Forest Ecology FOR 341
Spring '04: Updated 2 April '04

 
Wk / Meeting Lecture Text Lab & Field Outings
              For examples of exams click on the Exam links in the class schedule below.
1 M Introduction 1, 2  Link to: http://www.webdirectory.com/Science/Agriculture/Forestry/
  Tu      Integrated Lab Day      0800! Ecosystems: College Forests
  W 31 Mar Ecosystems 3 Read: Stone & Vasey: Redwoods…
           Tree of the week: redwood
 "Tree of the Week" info', see: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm  and  http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
2 M 5 Apr Production Ecology 4  Read: Stone & Vasey: Redwoods…
  Tu      Integrated Lab Day          
  W Production Ecology 4  
              Tree of the week: red alder
   
3 M 12 Apr Biogeochemistry 5           Tree of the week: western hemlock
  Tu      Integrated Lab Day         
  W Biogeochemistry 5           
 
                                                                 
4 M 19 Apr Radiation, Temp' 7,8         Tree of the week: big-leaf maple
  Tu Integrated Lab Day           Marys Peak
  W Soils 11  Take-home exam 1
             
   
5 M 26 Apr Water 10          Tree of the week: noble fir
  Tu      Integrated Lab Day    
  W Water 10         Take-home exam 1 due by 4 pm  
   
   
6 M 3 May Genetics 16  
  Tu       Integrated Lab Day         
  W Population Ecology 14           Tree of the week: Sitka spruce
   Link: Biodiversity in the Amazon
   
7 M 10 May Community Ecology 15 Link: Biodiversity- Riparian Zones: www.fs.fed.us/pnw/sciencef/scifi53.pdf      
  Tu       Integrated Lab Day         
  W Disturbances: Wind 9
         Tree of the week: Douglas-fir
   
8 M 17 May Disturbances: Fire 12  Trees of the week: ponderosa pine & lodgepole pine
  Tu     Central Oregon Trip        Central Oregon Trip: Depart at 0730.
  W     Central Oregon Trip      Central Oregon Trip: Images from 2003 are at: T/Teach/Classes/FOR341.
   
   
9 M 24 May   Succession 17  
  Tu       Integrated Lab Day          Project Work Day
  W   Succession 18   
        Tree of the week: sugar pine
   
10 M 31 May   Memorial Day Holiday        (Models: See FORCAST by H. Kimmins et al.)
  Tu       Integrated Lab Day   Projects Field Presentations. Images from 2003 are at: T/Teach/Classes/FOR341.
  W Renewability/Sustainability, Ethics 22, 23   Cumulative Effects of Forestry ...
 

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