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1 Forest Ecology & Management • Objectives – Application of basic ecological principles to the management of forest resources It should be apparent…that almost all human evolution, from primeval, primate stock to ground ape and then through agricultural, technical, and cultural revolutions to the present time, has been intimately associated with, and conditioned by, forests.” (J.P. Kimmins 1987)

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Page 1: Forest Ecology & Management · –Cross sectional area of a tree at 1.37 m –BA = (π*dbh2) / 4 • For BA of a single tree (cm2) when dbh is cm –BA = (π*dbh2) / (4 * 10,000)

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Objectives – Application of basic ecological principles

to the management of forest resources

“It should be apparent…that almost all human evolution, from primeval, primate stock to ground ape and then through agricultural, technical, and cultural revolutions to the present time, has been intimately associated with, and conditioned by, forests.” (J.P. Kimmins 1987)

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Definitions – Forest – Forestry – Forest resources

• Timber vs. non-timber vs. ecosystem services

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest resources

Timber Products

Non-timber Products

Ecosystem Services

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Forest Ecology & Management

• ~60% of the Earth’s pre-human land surface was forested

• ~30% of current land surface is forested – 0.62 ha (~1.5 acres) per person

• ~22% of original forest classified as “Frontier Forests” Current Forest Extent

(30% of land surface; ~50% of original forest)

Original Forest Extent

(60% of land surface)

Frontier Forest Extent

(22% of original forest)

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Management - Categories

Silviculture Conservation Restoration

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Forest Ecology & Management

Stand Landscape

• Forest Management - Spatial Scale

Watershed

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Management - Global Uses

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Management - Hawai‘i Uses 1920 2000

Ewel and Putz 2004

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Management - Deforestation

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Management - Deforestation

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Management - Objectives

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Management - Objectives

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Stand Metrics - Mensuration

– Density – DBH – Height – Basal Area

– Volume – Biomass – Species Composition – Age structure

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Stand Metrics - Density – How many trees/ha?

20 m

20 m

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Q1 (°)

Q2 (°)

ß L (m) à

Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Stand Metrics - Height – Tree ht = L * (tan Q1 + tan Q2) – What is the ht. of this tree?

• L = 20 m • Q1 = 35° • Q2 = -15°

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Forest Stand Metrics - DBH

1.37 m

Diameter

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Basal Area (BA)

– Cross sectional area of a tree at 1.37 m – BA = (π*dbh2) / 4

• For BA of a single tree (cm2) when dbh is cm – BA = (π*dbh2) / (4 * 10,000)

• For BA of a single tree (m2) when dbh is cm – What is the BA of this tree in cm2 and m2?

DBH = 20 cm

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics

– What is the density (# trees / ha)? – What is the stand basal area (m2 / ha)?

10 m

10 m

# inside circle is DBH (cm) 50

15 20

30

30

40

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - BA with a

“wedge prism”

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - BA with a

Nomogram

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Height & Age

– Site index curves Douglas-Fir

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - DBH vs.

Height Curves

DBH (cm)0 20 40 60 80 100

Hei

ght (

m)

0

5

10

15

20

25

Mesic ForestRain Forest

Metrosideros polymorpha

Litton & Kauffman (2008)

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Volume

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Volume

Douglas-Fir

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Volume

Douglas-Fir

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Biomass

– Y = aXb

– Y = 0.88*X1.86

– What is the biomass of a tree with a 20 cm DBH?

Litton & Kauffman (2008)

dbh (cm)

0 10 20 30To

tal B

iom

ass

(kg)

0

150

300

450

600

CR2=0.95

Metrosideros polymorpha

Tota

l Abo

vegr

ound

Bio

mas

s

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Forest Ecology & Management • Forest Stand Metrics - Species

Composition & Age/Size Class Structure

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Silviculture System – Silviculture aims to create structure

or developmental sequences that meet management objectives over a rotation

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Silviculture - Regeneration – Natural

• Seedlings • Sprouts (Coppicing)

– Artificial • Planting • Direct Seeding

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Forest Ecology & Management • Silviculture - Regeneration

Natural Artificial

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Forest Ecology & Management • Silviculture - Stand Structure

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Forest Ecology & Management • Silviculture - Stand Development

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Silviculture - Intermediate Treatments – Fertilization – Herbicides – Pruning – Thinning

• Remove undesirable/inferior individuals or species

• Concentrate resources and growth in desirable species and/or crop trees

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Forest Ecology & Management • Silviculture - Thinning

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Forest Ecology & Management

• Harvesting – Construction of roads? – Harvesting technique? – Transportation of harvest products? – Market for harvest products?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L8ZEC14Ec&NR=1