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| ORM2000 | Dendrometry | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Hakkı YAVUZ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof.Dr.Hakkı YAVUZ | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach methods of round woods (especially log), invidual trees and stand measurement needed in forestry |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain and define importance, aim and basic rules of forest mensuration
| 5 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 2 : | make measurement of individual trees including dbh, height, age, basal area, volume, bark thickness, crown dimensions | 5 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 3 : | identify and classify wood samples (especially logs)
| 5 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 4 : | recognize and use all devices used in forest mensuration | 5 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 5 : | develop tree volume equation using regression analysis and estimate tree volume | 5,6,8 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 6 : | know how to develop stem taper functions and use statistical package.
| 5,8 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 7 : | calculate stand characteristics including stand age, quadratic mean diameter, mean height, dominant height, volume, increment and number of trees | 5,6,8 | 1,2,4,5 | | LO - 8 : | notice that inventory differences between wood and non-wood forest products and make wood -goal forest inventory measurement | 6 | 1,2,4,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Definition and importance of forest mensuration, precision, accuracy and bias, wood types, standards and log volume, devices used in forest measurements, tree volume, determinig of root, branch and bark volumes, individual tree measurement, stem taper functions, diameter distributions, stand measurement, inventory of wood and non-wood forest products and services (Forest Inventory) |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to forest measurement | | | Week 2 | Measurenet of round wood, wood types and properties | | | Week 3 | Measurement of fuel woods | | | Week 4 | Measurement of tree (age, dbh, height) | | | Week 5 | Measurement of tree (crown diameter, crown height, measuremnet of leaf and bark thickness) | | | Week 6 | Measurement of tree volume (section method, Pressler's method, volume table and stem taper equations) | | | Week 7 | Defining of devices used in forest mensuration and application | | | Week 8 | Measurement of stand age, quadratic mean diameter, and diameter distribution | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Measurement of mean height,basal area and number of trees | | | Week 11 | Measurement of stand volume using tree volume equations | | | Week 12 | Bitterlich Method | | | Week 13 | 6-trees Method (n-trees Method)and Meyer's Enterpolation Method | | | Week 14 | Oral Exam and Student Presentation | | | Week 15 | Forest Inventory | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Fırat, F. 1973; Dendrometri, İ.Ü. Yayınları, No 1890, İstanbul | | | 2 | Kalıpsız, A. 1984.; Dendrometri, İ.Ü.Yayınları, No 1800, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | West, P.W. 2009; tree and Forest Measurement, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-95965-6, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2014 | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 5 | 20 | | Arasınav | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 161 |
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