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Syllabus

SV0053 Silviculture in Forest and Landscape, 15.0 Credits

Skogsskötsel på bestånds- och landskapsnivå

Subjects

Forestry Science Landscape Architecture

Education cycle

Bachelor’s level

Advanced study in the main field

First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Bachelor’s level (G1F)

Grading scale

Language

English

Prior knowledge

Knowledge equivalent to

- 15 credits in forestry science
- 15 credits in landscape architecture
- English 6

Exceptions are allowed from the requirement for basic competence in Swedish.

Objectives

After the course, students shall be able to:

• describe the knowledge-base of common silvicultural methods in Scandinavia and northern Europe
• propose appropriate silvicultural methods depending on forest structure and aim with the forest management
• analyse how various silvicultural methods affect forest ecosystem services on stand- property- and landscape scale
• propose forest management methods that can replace current methods and identify potential knowledge-gaps within the field of silviculture
• show how future forest development can be determined and visualized with growth-models and how future climate change affects these prognosis
• develop forest management plans for individual stands and show how these affect the forest landscape
• describe physical and economical constraints that limits practical application of forest management methods
• describe common work-practices and machine-systems that are used for various operational forest management methods.

Content

The aim of the course is to provide the student with tools and understanding for how forest stands and landscapes can be changed by active management of individual forest stands. With this understanding of the connection between management on stand-level and landscape-level forest structure, the student will apply stand-level forest management methods in different landscape-types with different aim of future forest structure. Effects of climate change on future forest landscapes is central for all discussions and learning during the course. The student should have basic knowledge in silviculture on stand-level and measurement of forest stands. This basic knowledge is the foundation for studies of forest management on stand level, how this affects the forest landscape and how it can be modified depending on different future forest structure goals on property- and landscape level. The understanding and perception of forests that the student has acquired in earlier studies will be used as a foundation for all learning in this course. Forest development on various scale will be analysed with a decision support system (Heureka). Models underlying the decision support system will be described and discussed during the course.

Implementation
The course will be given via classes, excursions, assignments and individual studies.

The course focuses on the following general competences:
Problem solving, Scientific methods, Oral and written communication

The following elements are compulsory:
Excursions

Grading form

The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.

Formats and requirements for examination

The course will be given via classes, excursions, assignments and individual studies.

• If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.

• The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.

• If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.

• For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Other information

• The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.

• If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.

Responsible department

Department of Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Cooperating departments: