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ESRM 201 Sustaining Pacific Northwest Ecosystems |
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Landsat Image, September 25, 2000 |
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Fall Term 2009:
Instructor
Sarah Reichard, Assc. Professor 32 Merrill Hall (Center for Urban Horticulture) (206) 616-5020 Office hours: Friday, 3-4
Teaching Assistant
Royce Anderson 106 Winkenwerder Office hours: By appointment- Tuesday after 1:30 is best
Course email address: esrm201a_au09@u.washington.edu Use this address for communication you wish to share with the entire class.
Time: Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30—10:50; Thursday 1:30—4:20
Room: Winkenwerder 201 (Tu/Th) -9:30-10:50, (Th) 1:30-4:20
Description This course introduces the principles of ecology across an urban to wild land gradient. Students will be exposed in the classroom, labs and field trips to basic ecological theory and northwest plant communities as well as to the interaction of plants, soil and soil organisms, climate, hydrology, fire, insects and diseases and wildlife on the landscape. Challenges of managing forests in a rapidly urbanizing environment are discussed. Co-requisite: Biology 162 or Biology 180.
Objectives The class objectives are to: 1) Understand the diverse functions and benefits provided by the ecosystems of Pacific Northwest landscapes, 2) Understand the principles of ecology and become familiar with the terminology, 3) Gain insight into the sometimes surprising relationships between wild and urban lands, 4) Learn the common plant and other species in Pacific Northwest Forests, 5) Learn some of the challenges of managing nature in the rapidly urbanizing Pacific Northwest, and 6) Develop critical analysis and documentation skills relevant to natural resource careers.
After taking this class students should be able to understand the natural forces acting on a landscape, factors that probably influenced the landscape in the past, and a range of plausible future conditions for the landscape.
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Asahel Curtis Nature Trail, June 2007 |
