Rocky Mountain Vegetation

Catalog description

Topics include: Geographic distribution and geological characteristics of the component ranges of the Rockies, interaction of geology and soils with climate to produce the extreme environmental gradients typical of the Rockies, the basic autecology of dominant and widespread species that characterize the vegetation of the Rockies, the principles of disturbance and succession and how the vegetation of the Rockies exhibits those principles, the distribution and dynamics of the common plant communities of the Rockies in response to the variable environment. Offered in fall