Excellent explanation. Now I need to determine what the optimum basal area would be to maximize benefit for deer on 100 acres of mature oak woodlands with a current basal area of 80-120. Would 50 be too much or would 60-65 be better?
I'm in forestry school and we have a test Tuesday. We have to mark a basal area of 6m2/ha with a 2 baf angle gague. Which would be three trees. We need to mark 9 trees but the catch it that no matter where we stand only tree trees can be in at a time. We got 15 minutes to do this. What's a good way to do this when you don't got much time to use your angle gague to check your work.
You can calculate your thumb factor for m2/ha using a simple formula, its handy(no pun intended), mine works out practically 3(3.0245 exactly). The only downside is you cant keep your thumb and tree in focus at the same time, that's where the prism is really useful.
Excellent explanation. Not clear on the "in" vs. "out" meaning. So, if I have 9 trees that are "in" using a BAF of 10, 9x10 would mean I have a 90 basal area?
@@LR7709 No, Cliffy Claven. In and out is in reference to the number of trees in view. There are no compliance rules, quality specs, etc. lol. It's clear you don't remotely understand what the OP and I were talking about, so stop trying to pretend like you know something, lol. You clearly don't.
@JohnAnderson-sm8jl woah yeah that makes sense! I DO know what I am talking about for regulatory compliance, but you are correct, I do not know what these terms mean for this application. I am learning, and taking part in the conversation is one way to do that. The Interagency manual for wetlands delineation references this method, the video was extremely helpful. Thank you for clarifying "in" and "out".
