CHITI Tommaso
(syllabus)
1. History and management of forest and agroforest soils (4 hours) 2. Composition of soils: Soil Formation and minerals (2 hours) 3. Composition of soils: Soil organic matter (4 hours) 4. Composition of soils: Soil structure, water and pores (2 hours) 5. Life in soils: the microorganism (2 hours) 6. Forest and agroforest Biogeochemistry (4 hours) 7. Soil and climate change (4 ore) 8. Sampling forest and agroforest soils across space and time (4 hours) 9. Influence of tree species, fire and site preparation on forest and agroforest soils (4 hours) 10. Forest and agroforest soils nutrition management (4 hours) 11. Managing forest and agroforest soils for carbon sequestration (6 hours) 12. Field practice in a forest in the Viterbo area: soil description and site evaluation (8 hours)
(reference books)
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREST SOILS. FOURTH EDITION. Dan Binkley, Richard F. FisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd (2013)
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