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Logging for the 21st Century: Forest Ecology and Regeneration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Forest species composition, tree age, tree vigor, and tree injuries all influence how forests are affected by insects and diseases. As the forest ages and individual trees die or lose large branches, small gaps develop in the canopy and shade-tolerant understory trees and shrubs respond by increasing in abundance and height. Because every forest is different, it is impossible to make recommendations without an inventory of the forest, a clear understanding of the landowner's short- and long-term objectives for income and forest condition following logging, and an understanding of local tree species and their silvics. www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/naturalresources/DD6517.html   (5699 words)

Rangelands of the Western U.S.:  Forest Ecology: The Structure and Function of Forests in the Real World - A basic primer on forest ecology by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program Office - mission is to make and keep current a comprehensive inventory and analysis of the present and prospective conditions of and requirements for the renewable resources of the forest and rangelands of the United States. Western Forest Health and Biomass Energy Potential - report from the Oregon Office of Energy documents forest conditions in the West, where large areas are likely to experience wildfires that threaten people, communities and the environmental integrity of the forests themselves. arsc.arid.arizona.edu /rangelands_west/template5.asp?level1=policy&level2=forests&level3=forestecology   (480 words)

Project Learning Tree - Curriculum: Forest Ecology In The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology module, students examine ecological systems of a forest, analyze interdependencies within a forest ecosystem, and explore factors that shape the development of forests. Forests support a diversity of plants and animals that vary according to the geographic location of the forest. By using their adopted forest as a guide, students will be able to identify the various stages of forest succession. www.plt.org /curriculum/forestecology.cfm   (584 words)

Courses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Forest Ecology is a required course for students enrolled in TRU's Forestry Transfer Program (transferable to UBC's Faculty of Forestry) and for those in the four-year Bachelor of Natural Resource Sciences (BNRS) at TRU. These include forest road design and location, geotechnical engineering, forest road drainage; planning, locating and scheduling the harvest; and an international perspective on logging systems and their application to meet silvicultural objectives. Forest harvesting is a specialized field within forestry, and professional competence within this field (especially road location and design) requires significant course work and an extended field internship, in addition to the minimum standards identified here for the "general" forester. www.cariboo.bc.ca /schs/dist_ed/nrsc/courses.html   (629 words)

Forest ecology. - Agriculture - What's Been Published Dynamics of forest insect populations : patterns, causes, implications / edited by Alan A. Berryman. Introduction to forest ecology and silviculture / by Thom J. McEvoy. The redwood forest : history, ecology, and conservation of the coast redwoods / edited by Reed F. Noss. www.pitbossannie.com /rps-s-forest-ecology.html   (571 words)

Forest Ecology Network Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The purpose of the Forest Ecology Network (FEN) is to protect the native forest environment of Maine through public awareness, grassroots citizen activism, and education. FEN promotes forest practices that respect the ecological and aesthetic integrity of the Maine Woods, and works to eliminate the clearcutting, overcutting, and herbicide spraying associated with industrial forestry. The Forest Ecology Network, based in Augusta, Maine, is on the forefront of forest protection in Maine. www.powerlink.net /fen   (634 words)

Open Directory - Science: Biology: Ecology: Ecosystems: Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Budongo Forest Project, Uganda - Conducts pure and applied research into the ecology of the forest, to understand the relationships between biodiversity, forest management practices, timber extraction and use by the local population. Ecological Forest Inventory and Analysis - A framework and synthesis of an effort to conduct a comprehensive survey of natural resources, with emphasis on forest resources. Forest Ecosystem Dynamics - Research on modeling and monitoring ecosystem processes and patterns in response to natural and anthropogenic effects. www.dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Ecology/Ecosystems/Forest_Ecology   (384 words)

Forest Ecosystem Ecology at UW-Madison - Publications Gower ST (2003) Patterns and mechanisms of the forest carbon cycle. Fassnacht KS & Gower ST (1999) Comparison of the litterfall and forest floor organic matter and nitrogen dynamics of upland forest ecosystems in north central Wisconsin. Proceedings of the 7th North American Forest Soils Conference, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry Publication, Vancouver, B.C. Vogt, KA, DJ Vogt, ST Gower and CC Grier. forestecology.forest.wisc.edu /pubs.html   (3861 words)

Tourism and Recreation in our Forests   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Perup Forest is home to sizeable populations of most of the 27 species of native mammals found in the southern forests. The exciting Forest Heritage Centre at Dwellingup gives visitors a chance to increase their awareness and understanding of Western Australia's forest heritage and how it can be most effectively conserved, managed and utilised. Once you've seen the forest displays, take a self guiding tour that shows just how the forest works, including a walk up to the canopy, where greenhouse gases are processed by the trees and returned to the atmosphere as life-giving oxygen. www.calm.wa.gov.au /forest_facts/forest_tourism.html   (1127 words)

