Forestry

FOR 822 - Advanced Silviculture
Credits: 3.00
Intensive silviculture of forest sands. Regeneration (e.g., alternative regeneration methods and site preparation); stand management (e.g., thinning schedules and fertilization). Prereq: silviculture or equivalent; permission. Special fee. (Not offered every year.)

FOR #825 - Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests
Credits: 4.00
An introduction to basic and applied ecology in tropical forest environments, with emphasis on biological diversity, successional dynamics, nutrient cycling, climate change and human impacts and interactions. Short papers based on assigned readings and an independent research project are required. Prereq: forest ecology or general ecology.

FOR 834 - Forest Protection Seminar
Credits: 3.00
Discussion and special problems based on principles and techniques of forest protection. Prereq: permission. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 845 - Forest Management
Credits: 4.00
Forest land ownership; management objectives; forest inventory regulation and policy; forest administration; professional responsibilities and opportunities. Special fee. Lab.

FOR 854 - Wood Products Manufacture and Marketing
Credits: 4.00
Wood products from harvesting and procurement of raw materials to finished product processes; management decisions, marketing, and promotion problems. Case-study approach backed up by all-day field trips to wood product manufactoring plants in the region. Prereq: Wood Science and Technology. Special fee. Lab. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 855 - Regional Silviculture and Forest Management
Credits: 2.00
Extended field trip to another forest region. Prereq: forest management or permission. Limited enrollment. May be repeated. Credit/Fail. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 910 - Forest Stand Dynamics
Credits: 4.00
Discussion and presentation on forest dynamics to include soil-site quality evaluation, individual tree growth, stand growth and yield, stand and forest management, and related resource politics. (Not offered every year.)

FOR #918 - Advanced Forest Biology
Credits: 3.00
Topical orientation following a workshop-type format. Presentations by faculty, students, and outside speakers. Emphasis is placed on management impacts on biological systems. Sessions on theory and current literature are followed by data analysis and practical sessions, as appropriate. Subject areas include conservation biology, conservation genetics, climate change, old-growth forests, and the impact of management on natural forest ecosystems. Prereq: permission. (Not offered every year.)

FOR 930 - Modeling of Forest Ecosystems
Credits: 3.00
Computer modeling of energy, water, and nutrient dynamics of forest ecosystems; review of existing ecosystem models, modification of an existing model. Original programming of new model required as course project. Prereq: NR 830 or permission.

FOR 995 - Investigations in Forestry
Credits: 1.00 to 4.00
Topics may include forest ecology, remote sensing, wood products, measuration, forest economics, forest management, decision science, watershed management, natural resource education, or teaching experience. Prereq: permission. May be repeated.