College of Chemistry Course Guide

ESPM 185 - Applied Forest Ecology (_\4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Concepts and applications of silviculture for the establishment, growth, composition, and quality of forest trees and stands. Silviculture is presented as a tool to meet multiple resource and ecosystem management objectives related to wildlife habitat, watershed resources, forest health, or timber production. Two weekend field trips will be scheduled in lieu of several laboratories.

Prerequisites

IB 153, ESPM 102A or course in community ecology

Fall only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide