300 Forest Biometry. 4 cr. Basic concepts of statistical inference and sampling theory as applied to forestry. Estimation of tree and forest characteristics. Use of aerial photographs; principles of data processing; information gathering and decision making under uncertainty. P: Stat 201 or Stat 224 or Stat 301 or equiv.
301 Introduction to Aerial Photographic Systems. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Envir St, GLE) 1 cr. Introduction to the principles, equipment, materials and methods for aerial image acquisition; electromagnetic spectrum and basic spectral properties of earth surface features and atmospheric interaction. Emphasis on photography. Preliminary discussion of airphoto geometry and mapping. P: Math 114 & Jr st.
302 Introduction to Electro-optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Systems. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Envir St, GLE) 1 cr. An overview of electro-optical and microwave remote sensing systems including thermal and multispectral scanners, side looking radar systems, and earth resource satellite systems. P: Civ Engr 301 or 353.
303 Introduction to Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Envir St, GLE) 1 cr. Introduction to the principles, equipment, and techniques to manipulate and interpret digital images. Overview of formats of digital image data and procedures used in image rectification and registration, image enhancement, image classification, and digital image data merger with a GIS. P: Civ Engr 302.
304 Remote Sensing Visual Image Interpretation and Gis Integration. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Envir St, GLE) 1 cr. Introduction to the principles, equipment, and techniques utilized to interpret remote sensing imagery visually. Emphasis on airphoto interpretation in a range of application areas; visual analysis of non-photographic remote sensing data; introduction to computer-assisted image interpretation and GIS. P: Civ Engr 301.
305 Forest Operations. 2 cr. Introduction to forestry operations in the implementation of forest plans, including site preparation, stand establishment, and harvesting systems. Analysis of costs and productivity, including system balance, marketing, timber procurement, and contractual services. P: Forestry 300 or 410.
309 Diseases of Landscape Trees and Shrubs. (Crosslisted with Pl Path, Hort, Land Arc) 3 cr. Fundamental disease concepts, pathogens and causal agents, diagnosis, and biologically rational strategies and practices for management of diseases of woody landscape plants. For professionals and degree students. One lecture/discussion and one lab/field trip per week. P: One semester of plant sci or cons inst.
312 Wood Identification. 1 cr. Introduction to gross and microscopic characteristics of wood. Identification of visual characteristics of twent-eight major U.S. wood species using 10x magnification. P: So st.
314 Wood, Industrial Use, and Society. 3 cr. This course is an introduction to wood as an industrial raw material with content covering the biological nature of wood, mechanical and biological properties of wood, technology and products of wood, and the regional, national, and global demand for wood and forest products. P: Forestry 312 or con reg or cons inst.
330 Resource-Oriented Recreation Management. 3 cr. Description and evaluation of outdoor recreation resource management problems and issues on public lands; analysis of the influence of different organizational structures and decision-making strategies on planning, resource management and conflict resolution; examination of vegetation and wildlife management for preservation and recreation purposes. P: Jr st; intro courses in stats, ecology & poli sci, or cons inst.
375 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. P: Cons inst.
402 Dendrology. (Crosslisted with Botany) 2 cr. Identification, ranges, uses, and some ecological characteristics of evergreen and deciduous woody plants, both native and cultivated; lab and field work. P: A 5 cr intro college crse in bot or equiv.
403 Geometric Analysis of Vertical Aerial Photographs. (Crosslisted with Civ Engr, Envir St) 1 cr. Elementary photogrammetric procedures for obtaining reliable measurements from aerial photographs. Photographic measurements and refinements; geometry of vertical aerial photographs; scale and relief displacement; stereoscopy and parallax. Introduction to stereoplotters and orthophotoscopes. Camera calibration. Introduction to analytical photogrammetry and flight planning. P: Math 221 or equiv & Civ Engr 301, or cons inst.
410 Principles of Silviculture. 3-4 cr. Ecologically-based forest management principles for sustainable timber production, maintenance or restoration of biological diversity, and maintenance of aesthetic quality and site productivity. Includes coverage of even-aged and uneven-aged management, reforestation principles, and ecological restoration techniques. P: Intro crse in ecology & Jr st, or cons inst.