Forest Ecology and Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The MSc in Forest Ecology and Management focuses on the provision of postgraduate level expertise in topics relevant to the science and sustainable management of forests and forest resources and decision-making. Specific ecological and eco-physiological skills are addressed through the compulsory courses and cover such topics as the relationships between functional and structural properties of forest ecosystem and on the dynamic nature of forest communities as well as the socio-economic and political dimension of forests and the international policies and protocols regarding them. Edinburgh University is uniquely placed to offer education in Forest Ecology and Management having, in close proximity, the associate institutions of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, and the Forestry Commission Northern Research Station, which are involved in active collaborative treaching and research programmes. www.geos.ed.ac.uk /postgraduate/MSc/mscprogrammes/forecolman   (815 words)

Ecology of ancient and old growth forests Ancient Forest is forest that has never been managed, or signifigantly changed by humans, and it is increasingly rare and precious. Ancient forests are a valuable asset that have often recieved surprisingly little study, and are fast being lost. In some old-growth forest ecosystems, there are numerous logs across streams which tend to form debris dams that are less common in younger forests. www.ancientforest.org /ecology.html   (353 words)

buch.de - bücher - versandkostenfrei - Forest Ecology - Shirley R Denton; Burton V Barnes; Donald R Zak; Stephen H ... This revised and reorganized text is designed for a standard forest ecology course for undergraduates in forestry, natural resources, environmental science, environmental ecology, and field ecology programs. Written by both field teachers and researchers of forest ecology and practitioners of forest ecology in both public and private arenas. This revised and reorganized text is designed for undergraduates interested in forest ecology and in programmes in forestry or forest science, natural resources, environmental science and field ecology. www.buch.de /buch/01943/121_forest_ecology.html   (276 words)

Forest Ecology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) An area of special concern is the old growth forest belt at the border between Finland and Russia (Karelia republic and Murmansk oblast). The last remains of old growth forest have survived close to rivers, roads, lakes and cities, where they are protected as "first group forest" according to the Russian Forestry Act. Large areas of unfragmented old growth forests presently can be found only in the border zone and in the north-western part of Karelia. pw2.netcom.com /~runar/ecolog.htm   (495 words)

GIS in Plant Ecology The study consisted of a spatially explicit forest community model that generated estimates of the potential natural vegetation for the entire forest area of the then-current climate (1996) and altered climate regimes. GIS was used to analyze land area occupied by different forest types at different dates, temporal transitions between dates and their driving processes, and successional changes in vegetation. This was a pilot study to assess the effectiveness of GIS and remote sensing techniques for monitoring the degradation of forests in mountainous regions of the Neotropics. www.nacse.org /~keon/gis.html   (2313 words)

Forest Ecology - 3rd Edition This management-driven, comprehensive textbook on ecosystem ecology is the only one on the market that covers the entire field, linking conventional ecosystem-level forest ecology to forest management. Introductions to two of the current foci of the science of forest management - Includes coverage of the emulation of natural disturbance as a template for sustainable forest management, and landscape ecology/ecosystem management. Forest ecosystem modeling - Presents modeling as the vehicle by which knowledge of forest ecosystem function, structure, complexity, interactions of the components, and change over time can be integrated into hypotheses that cannot be tested by conventional disciplinary research. www.cplpress.com /contents/C1240.htm   (762 words)

Research Unit for Forest Ecology and Management The Centre of Excellence for Forest Ecology and Management established in the University of Joensuu, Finland, at the beginning of 2000 is based on collaboration between four research groups working in the Faculty of Forestry and the Department of Biology. In developing the models, special emphasis is placed on introducing the impacts of climate change into the long-term dynamics of the boreal forest ecosystem and to considering the implications for forest management under changing climatic conditions. This research is fundamental to sustainable management of the boreal forests with full concern for maintaining and enhancing the biodiversity of commercial forests under changing climatic conditions. www.aka.fi /modules/page/show_page.asp?id=0ACA83FD893040F48786DADF7B732208&itemtype=00308B787886459385F296A5AFD4FA74   (597 words)

Forest Ecology Part of what makes forests so amazing are the complex relationships between flora and fauna - like the incredible salmon forest story. Mosses and lichens are also essential elements of a forest, and if any of these pieces of the puzzle go missing, the entire forest can be critically impaired, especially in the long- term. Different types of mushroom provide different functions in the forest, and because they lack chlorophyll - the green pigment that plants use to absorb energy from sunlight in order to make food - most forest mushrooms obtain their food energy in one of two ways. www.davidsuzuki.org /Forests/Forests_101/Forest_Ecology.asp   (517 words)

4-H Forest Ecology Contest A $500 scholarship from the University of Florida's School of Forest Resources and Conservation will be offered to the Senior High Scoring Individual of the 4-H Forest Ecology Contest if they choose to enroll at the University of Florida and declare a major in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation. Participants will be asked to identify wildlife and forest insects and diseases that will be selected from the current year's Official Wildlife List and Insect and Disease List. The 4-H Forest Resources Project Books are available as an additional resource to assist 4-H'ers in preparing for the upcoming event. www.sfrc.ufl.edu /4h/Other_Resources/Contest/contest.html   (1151 words)

