FOR 308Forest Ecology
FOR 308 FOR 308 Forest Ecology (3)This class will provide the basic concepts of forest ecology and silvics. The class will emphasize (a) community concepts such as sampling, succession, productivity, disturbance, and animal factors, (b) ecosystem concepts such as nutrient and energy cycles and plant-soil relationships, and (c) environmental factors such as light, temperature, moisture, and pollution, and their effects on individual tree species and community structure and function. Other special topics of interest (allelopathy, seed behavior, tropical forests, etc.) will be included as time permits. The class will also include a field component that allows students to observe the effects of various conditions or treatments on forest community structure and growth, and to practice field methods commonly used to measure site factors and environmental processes in forest communities.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Fall (1 program).
Required in (2)
- Forest Ecosystem Management, B.S.
- Forest Ecosystems, Minor
Courses that list FOR 308 as a prerequisite (10)
- BIOL 415 Ecotoxicology
- ERM 430 Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
- ERM 448 Rural Road Ecology and Maintenance
- FOR 410 Elements of Forest Ecosystem Management
- FOR 421 Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology
- FOR 442 Forest Conservation: Principles and Practices
- FOR 465 Restoration Ecology
- FOR 475 Principles of Forest Soils Management
- PPEM 430 Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
- WFS 465 Restoration Ecology