Ecology and Environment

Miyawaki Forest: Class Lectures & Project

1. Project report: guidelines and submission — the two-page research brief, rubric, and deadlines

Before the field visit
2. Allometric equations: from diameter and height to biomass — what the equations are, where they come from, and which one we use
3. Field visit, step by step — what each crew does, in what order, and what goes on the data sheet
4. What can go wrong in the field, and what to do — forks, leaning stems, hidden tops, missing tags, rain
5. Using the laser rangefinder — set-up, the sine method, and the fallback when the laser is down
6. Measuring tree height — tape-and-angle method, common errors, and how to cross-check

7. Quantifying uncertainty in biomass and carbon stocks (PPTs)
8. Trees in Miyawaki Forest - Scenarios (PPTs)

9. Miyawaki forest as a CO2 sink (PPTs)

10. Allometric Equations (PPTs)

After the field visit
7. Quantifying uncertainty in biomass and carbon stocks — student guide (PDF) and four interactive pages: bootstrap, Monte Carlo, one tree, the whole plot