Robert Froese, PhD, RPF, CF

Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Professor and Endowed Chair in Forest Growth & Yield, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Email
refroese@ualberta.ca

Professor and Endowed Chair in Forest Growth & Yield, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Email
refroese@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-0274
Address
701 General Services Building
9007 - 116 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H1

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Forestry Growth & Yield Biometrics Inventory Quantitative Silviculture

Courses

REN R 215 - Forest Measurements

Principles and practices of measuring and estimating present and future fibre production of forest communities, including applications of statistics, sampling techniques, regression analysis, and computer programming. Prerequisites: 3 units in STAT. Pre- or corequisite: REN R 110. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.


REN R 448 - Forest Growth and Yield

Measurement, modelling, and forecasting the future development of attributes of trees and forest stands. Tree taper, volume, and biomass estimation, recruitment, growth, yield, and survival functions, site quality estimation, and simulation modelling including linkages to forest inventory, applications of remote sensing, and reference data programs for monitoring and model development. Prerequisite: REN R 215.


REN R 548 - Forest Growth and Yield

Measurement, modelling, and forecasting the future development of attributes of trees and forest stands. Tree taper, volume, and biomass estimation, recruitment, growth, yield, and survival functions, site quality estimation, and simulation modelling including linkages to forest inventory, applications of remote sensing, and reference data programs for monitoring and model development. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 448. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.


REN R 702 - Forestry Field School for Professionals

Focuses on specialized field skills and their application in professional forest management. The course involves off-campus field experiences. Students in the Master of Forestry program should complete this course in their first term. Pre- or co-requisite: REN R 701 or REN R 290. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 295.


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Featured Publications

Rice, A.C. and R.E. Froese

Forest Science. 2024 March; 70 10.1093/forsci/fxae012


Bartlick, C.I., J.I. Burton, C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, and Y.L. Dickinson

Forest Ecology and Management. 2023 December; 546 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121320


Premer, M.I., N.S. Rogers, and R.E. Froese

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2023 May; 53 (9) 10.1139/cjfr-2023-0014


An, Z., and R.E. Froese

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2022 October; 53 (2):60-70 10.1139/cjfr-2022-0153


Monahan, W.B., C.E. Arnspiger, P. Bhatt, Z. An., F.J. Krist, Jr., T. Liu, R.P. Richard, C. Edson, R.E. Froese, J. Steffenson, T.C. Lammers, and R. Frosh.

2022 October; 17 (10):e0272360


Draper, M.C., C.C. Kern, and R.E. Froese

Forest Ecology and Management. 2021 November; 499


Premer, M.I and R.E. Froese

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2021 September; 52 (4):463-473


Draper, M.C. and R.E. Froese

Forest Science. 2021 August; 67 (5):607-617


Hupperts, S.F., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese, E.A. Lilleskov, A.M. Marcarelli, and Y.L. Dickinson

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2020 December; 50 (12):1259-1267


Deng, C., R.E. Froese, S. Zhang, Y. Lu, X. Xu, and Q. Li

Annals of Forest Science. 2020 September; 77 (89)


Hupperts, S.F., C.R. Webster, R.E. Froese and Y.L. Dickinson

Forest Ecology and Management. 2020 April; 462 (117983)


Premer, M.I., R.E. Froese and E.D. Vance

Forest Ecology and Management. 2019 September; 447


Premer, M.I. and R.E. Froese

Forest Science. 2018 April; 64 (4):442-451


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