Course Description
Factors regulating the structure and function of forest ecosystems, forest energetics, community dynamics, and research methods.
Athena Title
Advanced Forest Ecology
Prerequisite
(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or permission of school
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will study forest structure, dynamics, and function through critical readings and discussions of current and classical literature.
Topical Outline
- Introduction
- Leaf Area and Carbon Gain
- Leaf Area II
- Productivity and Carbon Allocation I
- Productivity and Carbon Allocation II
- Roots I - Pattern and Process
- Roots II - Environmental Effects
- Nutrient Cycling I
- Nutrient Cycling II
- Decomposition
- Diversity and Ecosystem Function
- Response of Forests and Other Ecosystems to Human Disturbance
- Invasive Organisms
- Fire and Its Historical Role
- Herbivory - Ecosystem Effects
- Ecosystem Models
