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| Course ID: | FORS 4080/6080. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Management and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem | Course
Description: | Basic ecology, management, and restoration of the longleaf pine
ecosystem. Topics will include longleaf history, conservation
status, and fire ecology. Discussion and hands-on application
of management and restoration techniques for overstory,
understory, and wildlife. | | Oasis Title: | LONGLEAF PINE | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught as an intensive 6-day and 5-night
Maymester class at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research
Center in Newton, GA. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | - Students will be able to explain and discuss the basic ecology
of longleaf pine ecosystems, including site-type and regional
variations, the role of fire in structuring the ecosystem, and
the conservation status of longleaf pine, including wildlife
species of concern.
- Students will learn to consider multiple forest, wildlife and
conservation objectives and to design management approaches that
integrate these objectives.
- Students will have an understanding of longleaf pine
silviculture, including even and uneven-aged management systems
and how these meet specific management objectives.
- Students will learn how prescribed fire is utilized in ongoing
management of longleaf pine.
- Students will learn restoration techniques for longleaf pine
overstory and understory from a range of starting conditions. | | Topical Outline: | Course topics will include, but will not be limited to, the
following:
Longleaf history and conservation status
Basic ecology of longleaf pine
Longleaf pine silviculture
Longleaf pine overstory restoration
Longleaf pine understory restoration
Prescribed fire management and longleaf pine
Game management in longleaf pine
Nongame wildlife and species of special concern | |
| Course ID: | FORS 4080/6080. 2 hours. |
| Course Title: | Management and Restoration of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem |
Course
Description: | Basic ecology, management, and restoration of the longleaf pine
ecosystem. Topics will include longleaf history, conservation
status, and fire ecology. Discussion and hands-on application
of management and restoration techniques for overstory,
understory, and wildlife. |
| Oasis Title: | LONGLEAF PINE |
| Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught as an intensive 6-day and 5-night
Maymester class at the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research
Center in Newton, GA. |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | - Students will be able to explain and discuss the basic ecology
of longleaf pine ecosystems, including site-type and regional
variations, the role of fire in structuring the ecosystem, and
the conservation status of longleaf pine, including wildlife
species of concern.
- Students will learn to consider multiple forest, wildlife and
conservation objectives and to design management approaches that
integrate these objectives.
- Students will have an understanding of longleaf pine
silviculture, including even and uneven-aged management systems
and how these meet specific management objectives.
- Students will learn how prescribed fire is utilized in ongoing
management of longleaf pine.
- Students will learn restoration techniques for longleaf pine
overstory and understory from a range of starting conditions. |
| Topical Outline: | Course topics will include, but will not be limited to, the
following:
Longleaf history and conservation status
Basic ecology of longleaf pine
Longleaf pine silviculture
Longleaf pine overstory restoration
Longleaf pine understory restoration
Prescribed fire management and longleaf pine
Game management in longleaf pine
Nongame wildlife and species of special concern |
Syllabus: No Syllabus Available
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