Rangeland Ecology

Catalog description

Offered spring. Prereq., NRSM 210N; and BIOO 105N or BIOB 170N or BIOE 172N or BIOB 160 ; and FORS 201 or STAT 216 or SOCI 202 or WILD 240 or PSYX 222 . We will discuss the ecological principles and processes that drive the structure and function of rangeland ecosystems. We will focus on the intersections of plant, animal, ecosystem, and landscape ecology. We will weave in discussions of management to understand how rangeland dynamics contribute and respond to differing management paradigms. Level: Undergraduate-Graduate