Educational guide 2017_18
Escola de Enxeñaría Forestal
Grao en Enxeñaría Forestal
 Subjects
  Dasometry
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
0. Introduction to the Dasometry 1. Why measure?
2. Why measure trees and forest masses?
3. Dasometry and affine sciences.
4. Units of measure.
5. Normalisation of symbols used in dasometry.
6. Significant figures.
7. Precision, bias and accuracy of the data.
8. Errors.
9. Weight or volume?
10. Components of the tree.
11. The form of the tree.
12. Measurement by trip of fluid.
13. Differences between quantity, value and price.
1. Measurement of Trees: Diameters 1.1. Important terms.
1.2. Basic dasometric parameters.
1.3. Measurement of diameters of the trees.
1.4. Measurement of the thickness of bark, diametral growth and age of the tree.
1.5. Marked and designation of trees.
1.6. Measurement of distances.
2. Measurement of Trees: Heights 2.1. Measurement of slopes.
2.2. Measurement of heights.
2.3. Recommendations for the measurement of heights.
2.4. Relascopio Of Bitterlich.
2.5. Other devices of the inventory.
2.6. Price devices dasometrycs.
3. Cubiculation By trozas. 3.1. Cubiculation Of trees.
3.2. Types dendrométricos.
3.3. Procedures for cubages of trees.
3.4. Formulas for cubages by trozas.
3.5. Rules madereras.
4. Cubages Complete trunks. 4.1. Graphic method.
4.2. Function of profile.
4.3. Formula of Pressler or of the point guideline.
4.4. Cubages Of trees in foot. Pressler-Bitterlich.
4.5. Parameters related with form: coefficients of form and mórphics..
4.6. Height reduced.
5. Cubiculation Of masses. 5.1. Stereometry.
5.2. Function of distribution diametric.
5.3. Half parameters of a mass.
5.4. Cubification Of forest masses.
5.5. Prices or tables of cubiculation.
5.6. Tables of mass.
5.7. Trees Type or modular values.


6. Wooden measurement stacked. 6.1. Quantification of the wood stacked. Definition of stereo.
6.2. Other units of apparent volume.
6.3. Coefficient of stacked.
6.4. Methods to calculate the coefficient of stacked.
7. Epidometry 7.1. Definition of epidometry
7.2. Diametral growth and age of the tree.
7.3. Analysis epidometric of trunks.
7.4. Definitions of growth.
7.5. Relation between growths.
7.6. Methods of obtaining of growths.
7.7. Definitions of growth of a mass.
8. Forest inventory 8.1. Definition of inventory.
8.2. Parts of the inventory.
8.3. Types of inventory.
8.4. Planning of the inventory.
8.5. Design of the inventory.
8.6. Units of sampling.
8.7. Methods of sampling.
8.8. Number, size and form of the plots of sampling.
8.9. Methods of realisation of the inventory.
8.10. Determination of the number of sample for a determinate error.
8.10. Estadillos Of taking of data in field.
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