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PCF501 Sampling applied to forest surveys I
Syllabus: Introduction, basic concepts for sampling, simple random sampling, simple random sampling for plots with uneven areas, stratified sampling, systematic sampling, sampling fraction, stratified systematic sampling, sampling in two stages, procedures for sampling forest populations based on diameter measurements, uses of maps, compass, GPS, remote sensing and forest inventory care, foundations for growth and production studies, sampling plot, vegetation analysis – comparison between sampling procedures for structural evaluation of forests, successive inventory methods.

PCF502 Forest seeds production and technology
Syllabus: Ontogeny and structure of Angiosperm and Gymnosperm seeds; Maturation and dispersion; Physiology of germination; Dormancy; Quality evaluation.

PCF503 Experimental techniques in Forest Sciences
Syllabus: Problems in scientific research, basic concepts in forest research, techniques of adjustment of mean centered and non-centered linear models, hypothesis tests in regression, transformations in regression, waste independence, multicollinearity, regression in the analysis of variance, construction of models, models identity, non-linear models.

PCF506 Propagation of forest species
Syllabus: Location of nurseries; Projects and infrastructure; Plant propagation techniques; Methods and techniques of seedling production; Seedling quality evaluation parameters; Cost of production of seedlings.

PCF507 Genetic improvement of forest species
Syllabus: Variation in forest species; Reproductive systems and genetic composition of forest populations; Selection of trees; Intra and interspecific hybridization; Origin tests; Deployment of base populations; Mean prediction.

PCF508 Operational researches for forestry purposes
Syllabus: Introduction; Classification of decision models; Linear programming; Sensitivity analysis; Cutting/harvesting model; Dynamic programming; Multi-objective programming; Models in networks.

PCF509 Remote sensing in forests
Syllabus: Introduction, definition and importance. Nature and sources of origin of energy measured by remote sensing systems. Interactions between energy and matter. Data acquisition. Managing and pre-processing of data. Extraction and interpretation of data. Use of data in studies of land use and agricultural and forest management.

PCF517 Environmental impacts studies
Syllabus: Introduction; Definition of environmental impact; Segments of the environmental impact study (EIA/RIMA); Profile of the collaborating team; Steps of elaboration and approval of EIA/RIMA; Responsibility of the manufacturer; Interested party; Appraiser; Environmental legislation – history and applications; Area of influence of the project; Environmental diagnosis; Characterization of the physical, biotic and anthropic mediums; Environmental impact indicators; Environmental prognosis; Environmental impact assessment methodologies; Classification of environmental impacts; Environmental quality: classification summary tables and flowcharts; Measures for mitigating environmental impact; Impact monitoring plans and programs; Environmental control reports – RCA and Environmental control plan – PCA; Plan of recovery of degraded areas – PRAD; Evaluation of agricultural soil aptitude; Environmental education; Case studies.

PCF524 Dendrology
Syllabus: Introduction; Application of dendrology in advanced studies of vegetation ecology; concepts of tree, main taxonomic groups that include trees; characteristics and field identification of tree species that are representatives of the Pteriodophyta, Gymnospermae and Angiospermae genera. Collection and preparation of botanical material. Field identification with the aid of specialized literature and of the herbarium.

PCF527 Forest management II
Syllabus: Introduction; Management of native forests in the world; Critical points in the management of native forests; Age of native vegetation; Analysis of horizontal, vertical structure, and of the natural regeneration of the native vegetation; Sustainable management of cerrado vegetation; Sustainable management of large-sized native forests; Management of native species of high commercial interest such as candeia, favela, pequi and others; Evaluation of the environmental impact of native vegetation management; Management of native forest fragments; Prognosis models applied to the management of native vegetation.

PCF514 Agroforestry systems
Syllabus: Introduction; Current situation of teaching and research in Agroforestry Systems; Agroforestry systems – classification; Agroforestry practices; Systems integration at farms level; Tree species of interest to agroforestry systems and practices; Methodology for diagnosis and delineation in agroforestry projects.

PCF515 Tropical forest ecology
Syllabus: Tropical forests – distribution, soil and climate. Structure of forest communities – ecological niche, species diversity, distribution of abundances and competition. Dynamics of tropical forests – succession, ecological groups and dynamics of clearings. Structure of tree populations – spatial, temporal and age structure. Dynamics of tree populations – regulation of populations, reproduction and environmental sieve, life tables. Ecology of reproduction – pollination, seed dispersal and reproductive systems in plants. Ecology of Herbivory.

PCF516 Description and analysis of vegetation
Syllabus: Introduction – scientific approaches and studies on vegetation, study scales, environmental factors and vegetation. Sample design and data collection – sampling system, sample size, form of the plot and sampling without plots, attributes and variables, subjective and objective measures of abundance, physiognomic and floristic descriptions of vegetation. Nature and property of vegetation data – raw data matrix, multivariate analysis, measures of association and (dis)similarity, species diversity indexes. Methods of formal classification of vegetation – phytosociology and classification, subjective and objective methods of formal classification, agglomerative and divisive hierarchical classification techniques. Gradient analysis and sorting methods – direct and indirect gradient analysis, polar ordination, principal component analysis and simple, rectified and canonical correlation analyses.

PCF519 Forest biometry I
Syllabus: Introduction; Conceptualization and forest biometry considerations; dendrometric relations; tree shape and taper functions; Classification of forest sites; Templates for expressing survival and behavior; Stand density and density measuring; Growth and production of dendrometric variables; Stand models for studies of growth and production of planted forests; Biomathematical models for studies of growth and production of planted forests; Models by diametric class for studies of growth and production of planted forests; Evaluation.

PCF520 Forest economy I
Syllabus: Financial mathematics; Economic evaluation of forest projects; Production of wood and production stages; Economic rotation of forest species; Case studies.

PCF522 Silvicultural principles and methods I
Syllabus: Introduction; Classification, composition and structure of forest settlements; Growth and development of trees and forest stands; Forest sites; Methods of natural regeneration; Silvicultural systems; Intermediate treatments.

PCF521 Forest management I (CR 3 – CH 60)
Syllabus: Introduction; Management of planted forests in the world; Silvicultural definition of initial spacing, of number, intensity and optimal time of thinning and pruning; Pinus spp forest management; Eucalyptus spp forest management; Production models as a tool for management of planted forests – silvicultural approach; Production models as a tool for management of planted forests – economic approach; Impact of management of growing relations of planted forests; Carbon stock as forest management revenue aggregator (financial derivatives).

PCF523 Riparian forest deployment and recovery of degraded areas
Syllabus: Relevant legislation on riparian reforestation and recovery of degraded areas; Diagnosis of site conditions; Deployment models; Selection of species for riparian forest and degraded areas; Methods of deployment; Enrichment methods and natural regeneration; Riparian planting costs and costs of recovery of degraded areas.

PCF801 Forest economy II
Syllabus: Formulation of forest projects; Location of forest projects; Economic evaluation of damage to forest stands; Principles and methods of depreciation; Replacement of machinery and equipment; Economic analysis of replacement of forest stands; Case studies.

PCF802 Forest biometry II
Syllabus: Models with thinning simulators for study of growth and production of planted forests; Dynamic model for study of growth and production of planted forests; Model of individual trees for study of growth and production of planted forests; Models to depict the structure of native forests (Markov chain, Wallenberg, movement