546-0343/02 – Agriculture and Forestry (ZLE)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2005/2006 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will learn the basics of landscape ecology and landscape function of agricultural and forestry elements in the landscape. Further benefits and skills of graduates of the course is a practical introduction to various sources of data and information in agricultural and forestry practices. Students gain practical perspective on the issues of forestry and agriculture in the landscape. They are able to present the results of individual work and learn how to search for sources of information and the processing of this research.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Terrain work
Summary
Forestry and Agriculture in the Landscape. Functions of landscape greenery.
Landcape planning. Determination of trees and shrubs.
Compulsory literature:
1. FORMAN, R.T.T. Land Mosaics - the ecology od landscapes and regions. Cambridge University Press.1995.
2. NAVEH, Z., LIEBRMANN, A.S., 1990 Landscape Ecology Theory and Aplication. New York, 1990.
3. PEDROLI B., A. VAN DOORN, G. DE BLUST, PARACCHINI M.L., WASCHER D., BUNCE F.Europe´s living landscapes. KNNV Publishing, Zeist, 2007.
4. BARNES, B.V. Forest Ecology. 4th ed. NY John Wiley, 1998.
Recommended literature:
1. Ashler W. Communities and sustainable Forestry. Institute for Contemporary Study. 1995.
2. Boulding J.R. Practical Handbook of Soil, Vadose Zone and Ground-Water Contamination. Assessment, Prevention and Remediation. Lewis Publishers, Tokyo. 1995.
3. Tress, B., Tress, G., Fry, G., Opdam, P. (eds.) From landscape research to landscape planning: Aspects of integration, education and application. Springer. Amsterdam. 2005.
4. THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE. Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Spon Press 2002.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
trees determination
E-learning
Other requirements
Determination of trees. Semestral work and presentation in MSPower point.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Forestry and Agriculture in the Landscape.
Functions of landscape greenery.
Landcapeand urban planning.
Determination of european trees and shrubs.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction