FOREST BOTANY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Disciplinary Sector:

Environmental and Applied Botanics

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BRUNDU Giuseppe Antonio Domenic

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Plant Biology

AF code:

10820130

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Written texts, final oral examination and herbarium discussion (20 specimens)

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

We will focus on the main plant features, plant anatomy and morphology, plant functions, with special concern to the most important species in Forestry. Students are expected to achieve the main tools for species identification, with special concern to morphology, functions and reproduction, floristic inventories and phytodiversity analysis.

Contents

Biodiversity and forest plant species: analysis and conservation. Trees architecture, life forms, growth, root systems. Vegetation. Systematics, morphology, ecophysiology, corology of Taxaceae, Pinaceae, Taxodiaceae, Cupressaceae, Platanaceae, Ulmaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Tiliaceae, Salicaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Hippocastanaceae, Aceraceae, Simaroubaceae, Oleaceae. The R software for phytodiversity analysis.

Recommended Bibliography

Gellini R., Grossoni P. Botanica forestale. I. Gimnosperme. CEDAM. Padova. 1996.
Gellini R., Grossoni P. Botanica forestale. II. Angiosperme. CEDAM. Padova. 1996.
Lesson slides and other material provided during the course.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

- Systematics. Species identification using dicothomous identification keys. Herbarium techniques.
- Field survey and collection of species in their habitat.
- The R software for phytodiversity analysis.

Other courses

Course year: 1

PLANT BIOLOGY
12 credits
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Base
MATHEMATICS
7 credits - Base
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Base
PHYSICS APPLIED TO FOREST SCIENCE
6 credits - Base
ECOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
CAD DESIGN FOR FORESTRY ENGINEERING
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
DEFENSE AGAINST FOREST FIRES
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
FOREST BOTANY
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
FORESTRY BEEKEEPING
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
MYCOLOGY
6 credits - A scelta dello studente
ENGLISH I
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

Course year: 2

FOREST ZOOLOGY AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
12 credits
ECONOMICS AND FOREST APPRAISAL
10 credits - Caratterizzante
FOREST AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
SILVICULTURE
10 credits - Caratterizzante
SOIL SCIENCES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
TOPOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY AND FOREST BUILDINGS
8 credits - Caratterizzante
ENGLISH II
5 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

Course year: 3

AGRONOMY AND HERBACEOUS CROPS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FOREST MENSURATION
6 credits - Caratterizzante
FOREST PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
8 credits - Caratterizzante
FOREST PLANT PATHOLOGY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FORESTRY MECHANIZATION
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
HYDRAULICS AND HYDRAULIC-FORESTRY ARRANGEMENTS
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FINAL TEST
8 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
PRACTICAL TRAINING APPLICATION
11 credits - Altro

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