415 Tree Physiology. 3 cr. Physiological basis of development of forest trees and stands, factors affecting tree growth. P: Botany 350 or 500 or cons inst.
430 Agroforestry. 3 cr. Introduction to the ecology and management of agroforestry systems in various agroecologic zones, with consideration of socioeconomic as well as biological opportunities/constraints on production. P: Jr st or cons inst.
450 Communities and Forests. 3 cr. An examination on a global basis of the interactions between human communities and forests, with an emphasis on alternative approaches to community forestry management, drawing on both first and third world experiences. P: Sr st.
451 Environmental Biogeochemistry. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci) 3 cr. Emphasis is given to a consideration of the processes influencing the distribution and cycling of chemical elements in native and anthropogenic ecosystem-level cycles of elements, and biogeochemical cycling in major soil-biome systems. P: Chem 103-104 or equiv.
452 World Forest History. (Crosslisted with Envir St, History) 3 cr. Examines world forest history, with attention to links between societal change and forest change. Examines how different peoples have used or abused the forest, how societies have struggled to establish policies governing forests, and how perceptions of forests have evolved.
455 The Vegetation of Wisconsin. (Crosslisted with Botany) 4 cr. Ecology of Wisconsin plant communities: floristic composition, community structure; relationship to history, climate, soil, and geology; response to human perturbation. Lecture and lab. P: Botany 100, or Botany 130, or Botany/Zoology 151-152, or Biocore 313.
460 General Ecology. (Crosslisted with Botany, Zoology) 4 cr. Ecology of individual organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, landscapes, and the biosphere. The interaction of organisms with each other and their physical environment. These relationships are studied, often in quantitative terms, in both field and laboratory settings; lecture and lab. P: Intro crse in botany & zoology, or Bot/Zoo 151-152, or Biocore 301 or 333; for biol sci majors only.
461 Environmental Systems Concepts. (Crosslisted with Envir St, Botany) 3 cr. A general systems approach to environmental problems: a philosophical-conceptual framework and a quantitative methodology for dealing with critical environmental issues that cross the boundaries of traditional disciplines. The nature of general systems, concepts and laws; the role of perspective in identification of system properties; the structure and behavior of environmental and ecological systems. For students with strong interests in environmental problems. P: Envir St 126 & a crse in biology, or enroll in envir st undergrad progm. Authorization may be required.
500 Insects and Diseases in Forest Resource Management. (Crosslisted with Entom, Pl Path) 4 cr. Nature and significance of representative insects and diseases of natural and planted forests with emphasis on their control through manipulation of basic ecological and biological factors. P: Botany 151 & 152 or equiv.
501 Forest Fire Behavior and Management. 1 cr. Principles and applications of forest fire behavior, prediction, control and use; current policy issues in fire management. P: Forestry 100 or college level plant ecology course.
515 Renewable Resources Policy. (Crosslisted with Envir St, Wl Ecol) 3 cr. Historical and philosophical basis for and principal laws relating to forest, wildlife and related resources; roles of science and values in natural resources policy making; the policy process; the main federal and state renewable resource management agencies; ethics and professionalism. P: Forestry 410 or Wl Ecol 379 or cons inst.
524 Urban Soil and Environment. (Crosslisted with Soil Sci, Hort) 3 cr. Many environmental issues related to urbanization are derived from the manipulation of soil. By coupling contemporary literature in urban soils with soil science, students will be able to evaluate environmental issues within the urban environment and provide new ways of remediating their impact. P: Soil Sci 301 or 230.
550 Forest Ecology. 3-4 cr. Integrative study of processes in terrestrial ecosystem which affect emergent properties of energy and water flow and nutrient cycling. Special attention given to interactions between plants and soils. Implications for impacts of management and pollution loading discussed throughout. P: Five credit botany course.
