11:216:314 Forest Measurements (4cr)

Syllabus 11:216:314 (277k PDF)
Instructor: Drs. Allyson Salisbury & Bernard Isaacson
Two 80-min. lecs. One 3 hr lab.
Pre-Requisite(s): 01:119:116 General Biology II AND (11:216:272 Dendrology OR 11:550:233 Landscape Plants)

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the most common methods of and process for quantitative assessment of forest resources. Students will take part in field and computational exercises which will be supported by lectures and readings. These will sequentially build a skill set so that by the end of the course, the student will have planned/conducted their own forest inventory, then synthesized their data into a report to characterize a forest area.