Forest Management (NRM 2208) B.Sc. Forestry
Introduction to Forest Management
Objectives of Forest Management
Forest Organization Part-1
Forest Organization Part-2
Peculiar Features of Forests
Sustained Yield
Progressive Yield and Pre-requisities of sustained Yield
Rotation
Soil/Land Expectation Value
Choice and Length of Rotation
Conversion
Normal and Abnormal Forests
Schneider’s formula of increment
Normality in Regular/Irregular Forests
De Liocourt’s Law of Diameter distribution
Current Annual Increment and Mean Annual Increment
Pressler’s Formula of Increment
Growing Stock
Estimation of Growing Stock using MAI method
Estimation of Growing Stock using Yield Table Method
Relationship between growing stock and yield
Reducing factors or Modified areas
Even aged and uneven aged forest models
Joint Forest Management (Concept and Meaning)