Teacher
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CHITI Tommaso
(syllabus)
1. History and management of forest and agroforest soils (4 hours) 2. Composition of soils: Soil Formation and minerals (4 hours) 3. Composition of soils: Soil organic matter (4 hours) 4. Composition of soils: Soil structure, water and pores (4 hours) 5. Life in soils: the microorganism (4 hours) 6. Forest and agroforest Biogeochemistry (4 hours) 7. Sampling forest and agroforest soils across space and time (4 hours) 8. Influence of tree species, fire and site preparation on forest and agroforest soils (4 hours) 9. Forest and agroforest soils nutrition management (2 hours) 10. Managing forest and agroforest soils for carbon sequestration (2 hours) 11. Field practice in a forest in the Viterbo area: soil description and site evaluation (8 hours)
(reference books)
Recommended texts for exam preparation: - ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREST SOILS. FOURTH EDITION. Dan Binkley, Richard F. FisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (2013) - Fahad, S.; Chavan, S.B.; Chichaghare, A.R.; Uthappa, A.R.; Kumar, M.; Kakade, V.; Pradhan, A.; Jinger, D.; Rawale, G.; Yadav, D.K.; Kumar, V.; Farooq, T.H.; Ali, B.; Sawant, A.V.; Saud, S.; Chen, S.; Poczai, P. Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance. Sustainability 2022, 14, 14877. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214877
Supplementary teaching materials provided by the lecturer: Presentations of individual lectures will be made available on MOODLE at the course page. Additional materials such as handouts and/or videos will also be made available on MOODLE.
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