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Author: Francis E Putz
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Introduction
Topic 1.1: Course Philosophy, Approach, and General Expectations
Topic 1.2: Roles of Tropical Forest Managers
Topic 2.1: Wood and Wood Products
Topic 2.2: Bark and Bark Products
Topic 2.3: Other Non-Timber Forest Products
Topic 3.1: Biodiversity
Topic 3.2: Ecosystem Services
Topic 4.1: Trees
Topic 4.2: Shrubs
Topic 4.3: Vines and Lianas, Or Climbers
Topic 4.4: Epiphytes and Hemiepiphytes
Topic 4.5: Palms
Topic 4.6: Grasses and other Graminoids
Topic 4.7: Forbs (=Broadleaved Herbs)
Topic 5.1: Water Relations
Topic 5.2: Light and Photosynthesis
Topic 5.3: Nutrient Relations
Topic 5.4: Fire
Topic 5.5: Plant Reproduction
Topic 6.1: Primary, Secondary, and Degraded Forests
Topic 6.2: Montane Forests
Topic 6.3: Freshwater Swamp Forests
Topic 6.4: Mangrove Forests
Topic 6.5: Forests on Sites with Extreme Conditions
Topic 7.1: Financial Discount Rates and Calculation of Net Present Value (NPV)
Topic 7.2: Relevant National, State, and Local Regulations
Topic 7.3: Site Assessment
Topic 7.4: Topographic Maps
Topic 7.5: Harvesting as a Silvicultural Treatment
Topic 7.6: Harvest Plans
Topic 8.1: Tree Felling Tools and Techniques
Topic 8.2: Timber Yarding
Topic 8.3: Harvesting Schedules
Topic 8.4: Haul Roads and Log Landings
Topic 8.5: Forest Product Protection
Topic 9.1: Collateral Damage to Trees and Their Responses
Topic 9.2: Changes in Above-Ground Forest Structure
Topic 9.3: Effects on Soils and Belowground
Topic 9.4: Effects of Logging on Rates of Forest Recovery
Topic 10.1: Protecting Future Crop Trees (FCTs)
Topic 10.2: Sources of Regeneration
Topic 10.3: Vegetative Expansion and Resprouting of Damaged Plants
Topic 10.4: Regeneration Requirements
Topic 10.5: Natural Regeneration-Promoting Silvicultural Treatments
Topic 11.1: Planting Materials
Topic 11.2: Site Preparation and Planting
Topic 11.3: Enrichment Planting
Topic 11.4: Environmental and Economic Concerns about Plantation Forestry
Topic 12.1: Weed Control
Topic 12.2: Thinning
Topic 12.3: Pruning
Topic 12.4: Measuring and Reporting Growth Rates
Topic 12.5: Environmental Impacts of Stand Improvement Treatments
Topic 13.1: Establish Landscape-Level Objectives
Topic 13.2: Tradeoffs
Topic 13.3: Land Sparing and Land Sharing as Ends of a Continuum
Topic 13.4: Land-Use Capability
Topic 13.5: The Economic Geography of Landscape Design
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