Overview
Description
Students will learn how environmental factors and biotic interactions influence structure and function of forest ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on a synthetic understanding of ecological relationships in the context of sustainable forest management. Field trips required.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of ecology and how ecological theory relates to management of forest and rangeland resources.
- develop a holistic understanding of forest and rangeland ecosystem structure and function.
- demonstrate improved quantitative skills, including data manipulation, analysis and graphing using Excel spreadsheet software.
- demonstrate improved ability to make natural history observations and to assess ecosystem properties and health from field visits.
- demonstrate improved scientific writing skills.
- work in an interdisciplinary team to develop a scientific review paper of topical scope and general format appropriate for an academic journal.