2023-2024 / FORE0025-1

Expertise in silviculture

Duration

10h Th, 1h Pr, 16h FT

Number of credits

 Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Hugues Claessens, Marc Dufrêne, Gauthier Ligot

Coordinator

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

In-depth analysis of major species of Wallonia (Southern Belgium)
Study cases : sessile and pedunculate oaks, Douglas fir, Larches, Scott and Laricio Pines.
Forest Stand expertise : dendrometric and autecologic analysis, interpretations for silviculture.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The students will be able to analyse the différents aspects of forest stands (forest mensuration, wood quality, economic value, ecosystemic services, autecology,...) to perform adapted silvicultural guidelines.
They will also acquire an in-depth knowledge in silviculture of the main forest species of the temperate zone of Europe.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good knowledge in silviculture, site analysis, autecology, forest economics, forest measurement (FORE0001-2, FORE004-3, FORE0008-2, FORE0021-2, FORE0022-3, ECON2255-3)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures Field trips Expertise (team working)

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes
Recommended: Silviculture books presented during the course. Boudru, M. (1986) - Forêts et sylviculture : sylviculture appliquée. Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Assessment during the course : Expertise report
Secon session : written exam (study case)

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Included in the module "Silviculture", using the skills developped in the other course of the module (GF0008-2).
Organized in close collaboration with the module "Nature and Landscape Management", including a two week field workshop.

Contacts

Association of one or more MOOCs