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| FNR 33800 - Introduction To Silviculture |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces the common silvicultural systems used in North American forests for forestry and wildlife habitat management objectives. Topics range from stand dynamics to thinning practices and regenerative harvest systems in naturally-regenerated forests. Lectures present theoretical concepts in order to allow students to understand forest management practices, while the recitation portion of this course reviews these concepts in light of wildlife habitat management, biodiversity, and other non-timber resources. The recitation is writing-intensive requiring several reflection papers on assigned readings and a semester-ending term paper on a subject of the student's choosing. Credit cannot be earned for both FNR 33800 and FNR 43900. Permission of department required.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Forestry and Natural Resources Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Be familiar with technical silvicultural terminology. 2. Describe the effectiveness of alternative site preparation, regeneration, stand tending, and harvesting methods for natural stands. 3. Describe the impacts of silvicultural practices affect soil resources, forest health, timber production, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, aesthetics and other aspects in natural stands. 4. Locate, summarize and evaluate primary and selected secondary literature sources in regards to silvicultural effects on non-timber resources. |
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