Silvicultural Systems
A.Y. 2018/2019
Learning objectives
Competences about active gestion of forests, connected
production and function, in order to operate both with public
administrations and private companiesKnowledge of principles and techniques of forest management.
Use of instruments and techniques for survey in forest
management.
Acquisition of knowledges and competences about forest biology
and forest preserve.
Drafting plane of forest management.
production and function, in order to operate both with public
administrations and private companiesKnowledge of principles and techniques of forest management.
Use of instruments and techniques for survey in forest
management.
Acquisition of knowledges and competences about forest biology
and forest preserve.
Drafting plane of forest management.
Expected learning outcomes
To know caracteristics and evolutive tendencies of forests and
their habitat. to determine best form of managing in order of their
long term sostenibility. to recognize best function and production
of every type of forest. To know elements about local and italian
laws. To know species, populations and types of the alps forests.At the end of the course the student will be able to use the
instruments of mesure and survey in all forest management
activity.
He will know the different techniques of data elaboration and will
be able to draft projects and planes of forest
management.
their habitat. to determine best form of managing in order of their
long term sostenibility. to recognize best function and production
of every type of forest. To know elements about local and italian
laws. To know species, populations and types of the alps forests.At the end of the course the student will be able to use the
instruments of mesure and survey in all forest management
activity.
He will know the different techniques of data elaboration and will
be able to draft projects and planes of forest
management.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Silviculture
Course syllabus
INTRODUCTION Definition of woodland and forest, according to geographers, ISTAT, FAO, National Forestry Inventory, Law 227/2001, Lombardy Regional Law 31/2008; Forests in Lombardy Production and functions of the forest; Forests in the world and in Italy. Shape, trunk, foliage distribution; Management models; Roots; Plant growth and development; Temperament; Forest climate; Italian and forest succession and landscapes; The Lauretum, the Castanetum, the Fagetum, the Picetum, the Alpinetum; Phytoclimatic zones according to Pavari; Schmid's classification; History of forestry; Structural types, composition Humus, mull, moder, mor; Natural regeneration Forms: high forest and coppice COPPICING Suckers and coppicing; The treatment of coppices Coppicing production; The reconstitution of degraded coppice; Conversion: intensive, direct and indirect method; TIMBER FORESTS, EVEN-AGED AND UNEVEN-AGED Even aged timber, trunk volumes: Intermediary treatment; Increases: clearcutting, subsequent cuts; Uneven aged forest The calculation of the normal curve Uneven aged forest treatment. CHOICE OF TREES IN COPPICES AND TALL FOREST Choice of trees in tall forest Choice of trees in coppices. FORESTRY LEGISLATION RD 3267/1923, Regional Law 31/2008, Regional Regulation 5/2007; SPECIAL FORESTRY Silver Fir European Spruce Larch Scots pine, European black pine Swiss pine; Beech Chestnut Oaks Hornbeams Birch; The alders Maples Limetree Ashes
Teaching methods
Power point with all the information about the lesson of the course, available at the university office in Edolo"Selvicoltura generale" Mario Capelli Ed. EdagricoleSelvicoltura Generale. Boschi, Società e tecniche colturali" Piussi Alberti, Ed. Compagnia delle Foreste
Forest management
Course syllabus
Forests of Italy and Lombardy The wood supply chains Ecosystem services, forest certification Regional forest legislation, forest planning, forest consortia Field excursion: dendrometric surveys Structural parameters of the forest and their calculation (part 1) Classroom exercise: contents and interpretation of management plans Fire prevention planning Exercise in the classroom: The structural parameters of the forest and their calculation (part 2) Subjects involved in forest planning; participatory and multi-stakeholder planning Contents of forest management plans; Compartmentalization and management units; describing the forest (site factors) Statistical sampling; relascopic survey Auxology, calculation of the increment Exercise in the classroom: The structural parameters of the forest and their calculation (part 3) Quantitative planning: volume, increment, normal mass and yield Tactical harvest planning; harvest techniques; forest road planning; wood sales; rural development plans Forest mapping; GIS; GPS; Remote sensing and Lidar Natural disturbances; Risk assessment; Silviculture and climate change; PES Quantifying ecosystem services: direct protection forests Quantifying ecosystem services: carbon stocks Biodiversity, Natura 2000 and conservation standards; forest connectivity analysis; Forest Europe; EIA Biomass supply plans Classroom exercise: volume tables, calculating increment by Pressler and Schneider formulas Field excursion: how to "read" a forest; topographical surveys and GPS; site and forest description; tree marking simulation Classroom exercise: interpretation and editing of parts of management plans New technologies for forest planning (simulation and optimization models) Management of urban forests The Paris agreements and the mitigation of climate change
Teaching methods
Course presentations, exercises, study material and additional readings will be uploaded on Ariel.Lombardy Regional Law 5/2007 "Norme Forestali Regionali"National forest law 2018 http://www.senato.it/service/PDF/PDFServer/BGT/1062608.pdfCorona et al., Pianificazione ecologica dei sistemi forestaliBettinger et al., Forest planning and management, 2nd ed.La Marca O., Elementi di dendrometria, 3 ed.
Modules or teaching units
Forest management
AGR/05 - FOREST MANAGEMENT AND SILVICULTURE - University credits: 4
Practicals: 16 hours
Lessons: 24 hours
Lessons: 24 hours
Professor:
Gregorini Gianfranco
Silviculture
AGR/05 - FOREST MANAGEMENT AND SILVICULTURE - University credits: 4
Practicals: 16 hours
Lessons: 24 hours
Lessons: 24 hours
Professor:
Vacchiano Giorgio
Professor(s)