UFOR 391B Urban Forest Ecology
391. URBAN FOREST ECOLOGY (Credit, 3
hours) (Lec., 2 hours; Lab, 2 hours). This course introduces ecological principles and their applications in forest and urban forest ecosystems. Major topics include ecological concepts, production ecology, biogeochemistry, adaptations and evolution, physical determinants and their impacts on plant and animal communities common to urban forest, population and community ecology, temporal and spatial changes in forest and urban forest ecosystems, sustainability and renewability of natural resources, environmental ethics and implications for forest and urban forest management. Ecological
energetics, evolution, biogeochemistry, physical
and biotic environments, temporal and spatial
changes in ecosystems, and application of ecological
information in the management of urban forest
ecosystems. Lab and field exercises are required. Prerequisite: UFOR 271.