SILVA PhD course: Ecology and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems
seminars, workshops |
The course takes up theories in forest ecology and management and current state of the art research on forest ecosystem's structure and functions. It consists of theoretical and practical exercises and will increase the doctoral students' understanding of the science on forest ecology and the management of forest ecosystems.
After the completion of the course the doctoral students are expected to be able to:
- Critically analyze and discuss ecological theory on forest ecosystem processes, and apply these to current forest management perspectives.
- Apply ecological theory and scientific evidence to generate and analyze scientific research questions within future sustainable forest management and describe research approaches that can address these questions.
- Critically analyze the connection between forest research and current management approaches.
- Apply scientific knowledge on today’s debates about forestry methods and societal demands on forests.
Time: 2025-05-12 - 2025-05-23
City: Umeå
Organiser: Department of Forest Ecology and Management
Last signup date: 25 April 2025
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Course content
The course will give an introduction to historical perspectives of forest management in Sweden, to ecological theory in forest research and management, and how this ties to current research areas within this field. The students will develop understanding of how theory, historical land-use, scientific and societal developments ties to ongoing research in forest ecosystems ecology and management. A strong focus will be on current questions and challenges for sustainable forest management and forest stakeholders, and how research can provide answers to the most important questions in forestry. The course will focus on the boreal forest, but will include examples from other biomes.
The course will run for two weeks and consist of lectures, seminars, and student presentations out of which some are obligatory. The course will also include literature reading assignments and student group work tied closely to the obligatory elements of the course.