Forest Mensuration (5 cr)
Code: 6M00DQ16-3005
General information
Enrolment period
18.08.2022 - 31.10.2022
Timing
31.10.2022 - 25.11.2022
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Forestry
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Forestry
Teachers
- Antti Kovettu
- Eeva Sundström
- Reijo Virtanen
- Metsätalous Virtuaalihenkilö
Person in charge
Eeva Sundström
Groups
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22IM
Objectives (course unit)
The student:
-knows how to measure trees and calculate the volume of single trees
-knows how to measure stand characters and how to estimate stand volumes
-knows how to estimate the area of a forest stand on the map and in the field
-knows statistical mean values and can define forest stand mean values
-knows how to estimate the future growth of a forest stand
-knows how to calculate the past growth of a forest stand
-is able to estimate the amount of removal of a thinning
Content (course unit)
Measuring of standing trees and stand evaluation. Mathematics of forest measurements.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student knows how to measure trees and evaluate stand data but needs guidance in doing the work
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student knows how to independently measure trees, evaluate stand data and estimate areas
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student knows how to independently measure trees and evaluate stand data as well as estmate areas and apply different tree evaluation methods in different situations.
Assessment scale
0-5