Forest Systems and Management

3 credits · Graduate

This course covers the important processes and features of forest systems, with special emphasis on sub-boreal, boreal, and riparian systems. Processes such as tree and forest gas and nutrient exchange, tree growth and acquisition of resources, and the effects and interactions of management practices, pathogens, arthropods, vertebrates, and climate change on forest systems are examined. The course requires each student to complete a ‘forest systems’ laboratory or field research project with a UNBC faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Background in forest ecology and silviculture