To introduce students to the
ecological theories, scientific methods, technologies, social issues, and
practical applications associated with managing the succession of forest
vegetation for purposes of wood production, wildlife habitat, aesthetics,
biodiversity, and ecological restoration.
Lecture
#1 - Course overview and introduction to managing forest succession
Lecture #2 - Disturbance and models
of succession
Lecture #3 - Models of succession
cont'd
Lecture #4 - Plant autecology and
managing forest succession
Lecture #5 - Intraspecific plant
competition
Lecture #6 - Interspecific plant
competition
Lecture
#7 - Thresholds for managing forest vegetation
Lecture #8 - Methods for studying
plant interference
Lecture #9 -
Introduction to herbicides
Student lectures #1 - Autecology of
major forest plant species
Lecture #10 - Herbicide application
technology
Lecture #11 - Environmental fate of
herbicides
Lecture #12 -
Principles of toxicology
and risk assessment
Lecture #13 - Public perceptions of
risk and communication
Student lectures #2 - Herbicides used
in forestry
Lecture #14 - Alternatives to
herbicides (Part 1)
Lecture #15 - Alternatives to
herbicides (Part 2)
Lecture #16 -
Integrated forest vegetation management
Guest lecture #1 - Effects vegetation
management on wildlife and wildlife habitat
Guest lecture #2 - Effects of
herbicides on forest wildlife and wildlife habitat
Guest lecture #3 - Invasive exotic
plants
Field trip #1 - Silviculture studies
on PEF
Field trip #2 - Austin Pond study,
Christmas tree culture
Field trip #3 - Industrial forest
vegetation management
Field trip #4 - Managing invasive exotic plants and aesthetics in Acadia National Park
