Range Management and Improvement
| Title | Διαχείριση και Βελτίωση Λιβαδιών / Range Management and Improvement |
| Code | 81Υ |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Forestry and Natural Environment |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600019471 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dasologías kai Fysikoý Perivállontos (2020-sīmera)
Registered students: 59
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory Courses | Compulsory Course | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 5 |
| Total Hours | 65 |
| Class ID | 600273967
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| Section | Instructors |
|---|---|
| 1. Διαχείριση και Βελτίωση Λιβαδιών_(Αβρ-Καρ-Παρ) | Eleni Abraham, Maria Karatassiou, Zoi Parissi |
| 2. Διαχείριση και Βελτίωση Λιβαδιών_(Μ. Γιακουλάκη) | Maria Yiakoulaki |
Class Schedule
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Understand and define the proper use of rangelands
2. Determine the utilization percentage by grazing animals
3. Assess rangeland condition
4. Practice in carrying capacity calculation
5. Learn the designed grazing management systems
6. Know how to improve rangeland ecosystems
7. Become familiar with inventory methodology
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to the course Management and Improvement of rangelands - relationship with other related sciences. Rangeland Inventory. Determination of quantitative (vegetation cover, composition of vegetation, height of vegetation or plants, forage production) and qualitative characteristics of rangelands vegetation (nutritional value, digestibility, palatability). Plants of high nutritional value for grazing animals and poisonous plants. Intake and diet selection of grazing animals. Forage utilization percentage and methods for its determination in grasslands and shrublands. Key areas, key plant species, and their importance in management plans. Concept of stocking rate and stocking density, calculation at the level of rangeland unit and geographical region. Proper use of rangelands (definition, importance for rational management, indicators for grasslands and shrublands, overstocking indicators). Plant grazing coefficients and factors affecting them. Carrying capacity and grazing capacity. Factors that determine grazing capacity size and methods for its calculation. Monthly animal unit and the equivalent AUM. Reasons for grazing capacity adjustments. Rangeland condition (Factors used to determine pasture condition, Classification of rangeland condition) and rangeland health. Interactions of domestic animals and game animals in rangelands. Supplementary rangelands and fodder and forage crops. Reasons for rangeland degradation and planning for rangeland improvement- restoration. Aim, process, conditions, and economic effects of implementing designed grazing systems. Control (mechanical, chemical, biological) of undesirable plants. Prescribed burning and conditions for its application. Seeding and fertilization in rangelands. Conditions and rules of application of organic fertilization in Greece. Infrastructure projects in rangelands and their contribution to the even distribution of grazing and rational management of rangelands. Range policy. Design grazing management plans for rangelands in the University Forest of Pertouli Trikala.
Keywords
Grazing management plans, proper use, stocking rate- grazing capacity, vegetation utilization percentage, designed grazing management systems.
Educational Material Types
- Book
- POWER POINT
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
internet, gps, e-mail
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.3 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Laboratory Work | 26 | 0.9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fieldwork | 2 | 0.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reading Assigment | 15 | 0.5 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Tutorial | 3 | 0.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internship | 24 | 0.8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Written assigments | 6 | 0.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 5 | 0.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Herbaceous plant collection (Herbarium)-Grazing management plan | 30 | 1 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 150 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Course Exams.
Exams in the laboratory course (are a prerequisite for taking the course exams).
Examination in the herbarium.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΒΕΛΤΙΩΣΗ ΛΙΒΑΔΙΩΝ. ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΙΣ: Α. ΝΑΣΤΗΣ Κ. ΤΣΙΟΥΒΑΡΑΣ, Ε. ΑΒΡΑΑΜ, Ζ. ΠΑΡΙΣΗ
Βελτίωση και Διαχείριση Φυσικών Βοσκοτόπων Α'. Σαρλής Γεώργιος Π. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΑΜΟΥΛΗ ΑΕ
Additional bibliography for study
Βιβλιογραφία σχετική με το σύστημα της παρέρπουσας βόσκησης.
Last Update
07-07-2025
