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English title:
Agroforestry in mountain regions
Course ID:
912328
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Agroforestry in mountain regions (in Eng.)
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
English
Course content:
agroforestry systems with tree components;

management purposes and techniques including silvo-pastoral systems;

principles of mixed species growth;

appropriate species;

effects of agroforestry land-uses on ecosystems;

productivity of agroforestry systems and its evaluation.
Learning outcomes:
- to become familiar with mixed species land-use systems, emphasis is given on agroforestry-uses in mountain areas

- to become familiar with ecological interactions in mixed land-use, its technical characteristics and socio-economical potentialities

- to know Agroforestry Systems of the past and still in use in Central Europe and traditional and new systems in tropical or subtropical regions.
Exam method:
seminary work, written and/or oral exam

Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna

Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021