Sumários
SESSION 5
28 Setembro 2023, 14:30 • Margarida Tomé
Lecture: 2. Data for development and validation of models
- Permanent and interval plots (semi-permanent)
- Temporary plots
- Continuous forest inventory
Laboratory:
- Exercise 2.1 - Permanent plots - effect of site index on growth and yield of eucalyptus stands
- Exercise 2.3 - Stand table projections - uneven-aged stand of maritime pine in the Chamusca county
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SESSION 4
26 Setembro 2023, 14:00 • Margarida Tomé
Overview of forest models and simulators as a support to sustainable forest management in a global change context:
- Discussion with the students of topics presented in past classes
- Examples of applications of forest simulators at different spatial scales
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SESSION 3
21 Setembro 2023, 14:30 • Susana Miguel Barreiro
Laboratory: Running Simulators
- StandsSIM forest Simulators
- PBRAVO diameter distribution model
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SESSION 2
19 Setembro 2023, 14:00 • Susana Miguel Barreiro
Laboratory: FCTOOLs
- Registering to FCTOOLS
- Installing sIMfLOR platform
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SESSION 1
14 Setembro 2023, 14:30 • Margarida Tomé
Presentation of the course to the students
Discussion of the course evaluation
Lecture: Overview of forest models and simulators as a support to sustainable forest management in a global change context
- Why are forest models needed?
- Evolution of silviculture and of forest management
- Components of forest models and simulators
- Evolution of forest models and respective typology: growth and yield models vs process-based models; whole stand models, with and without simulation of diameter distributions; individual tree models
- Forest simulators at different spatial scales
- Current forest models and sustainable forest management
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