Silvicultural Alternatives and Economical Profitability of SilvicultureLaajuus (6 cr)

Objectives

The student:
- understands how the forest owner´s different objectives and the objectives of ecological, economic and social sustainability influence the silvicutural decisions
- knows the wood production capacity of different tree species on different sites
- knows the alternative methods and arguments for stand management and forest regeneration and can apply different methods in practical situations
- knows how the decisions influence the profitability of forest management and knows how to make economical comparisons between different alternatives
- knows how to simulate different silvicultural decisions and is aware of how silvicultural decisions affect harvesting operations
-knows the risks related to forest management and means to control them
- knows the most important forest pests and diseases and the ways to control them.

Content

Objectives of forest owners and their effect on silviculture, wood production capacity of native tree species on different sites, stand management and forest regeneration in special situations, forestry profitability calculations, use of stand management simulator computer program, forest pests and diseases and their control.

Further information

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