FOR 340 - FOREST ECOLOGY

College of Ag, Food and Environment

Credit(s): 4

The study of the forest as a biological community, covering ecosystem concepts such as energy flow, forest nutrition, nutrient cycling, and decomposition. Interrelationships between trees and other organisms comprising the community is also examined through concepts of disturbance, succession, population dynamics, biological and ecosystem diversity, ecosystem management, and ecosystem services.

Prereq: BIO 103 or BIO 150