Certificate in Forest Resource Management and Conservation - Environmental Issues in Forestry

ENSC 3007  Environmental Issues in Forestry

Prerequisites:

BIOL 2446 or ENSC 2006 or ENSC 2007

Antirequisites:

ESTD 3005, BIOL 3007

Hours:

Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course will introduce the student to forest ecology with an emphasis on the autoecology of important organisms; the structure, function and diversity of communities and ecosystems; responses of organisms and ecosystems to stress and disturbance; and the management of forest resources from an ecological perspective. Mandatory weekend field trip(s) will be conducted early in the semester. This course is also offered as BIOL 3007.