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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Forest Management Decade 1980-1989 Degree Name Master of Forestry (M.F.)

An evaluation of two timber supply models for state assessments

Creator:

Sutfin, Thomas William

Abstract:

The objectives of this paper are to: (1) describe the structure and output of SHRUB and RMS8O, (2) evaluate their respective ability to satisfy the needs of a state level timber assessment, and (3) demonstrate their application to forest planning using the state of California as the focus of a...

Resource Type:

Capstone Project
Overcoming the obstacles of effective photogrammetric mensuration

Creator:

Farnsworth, Blake Templeton

Abstract:

This paper includes a literature review of the methodologies invoked to surmount difficulties inherent with aerial photograph mensuration. The synopsis of early achievements is followed by a more intensive examination of experimental studies of the last decade, particularly the work on controlled scale photography. This report on the pursuit of...

Resource Type:

Capstone Project
A productivity study and machine selection technique for rubber tired skidders in Tasmania, Australia

Creator:

Wilson, Robert A.

Abstract:

Time study data was collected for two horsepower classes of rubber tired skidders from field operations controlled by Associated Pulp and Paper Mills, Ltd., Tasmania, Australia. A wide range of site and logging conditions were used to produce both production per hour and cycle time predictive equations. The resultant equations...

Resource Type:

Capstone Project