Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Agriculture and Forestry

Type of study	BachelorFollow-up MasterMaster
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0343/03
Abbreviation	ZLE
Course title	Agriculture and Forestry
Credits	2
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Greenery of settlements - classification and meaning. Greenery of the landscape - classification and meaning. Features permanent greenery in the landscape.
2. Permanent non-forest greenery, classification, function and significance. Protection of forest and non-forest permanent greenery.
3. Vegetation gradation in the Czech Republic (Zlatník, Skalický), groups of geobiocene types.
4. Forest - function of the forest, division of the forest according to the intensity of human influence. Forest typology, forest typological map.
5. History of forest development in the Czech Republic. Economic methods of forest management. Forest management plan. Natural forest areas. Forestry in the landscape, the effects of forestry on the landscape.
6. Agricultural land fund. Comprehensive soil survey, evaluation information system, certified soil-ecological unit.
7. Agriculture in the landscape, the effects of agriculture on the landscape. Alternative agriculture.
8. Skeleton of ecological stability. Degrees of ecological stability, biochora, Groups of types of biogeocenes.
9. Local territorial system of ecological stability. Regional territorial system of ecological stability. Supraregional territorial system of ecological stability.
10. Land improvements.
11. Landscape planning - methodology and significance.
12. Sustainable development in forestry and agriculture.
13. Ecological carrying capacity in the landscape.
14. Landscape character - characteristics, categories, meaning.

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.

Advised 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.

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