Course title
森林施業論   [Silviculture]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 1 
Department   Year 3  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01RN3265
Instructor(s)
戸田 浩人, 崔 東寿   [TODA Hiroto, CHOI Dongsu]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
This course explores the effects of forest management practice on various forest function. The objective of this course is to learn theory of silviculture, management of artificial and natural forests. And this is also to learn science technology of their backgrounds.
Students will learn basic management practice and theory of artificial and natural forests.
Expected Learning
Students need to understand silviculture theories and techniques. And you need to gain knowledge of good productivity and healthy forest management.
Course schedule
We have discuss with homework in every classes.
1-4. Artificial conifer forests management: 4 classes
Plantation, management plan, history of forestry, breeding of trees, site preparation, planting, pruning, weeding, cleaning, thinning, density control, multi-storied forest, natural regeneration, etc.
5-7. Broad-leaved forests management: 3 classes
Stand structure of natural broad-leaved forest, site classification and distribution, improvement cutting, coppice forest system
The report of silviculture will be assigned at the middle of the course.
8. Q&A: 1 class
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students have completed the below courses or take the below courses together.
Forest Ecology, Forest Dendrology, Forest Environment, Practice on Forest Dendrology, Practice on Silviculture, Practice on Forest Health and Arboriculture.
Required Text(s) and Materials
The handouts will be provided.
References
Please see the syllabus in Japanese version.
Assessment/Grading
Homework before class (20%), report after class (30%), participate in the discussion (20%), final report (30%)
Note: Students who attend less than 70% of this course can not get this credit.
Message from instructor(s)
We recommend that students take the associated courses. Please study hard. When you do not understand contents of our lecture, you first look it up in the textbooks and references. If you still do not understand, please ask us with a comment card or by email. Moodle will be used in this course.
Course keywords
Artificial confer forest, Management of broad-leaved forest, Public function of forest
Office hours
Please make an appointment by email.
Remarks 1
This course belongs to the packages of forest biology and forest environment. And this is a required course of the Forest Science program.
Remarks 2
The past results.
2017 S:7% A:58% B:22% C:10% D:3%
2016 S:10% A:36% B:42% C:7% D:5%
2015 S:10% A:33% B:33% C:11% D:13%
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/14/2018 1:32:35 PM