Forest/Terrestrial Ecology
NRE 435 / Environ 435
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: NRE 337/437 and Permission of Instructor.

Landscape ecosystems and forest species are emphasized in weekly field trips and lectures stressing the ecology of species and the structure and function of forest ecosystems. Landscape ecosystems are studied by integrating physiography, climate, soil, and vegetation. Major emphasis on physiography and site-species relationships, establishment ecology, and competitive and mutualistic relationships. Fire ecology and genetic ecology are also stressed. Special field trips to northern Michigan and the Great Smoky Mountains.