916326 Management and forest protection in high altitude afforestations and protective forests
- Type
- Lecture and field trip
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2023
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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The role of fungal and insect diseases in mountain forests and afforestations at high altitudes; biology and special adaptation of species occurring at high elevations; demonstration as well as macroscopic and microscopic examination of frequent and/or important high altitude forest tree diseases and insect pests; differential diagnosis of plant symptoms and field disease signatures including abiotic damages; predisposing factors and the role of provenances; risks of the introduction of new diseases and insect pests into mountain forests and afforestations at high altitudes; methods of monitoring, prognosis, risk assessment & pest management of specific diseases in mountain forests
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Basic knowledge on forest tree diseases occurring in mountain forests and afforestations at high altitudes caused by fungi, insects and abiotic factors, which endanger stability and/or the regenerative capacity of the ecosystem; specific disease symptoms, pathogenesis and host-pathogen-environment-relationships; strategies of disease prevention
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