ENV 432 - Forest Ecology and Management (4 cr.)

Evaluates interrelationships between basic forest ecosystem factors and processes. Students in this course become proficient with standard forest menstruation instrumentation and techniques. The course also focuses on forest cover type identification. Students who take this course can describe forest stands and ecosystems in terms of structure and composition and compare the similarities and differences between natural disturbances and silvicultural treatments. Students also gain enhanced proficiency with sampling protocols, data management and statistical analyses and improve their ability to write scientific reports. The course is structured to discuss a topic in a classroom, collect and analyze field data then synthesize and interpret biological outcomes.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ENV 304/BIO 304 Ecology; and junior standing or above; and ENV 337 Field Ecology or ENV 343 Dendrology or BIO 345 Field Botany–Note: taking one of these courses the same semester as ENV432 will also satisfy this prerequisite; or POI.
Corequisite(s): ENV 432L
Semester(s) Offered: Fall