Natural regeneration under Continuous cover forestry
SLU launches a new PhD course on natural regeneration in Continuous cover forestry in September 2014. The base will be existing long-term CCF experiments in northern Europe.
Eligibility
This course is designed for PhD students in the fields of forest science and biology.
The course is open to Swedish and international students. It is free of charge for PhD students at SLU.
Please, contact the course leader Dr Lars Drössler to check out the possibilities to cover your travel costs at least partly...
The course will gain 3 ECTS credits after successfull attendance, comparable to one week full-time work during September.
ECTS credits
PhD students are supposed to read the introductory course literature. Participation in the lecturers, exercises and excursion in Umeå on 22-24 Sept 2014 is obligatory. After the meeting, an essay will be written to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the topic in the northern European context.
Workload
The course is organized by Lars Drössler, Lars Lundqvist and Charlotta Erefur.
Please, contact Lars Drössler with your questions and to apply for this course:
Let me post here in the future the names of the interested or registered students...
For the moment, the course organizers from SLU, and the guest lecturers Aksel Granhus (Norway) and Sauli Valkonen (Finland) will take part.
News
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CCF definitions applied in Sweden, Finland, Norway and UK
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Semantics and motivation for CCF
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Overview on different types of long-term CCF experiments (Single-tree selection in uneven-aged stands, patch-cuttings, target diameter cutting in heterogeneous stands, shelterwood cutting)
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Range of seedling densities, height growth, mortality rates and ingrowth observed in the experiments