General Silviculture

Code:

CAGR3008

Acronym:

CAGR3008

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Agrarian Sciences

Instance: 2021/2022 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/mccunha/
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Agricultural Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:EA	3	The study plan from 2019	3	-	6	49	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main goal of the course unit is:

1. To know the technical therminology on forestry activities and forestry practices.
2. To understand and assign value to the relationship between forest and society.
3. To study the major Forestry techniques and operations in different forestry systems
4. To base the operations of installation, conduction and exploitation of forest stands, integrating the major guidelines of Forestry, the policies and the conditioning factors of forest planning.

Learning outcomes and competences

After attending the course, students should:
1. Acquire an integrated view of the Forestry and the Forestry practices.

2. Know the main forestry systems in Portugal

3. Relate the science and techniques inherent in the installation, growth and composition of forests and their defense to meet society's needs in ecosystem goods and services.

4. Provide students with the skills to be able to integrate multidisciplinary teams in order  to implement and to manage forest management programmes.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n.a.

Program

1. Goods and services of the forest and its relationship with society.


2. Historical perspective and main factors for the forest distribution in the World, Europe and Portugal.


3. Forest in Portugal: ecological characterization and main forest formations.


4. Policies and constraints of forest management.


5. Systems of defense of forest against fire.


6. Forest production systems and afforestation planning.


7. Techniques of installation, conduction and exploitation of the forest stands.


8. Specific conditions of application of forestry techniques (“Special forestry”)

Mandatory literature

Alves, A.A.M; Técnicas de produção florestal, INIC, Lisboa, 1982
Fabião, A.M.; Árvores e Florestas, Col. Euroagro, 15. Publicações Europa-America, Lisboa., 1996
Humphries, R., Press, J., and Sutton, D.; Árvores de Portugal e Europa, Guias FAPAS. Fundo para a prot. dos Animais Selvagens (FAPAS)/Câmara Municipal do Porto., 1996

Comments from the literature

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Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes are mainly based on Power Point presentations. Some of the topics are taught in the form of Seminars presented by specialists in the field.

In the Practical classes, a set of Forest/forestry case studies are proposed, aiming to apply and consolidate the knowledge acquired in the theoretical classes. The practical includes field work on dendrology and dendrometry, assessment, processing and data analysis from specific data bases, as well as reporting and requires synthesizing knowledge from different disciplines.
Field trip are scheduled.

Software

FloresSat

keywords

Natural sciences > Agrarian Sciences > Forest sciences > Sylviculture

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	45,00
Trabalho de campo	35,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Total:	105,00

Eligibility for exams

- Attending a minimum of 75% of the classes in the course (FCUP rules:https://sigarra.up.pt/up/LEGISLACAO_GERAL.ver_legislacao?p_nr=4025)

- Delivery and acceptance of practical assignments within the deadline.
- The students with practical work approval in previous years will be admitted to the final exam, without having to carry out the practical work again.
- Students exempt from attendance (special regime) are not dispensed from taking the practical works that require a presential component

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of the CU are based in three components:

• Written exam (WE), including the matter from both theoretical and practical classes.
• 3 report of case studies (TP1, TP2 and TP3) presented through the course. The TPn consisted in assignments anchored in lecture themes
• Continous assessment (Ac)

Final Mark (FM): FM = (WEx45 + TP1x10 + TP2x10 + TP3x15 Acx20)/100

Students are approved when FM>=10 and each part of the grade must be >= 8. In case any of the predicted tests will not be carried out, its percentage value attributed in the FM will be added to the written exam (WE).
For admission to a "exame de recurso" (or other kind of specific exams), students must have a grade of 8 or higher in all practical assignments (Tn) and continuous assessment (CA) tests.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with a special attendance regime, in order to take the written exam, must carry out the minimum number of practical assignments provided for in the specific regulations.

Classification improvement

Improvement of the grade is possible through the realization of the final exam (EE). To improve the final grade the student needs to request a new final exam, in accordance with FCUP current legislation on the subject.

Observations

To facilitate communication with the students, I developed and maintain a web site to support the discipline: https://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/mccunha/. Follow-up of the students outside the school days: Tuesdays from 13h30m to 15h in Vairão