2018-2019 / FORE0022-3

Ecological fondations of the silviculture

Duration

12h Th, 2h Pr, 12h AUTR

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering2 crédits 

Lecturer

Hugues Claessens

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Methodology of silvicultural guidelines elaboration for forest tree (biological based)
In-depth cases studies : - valuable broadleaves, - norway spruce - beech.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The student will be able to propose silvicultural guidelines based on the forest species characteristics.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge in sylviculture
Course : FORE0001-2

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures
2 days-internship in a forest managers team
field trips about silviculture (2 days)

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes
Different silviculture guides presented during the course
Popularization periodic papers : Forêt-Entreprise (IDF, France), Revue Forestière Française (ENGREF, Nancy, France) and Forêt Wallonne (Forêt Wallonne asbl, Namur)

Assessment methods and criteria

Internship report Field trip reports Oral examination
Second session : only oral examination
 

Work placement(s)

2 days on the field with forest managers

Organizational remarks

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