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| ORM3007 | Forest Yield Science | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nuray MISIR | | Co-Lecturer | PROF. DR. Nuray MISIR | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach the priciples of growth and yield both individual-tree and stand level.
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| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain, classify and define basic principles of growth and yield
| 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 2 : | Notice that stand characteristics is growth components and understand stand structure | 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 3 : | Identify and classify site classes
| 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 4 : | Differentiate the site classifying principles of even-aged and uneven-aged stands
| 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 5 : | Identify and present growth and yield in single tree and in stands
| 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 6 : | Identify, explain and measure biomass and to develop the best biomass equation
| 1,2,3,5 | | | LO - 7 : | Construct database providing optimal benefit from forests | 1,2,3,5 | | | 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 | | |
| Introduction to growth and yield, stand density, density criteria, methods of site classification, biomass, individual tree growth and yield, stem analysis, factors affecting individual trees and stand growth and yield , stand yield tables and methods used in estimation of forest yield.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to Forest Yield, Growth and Yield concepts, Classification of Increment | | | Week 2 | Stand density, criteria and measurable of stand density | | | Week 3 | Reineke (1933) Stand Density Index | | | Week 4 | Curtis et al. (1981), Chisman and Schumacher (1940) and Drew and Flewelling (1977)Stand Density Index | | | Week 5 | Site, Site class, site index | | | Week 6 | Determining of site class for even-age stands, anamorphic curves | | | Week 7 | Determining of growth and yield for individual trees (Stem analysis Practicum) | | | Week 8 | Stem analysis Practicum | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Polymorphic curves,combine method, determining of site class for uneven-aged stands, Flury's Diameter Classes Method, Mittscherlich's method based on dbh-dbh increment, the method of based on age-height relationship after that pressure | | | Week 11 | Rules of growth and yield for forest even-aged and uneven-aged stands | | | Week 12 | Normal Yield Tables | | | Week 13 | Normal Yield Tables | | | Week 14 | Tree and Stand Biomass estimation | | | Week 15 | Completing of lacking | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Günel, A.1981; Orman Hasılat Bilgisi,İ.Ü. Yayınları, No 3125, İstanbul | | | |
| 1 | Kalıpsız, A. 1988; Orman Hasılat Bilgisi, İ.Ü. Yayınları, No 3516, İstanbul | | | 2 | Fırat, F. 1972; Orman Hasılat Bilgisi, İ.Ü. Yayınları, No 1642, İstanbul | | | 3 | Vanclay, J.K. 1994; Modelling Forest Growth and Yield, CAB International, UK | | | 4 | Pretzcsh, H. 2009; Forest dynamics. form Measurement to model, Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-88306-7, Berlin | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2021 | 2 | 50 | | Practice | 7
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3 | | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 2022 | 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 | 10 | 20 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Uygulama | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Proje | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 2 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 125.5 |
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