Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2023_24
Subject	Silviculture					Code	00912023
Study programme	0912 - GRADO INGENIERÍA FORESTAL Y DEL MEDIO NATURAL
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Compulsory	Third	First
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS
Coordinador	GONZÁLEZ MOLINA , JOSÉ MARÍA				E-mail	jmgonm@unileon.es fcasd@unileon.es
Lecturers	CASTEDO DORADO , FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ MOLINA , JOSÉ MARÍA
Web	http://
General description	Principles of Silviculture regarding the management, establishment, growth, composition, and quality of forest vegetation for the full range of forest resource objectives, with emphasis in forest stand dynamics and sustainable forest management techniques
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS CASQUERO LUELMO , PEDRO ANTONIO Secretario INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS LORENZANA DE LA VARGA , ALICIA Vocal INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS SECO FERNANDEZ , MARIA VICTORIA Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS VALENCIANO MONTENEGRO , JOSE BENITO Secretario INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS GARZON JIMENO , JOSE ENRIQUE Vocal INGENIERIA Y CIENCIAS AGRARIAS GONZALEZ ANDRES , FERNANDO

Competencias

Code
A18728
C2	CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C5	CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims

	Competences
	A18728		C2 C5

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises	20	5	25
	0	20	20
Field work/trips	2	15	17
Lecture	30	50	80
Extended-answer tests	8	0	8
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Field work/trips
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture Problem solving, classroom exercises

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		20%
Problem solving, classroom exercises		30%
Field work/trips		10%
Extended-answer tests		40%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Rafael Serrada Hierro, Apuntes de Selvicultura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, 2008 José María González Molina, Introducción a la Selvicultura General, Universidad de León, León, 2005 Jean-Phillippe Schütz, Sylviculture 1: Principes d´education des forets, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires, Lausanne, 1990 Jean-Phillippe Schütz , Sylviculture 2: La gestion des forêts irrégulières et mélangées , Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires , Lausanne, 1997 Smith, D.; Larson, B.; Kelty, M.; Ashton, M., The practice of silviculture. Applied Forest Ecology., Edición. John Wiley & Sons, , New York, 1997
Complementary	Oliver, Ch.D.; Larson, B.C., Forest stand dynamics. , John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996 Burschel, P.; Huss, J., Grundriß des Waldbaus: Ein Leitfaden für Studium und Praxis., PareysStudientexte Nr. 49., Hamburg y Berlin, 1997 Blanco, E.; et al. , Los bosques ibéricos. Una interpretación geobotánica, Ed. Planeta, Barcelona, 1997 Hawley, R.C.; Smith, D.M., Silvicultura práctica. 2ª Edición. , Omega, Barcelona, 1982 Mathews, J.D. , Silvicultural Systems, Claredon Press. , Oxford, 1989

Recommendations

Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Soil Science and Climate / 00912005 Forest Ecology / 00912010 Forest mensuration / 00912015