The Forest Science Programme starts with the two courses Forest Uses and Values and Forest Soil Science and Climatology. The courses run in parallel at half-speed in order to make better use of the snow-free season for field activities and to be able to collaborate in certain elements.
Forest - use and values
Seen from different perspectives and interests, forests hold many different values. Building on the fields of forest management, silviculture, forest mensuration, botany and dendrology, this course aims to provide the student a knowledge base to enable taking part in discussions about sustainable forest management, together with giving knowledge about different ways of inventorying and assessing forests, dependent on perspective and interests.
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Johannes Larson: johannes.larson@slu.se
Forest soils and climatology
Starting in the Swedish conditions, this course processes the basics of climatology, geology and land use, and how they affect forests and our prospects for sustainable forest management.
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Matthias Peichl: matthias.peichl@slu.se
Ulrik Ilstedt
Forest Ecology and botany
Starting from the perspective of forests, this course focuses on the basics of botany and ecology, the impacts of natural and human interference, and how to use and apply the theory of these fields in forest management and nature conservation.
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therese.lofroth@slu.se
Elisabet Bohlin: elisabet.bohlin@slu.se
Introduction to forestry practices
The course provides practical and theoretical knowledge about different measures and systems within forest management, how these measures affect and get affected by society, and the long-term effects of natural conditions and human management on forest development.
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Ola Lindroos: ola.lindroos@slu.se
Forests and landscapes in Northern Sweden, Optional
A large part of the course is a study tour. The goal of the tour is to give on site experience and knowledge about the prerequisites for forest management in N Sweden with the challenges involved in a hash boreal climate with short vegetation periods, while taking into account other land use and interests.
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Gustaf Egnell
Elisabet Bohlin: elisabet.bohlin@slu.se
Forest management and nature conservation biology
The course focuses on topics like how human activity, in different ways, can both cause harm and be used to benefit forest ecosystems. Overall, it offers broad and in-depth insight into the construction, management and use of forests and woodland as a resource for different values and goals.
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Petter Axelsson: petter.axelsson@slu.se
Forest ecosystem and biomass chemistry I
A course in chemistry with relevance for forest ecosystems that as a start will centre around basic theory and computational methodology, in general and inorganic chemistry. In the second part, the course moves on to basic organic chemistry, focusing on wood chemistry, and biochemistry, focusing on the cell and wood composites.
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Fredrik Lidman: fredrik.lidman@slu.se
Forest ecosystem and biomass chemistry II
A course in chemistry with relevance for forest ecosystems that offers more in depth knowledge about topics like chemical bindings and equilibrium theory, organic chemistry focusing on appliance on wood chemistry, and biochemical theory focusing on the transfer of genetic information in the cell. In the end the course will also include a shorter part about processes in soil science.
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Peter Kindgren: peter.kindgren@slu.se
Southern Sweden's forests and landscapes, Optional
This is a course where the greater part of teaching will be held in the field, in combination with some study visits. The focus will mainly be to gain knowledge about the characteristics of forests in Southern Sweden, and aims, benefits and risks with different ways of forest management.
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Per-Ola Hedwall: per-ola.hedwall@slu.se
Forest ecology and conservation biology
The course provides in-depth knowledge on ecological concepts and theory related to forest ecosystems with a focus on conservation biology. With a background theory in place, emphasis will then turn to the challenges and solutions within the field.
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Faith Jones
Stefan Hupperts
Ecological Disturbances in Forests - Silviculture Challenges Under Climate Change
Climate change affects forest ecosystems in profound ways by altering ecological disturbance regimes. Focusing on managed northern temperate and boreal forests, the course aims to provide a deeper understanding of disturbance regimes, the mechanisms behind them and the consequences climate change has for forest ecology and management.
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Marcus Klaus: marcus.klaus@slu.se
Wiebke Neumann Sivertsson: wiebke.neumann@slu.se
Soil, water and meteorological processes in the forest ecosystem
A course with the aim to provide knowledge on how forest ecosystem composition and functions are regulated by soil properties, water and climate, and through that create insight in how forests can be used in a sustainable way in the long term.
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Matthias Peichl: matthias.peichl@slu.se