FSTY 405 - Silviculture II

Fall 2002

To the visitor

2001 materials

Syllabus : on line, PDF

Monday 9, Wednesday 11, room 7-158, 15:30-16:20:  Math refresher (Vivian Favowski, Learning Skills Centre)

Lab 1
Lab 2
Lab 3
 Blob
gnuplot tutorial

Data file for lab 4

Notes:  1. Introduction/Overview
MAI
3-D state

Lab 4

Notes:  2.  Site Quality

Jobs (for later!)

Lab 5

Notes:  3. Yield Tables
V vs H, C
V vs H, N

Notes:  4. Spatial models

Lab 6

Notes:  5. TASS
SORTIE: Another spatial model; variants being tried in BC.

Calm  

Midterm exam:  Wednesday 23rd October at 3:30, room 7-158.  Don't forget your calculator!

Lab 7

Wednesday 6th November:  Guest lecture by Craig Farnden on PrognosisBC

Assignment 2:  Hints.
TIPSY for UNBC computer lab download (directory contents, this is NOT the official distribution)
TIPSY, from MOF (use this for home computers)

Lab 8

Midterm exam, with answers

Midterm stats:


Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Total
%
Mean
2.45
1.57
0.94
4.96
55.1
Min
0
0
0
1
11.1
Max
3
3
3
8.5
94.4

Marks distribution:
Midterm marks


Height surface from Question 3  (needs VRML viewer installed in browser, e.g., Cortona )
Tree-list variability, from lab 8

Lab 9

Notes:  6. Distance-independent models

Assignment 1  (there are slightly different versions of each assignment)
Assignment 2
Assignment 3

Lab 10

Monday 25th, Wednesday 27th November:  Guest lectures by Larry Badowsky (MOF) on data for G&Y (permanent sample plots).

Lab 11
Correction/info:  The BC jargon for Land Expectation Value or Soil Expectation Value is "Site Value".

Notes:  7. Whole-stand models
3-D state space VRML graphs

Notes:  8. Establishment, data, etc.
Background/discussion paper

Final exam:  6th December, 9:00am, room 7-238

Final (version a).