40% and 2000 words; due within 2 weeks of the intensive subject end date. There will be several progress exercises based around the main components of the course).
Major Report (60%, 3000 words; due 6 weeks after the intensive subject end date.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- May
Principal coordinator Julian Di Stefano Mode of delivery On Campus (Creswick) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures, 36 hours practical work and excursions, delivered in a two-week intensive teaching block Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 15 May 2017 Teaching period 29 May 2017 to 9 June 2017 Last self-enrol date 17 May 2017 Census date 9 June 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 June 2017 Assessment period ends 23 July 2017 May contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Please note that this subject has a pre-teaching period and during this time students will be required to read:
- West, P. W. (2009) Tree and Forest Measurement, chapters 9 and 10
- Elzinga, C. L. et al (2007) Measuring and Monitoring Plant Populations, chapter 2
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
- P Burrough, Principles of Geographical Information Systems for Land Resources Assessment.
- P.W. West, Tree and Forest Measurement.
- Elzinga, C.L., D.W. Salzer, J.W. Willoughby and J.P. Gibbs, 2001 Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations. Blackwell, Malden
- Related Handbook entries
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022