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Research facilities and programs are presented. Offered fall term.
FOR 5157: Ecosystem Restoration Principles and Practice (3)
Application of ecological theory and economic and political
constraints to restoration practice. Emphasizes regional, national,
and international case studies.
FOR 5159: Ecology and Restoration of Longleaf Pine
Ecosystems (3) History, structure, function and ecological and
economic importance; regeneration ecology, stand dynamics,
restoration techniques, ownership patterns, and socio-economic and
political and policy aspects of restoration
FOR 5161: Forest Productivity and Health (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Silviculture, disease management, and genetic
improvement. Stand development and composition, competition,
growth-limiting factors, epidemiology, choice of species and
provenance, and tree breeding. Offered spring term of oddnumbered
years.
FOR 5435: Forest Information Systems (3) Prereq: consent of
instructor. Sampling methodology for natural resource inventories,
involving remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS),
and global positioning system (GPS). Offered spring term of evennumbered
years.
FOR 5615: Forest Conservation and Management Policies and
Issues (3) Current policies in North America and internationally.
Historical patterns of resource use and policy response are reviewed
as a basis for evaluating current issues. Offered fall term.
FOR 5625: Forest Water Resources Management (3) Prereq:
SOS 3022. Forest Management practices in relation to hydrologic
responses and water quality considerations.
FOR 5756: Non-Timber Forest Products (3) Intensive review of
non-timber forest products worldwide, and how forests are managed
to provide these products.
FOR 6005: Conservation Behavior (3) Methods for changing
behavior in various groups to improve environmental sustainability.
FOR 6154: Analysis of Forest Ecosystems (3) Prereq: graduate
status or consent of instructor. Energy, water, carbon and nutrient
fluxes in forests; applications to forest and landscape management.
Offered spring term of even-numbered years.
FOR 6156: Simulation Analysis of Forest Ecosystems (3)
Conceptual basis, evaluation, implementation, testing, and analysis
of forest simulation models. Students develop and present modeling
projects.
FOR 6164C: Silviculture: Concepts and Application (3) Prereq:
course in ecology. Principles governing establishment, treatment,
and control of forest stands; regeneration systems; intermediate
cuttings; intensive cultural practices; land use ethics; and
management systems.
FOR 6170: Tropical Forestry (3) Prereq: consent of instructor.
Promise and pitfalls of production-oriented management as a
conservation strategy for naturally regenerated tropical forests.
Ecological constraints to sustainable forest management in the
tropics; strategies, tools, and techniques for large- and small-scale