Search Tuna Report for Appalachians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Forests Of The Central Appalachians Project Little Stony Creek Valley, Giles County, Virginia - a minor tributary of the New River, heads at Mountain Lake and in the highlands within and below the Mountain Lake Wilderness.... The Appalachians The forest flows under you, gently moving in the strong mountain wind, clear and fresh.... Highland Rim The mixed mesophytic forest is restricted mostly to the deeper ravines and escarpment slopes, and the summit or tableland forests are primarly dominated by mixed oaks and shortleaf pine.... www.searchtuna.com:8004 /ftlive/750.html   (2671 words)

~Ecology~ Discuss The Study of Ecology, The Ecosystem and Ecological Issues ~Ecology~   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Ecology, or Ecological Science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment. The term oekologie was coined in 1866 by the German biologist, Ernst Haeckel, from the Greek oikos meaning "household" and logos meaning "study"; hence, the "study of the household of nature". Ecology' is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for the natural environment.) Ecology, or... www.ecologystudy.com   (1610 words)

Eastern Deciduous Forest Ecology at OU We use primarily the oak-dominated hardwood forests of southeastern Ohio as a laboratory ecosystem, but we contribute to knowledge bases and debates on forest processes at a national level. Our forest ecologists are mutually contributing insight at the levels of individual plants, populations, communities, ecosystems, and landscapes. We are nationally distinctive as a formally designated Forest Ecology group approaching forest ecological issues outside the scope of commercial forestry. www.plantbio.ohiou.edu /epb/faculty/research/for_ecolindex.htm   (600 words)

Forest Ecology Book by Burton V. Barnes, Donald R. Zak, Shirley R. Denton, Stephen H. Spurr at Total-Pets.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) It is far from a good study aid for undergrads and grad students in forest ecology. As such, initiates to forestry or landscape ecology looking for a good introduction to the field are pretty much out of luck. The 'Forest Ecology Book by Burton V. Barnes, Donald R. Zak, Shirley R. Denton, Stephen H. Spurr' and all other items from Amazon.com, are offered on the understanding that prices and availability may change at any time and are subject to Amazon.com's Conditions of use and sale. www.total-pets.com /Amazon_Pages/_Forest+Ecology_0471308226_z.asp   (628 words)

Earth System Science Research, Tropical Forest Ecology Simultaneously, the same forests have become much more dynamic, suggesting that they have become more productive, and we are detecting the first signs that biodiversity of the system is responding too. In addition, we are also interested in modelling the biodiversity, structure and dynamics of forests as a function of environmental conditions, and the use of earth observation technology to assess the forest canopy structure from space to improve biodiversity mapping applications. The burning of rainforest (as shown in the upper image to the right) obviously impacts upon the nature and amount of carbon storage in the region, but less photogenic processes (such as the fertilisation of plant growth by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide) could also be having significant impacts. www.geog.leeds.ac.uk /research/earth/tfe.html   (392 words)

Forest Ecology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) orest ecology is the study of the components and functions of a forest ecosystem -- Forest ecosystems, which consist of bacteria, plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, soil, water and air, differ from other ecosystems in that they are dominated by trees and other woody vegetation. Each of these components plays an important role in the function and health of the forest. www.ncforestry.org /docs/Ecology/index.htm   (72 words)

Alaska Coastal Studies & Ecotours - Employment & Volunteering Requires knowledge of basic intertidal, marine, and forest ecology; experience instructing and organizing school groups or children, good physical condition, and ability to live in a residential situation with school groups and other staff. Requires relevant knowledge base in forest ecology and in intertidal and marine ecology, and experience as an instructor or interpreter. Requirements: academic background in botany, forest ecology (and/or marine or intertidal ecology for Peterson Bay position) with field courses preferred; some experience with teaching or interpretation, and the maturity to live and work in group situations. www.akcoastalstudies.org /jobs.htm   (596 words)

FOREST ECOLOGY The reasons for prescribing a forest fire include, but are not limited to, the following: reducing hazardous fuels, preparing sites for seeding and planting, disposing of logging debris, improving wildlife habitats, managing competing vegetation, controlling disease, improving forage for grazing, enhancing appearance, improving access, perpetuating fire-dependent species, cycling nutrients, and managing endangered species. The most important relating topics that were introduced are the following: forest ecosystem dynamics, environemental effects created by a fire, reasons to prescribe a fire, and methods to manage forest fuel. In conclusion, the main purpose of this cybertour is to tutorially familarize some basic information that directly and indirectly relates to forest ecology and forest fires. www.montana.edu /cybertour/science/6to12/robinsong   (852 words)

Links to other resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration. Northern Forest Alliance - The Northern Forest Alliance is a coalition of conservation, recreation and forestry organizations united to protect the Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Forest Frontiers Initiative/World Resources Institute - The Forest Frontiers Initiative (FFI) is a five year, multi-disciplinary effort to promote stewardship in and around the world's last major frontier forests by influencing investment, policy, and public opinion. www.powerlink.net /fen/links.htm   (3066 words)

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