Forest Ecosystems
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Forests are critical global ecosystems that provide not only timber and wood products, but an array of services including habitat for wildlife, water filtration, carbon storage, and recreational opportunities. Forests are also dynamic landscapes produced by complex and interacting social and ecological processes. Yet increasingly they are being impacted by deforestation, climate change, biotic homogenization, the spread of invasive species and a range of other natural and anthropogenic stressors. This graduate discussion based seminar class will explore the distribution, ecology and sustainability of forest ecosystems with an eye on development of forests of North America over time. It will cover aspects of biogeography, climate forcing of vegetation dynamics, effects of invasive species, land use change and creation of urban forests. Prerequisites: Principles and Methods of Ecology or equivalent experience.
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