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B031130 - FOREST RESOURCES
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Academic Year 2021-22
Coorte 2021 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in TECNOLOGIE E TRASFORMAZIONI AVANZATE PER IL SETTORE LEGNO ARREDO EDILIZIA
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
AGR/05 - FOREST MANAGEMENT AND SILVICULTURE
Credits
3
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
13/09/2021 ⇒ 17/12/2021
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Introduction to general ecology and forest ecology. Different forms of forest management, silvicultural methods and techniques. Forestry for the different altimetric ranges. Principles of forest management. Forests on a global scale.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
- Paci M., Ecologia Forestale, Ilsole24ore Edagricole, 2011.
- Piussi P., Selvicoltura generale. Compagnia delle Foreste S.r.l., 2015.
- Bernetti G., Selvicoltura speciale. UTET, 1995.
- FAO The State of the World's Forests 2018.
- Piussi P., Selvicoltura generale. Compagnia delle Foreste S.r.l., 2015.
- Bernetti G., Selvicoltura speciale. UTET, 1995.
- FAO The State of the World's Forests 2018.
Learning Objectives
Learn the principles of forest ecology and of the forest management techniques, of the characteristics of the forests, of their multifunctional role, of the principles of sustainable management and of the main causes of vulnerability, both at local and global scale.
Teaching Methods
Class lessons.
Further information
Attendance of lessons is not compulsory but strongly recommended.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination.
Course program
Principles of ecology and forest ecology. Energy flow and element cycles. Autoecology and forest climate. Form, population, community. Ecological successions. Biodiversity and cultural biodiversity. Silviculture: introduction and terminology. The high forest government. The coppice government. Conversions and pruning. Other uses of the forest and trees. The phytoclimatic classification of Italy. Forestry in the different altimetric ranges. The evolution of the forests in Italy and the reforestation models. Forests on a global scale. The agroforestry systems.