ECTS
5 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Hourly volume
37,5h
Description
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Natural forest |
The main types of forests (tropical, temperate, Mediterranean, boreal,...) and their species |
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Successive stages of the forest (pioneers,...) |
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Cultivated forest and forestry |
Plantations, species |
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Silvicultural practices: Gardened forest and natural regeneration, pruning, thinning, continuous cover, plantings, tree maturity, rotation time, production tables, management plan and landscaping |
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Agroforestry |
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Soil and nutrients |
Soil, litter and degradation of deadwood |
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Threats and opportunities to forests |
Climate threats (drought, diseases, insects) and solutions for the future |
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Anthropogenic threats (forest management, illegal trade, etc.) |
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French sector |
Eco-socio-economic specificities |
Objectives
The "Natural and cultivated forests" EU aims to distinguish the different types of forest with their specific challenges, management methods and resulting uses.
Target skills
- List the main species characteristic of natural and cultivated forests and their possible uses
- Explain the competitions and synergies between species in a forest ecosystem and the resulting developmental stages in successional dynamics.
- Describe types of silviculture and their main operations and environmental impacts
- Deciphering a production table or curve and a management plan
- Justify the choice of management methods in terms of ecological, economic and social issues.
- Understand the physical basis of climate change, the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems and their impact on different tree species and silvicultural practices.
- Demonstrate critical thinking when choosing tree species in relation to the silvicultural system and natural and man-made risks.