Advanced Plantation Silviculture

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

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This subject presents theory and practice of how growth and product quality can be manipulated and modelled in intensively managed plantations. It consists of three modules comprising:

1. Genetics and breeding of plantation trees,

2. Nutrition and productivity of tree plantations

3. Modelling trees and stands.

On completion of this subject students should have a sound knowledge of:

1. Breeding theory and how it may be applied to tree species to increase value of commercial plantations,

2. Soil and plant assessment of plantation nutrition

3. Diagnosis of plantation nutrient status for optimizing productivity,

4. Models for predicting growth of stands and individual trees,

5. Mortality, size class and product models,

6. Fitting growth models to data,

7. Growth and product prediction.

Three assignments each of 2,000 words (90%)and satisfactory completion of tutorial and practical exercises (10%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.