565 Principles of Landscape Ecology. (Crosslisted with Zoology, Land Arc) 2 cr. Landscape ecology emphasizes the importance of spatial patterns at broad scales. Concepts and applications are emphasized, especially for seniors and graduate students in applied natural resource fields. The course is also a prerequisite for Zoology/Forest Ecology 665, Advanced Landscape Ecology. Lecture format with discussion. P: Botany/Zoology/Forest 460, or Forest 550, a crse in stats, & cons inst.
571 Statistical Methods for Bioscience I. (Crosslisted with Stat, Hort) 4 cr. Descriptive statistics, distributions, one- and two-sample normal inference, power, one-way Anova, simple linear regression, categorical data, non-parametric methods; underlying assumptions and diagnostic work. P: College algebra: Grad st or cons inst.
572 Statistical Methods for Bioscience II. (Crosslisted with Stat, Hort) 4 cr. Continuation of Forestry 571. Polynomial regression, multiple regression, two-way Anova with and without interaction, split-plot design, subsampling, analysis of covariance, elementary sampling, introduction to bioassay. P: Stats/Forestry/Hort 571.
590 Integrated Resource Management. 3 cr. Resource management planning in state and federal land management agencies. Students apply principles by working in teams to develop a management plan for a real property by inventorying resources; developing management objectives and alternatives; and analyzing their ecological, social and institutional implications.
619 Synthetic Fibers. (Crosslisted with DS) 1 cr. Fundamentals of chemical spinning of synthetic polymers to fibers and characterization and utilization of these fibers in textile and other applications will be discussed. P: Chem 345.
635 Forest Stand Dynamics. 1-2 cr. Changes in forest species composition and structure at the stand and landscape level resulting from tree growth, competition, succession, and disturbance. Methods for reconstructing past stand development and forecasting future trajectories. Selected applications in forest management and natural areas management. P: Crse in silviculture or ecology (Botany 460 or equiv) & crse in stats. Sr or Grad st.
640 Forest Tree Genetics. 2 cr. Genetics, evolution, and improvement of forest trees; physiology and anatomy of trees, population structure, selection procedures and breeding strategies, as well as selected case studies of tree improvement programs. P: Intro crse in genetics.
652 Decision Methods for Natural Resource Managers. (Crosslisted with AAE, Envir St) 3-4 cr. Applications of quantitative methods, including optimization and simulation, to the management of natural resources, especially forests. P: Math 211 or equiv & Comp Sci 132 or equiv.
655 Forest Resources Practicum. 3 cr. Field training and experience; exposure to forestry operations, equipment, procedures, and management problems. P: Cons inst.
657 National Forest Management Practicum. 1 cr. Field training and experience; exposure to forestry operations, equipment, procedures, and management problems. A tour outside the lake states. P: Cons inst.
699 Special Problems. 1-4 cr. P: Sr st & cons inst.
790 Special Problems. 1-4 cr. P: Cons inst.
799 Practicum in Forestry Teaching. 1-3 cr. Instructional orientation to teaching at the higher education level in the agricultural and life sciences, direct teaching experience under faculty supervision, experience in testing and evaluation of students, and the analysis of teaching performance. P: Grad st & cons inst.
865 Advanced Forestry Economics and Management. 2-3 cr. Usefulness and limitations of economic analysis in forest management; relation to decision-making, biological research, major types of forest management decisions, effects of multiple objectives for forest management; forestry applications of adminstration and personnel management. P: Forestry 651, 652 or equiv.
875 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
879 Advanced Landscape Ecology. (Crosslisted with Zoology, Botany) 3 cr. Landscape ecology emphasizes spatial patterning--its development and importance for ecological processes--and often focuses on large regions. Concepts, methods, and applications of landscape ecology will be learned through lectures, readings, exercises in quantitative approaches, and an independent project. P: Grad st & cons inst.
901 Colloquium in Forestry and Forest Products. 1 cr. Lectures, seminars, and discussion on current topics in forest biology, forest management, forest products, and recreation.
917 Public Participation for Planning and Policy Making. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl, Envir St) 3 cr. Examines public participation for planning and policymaking in both urban and natural environments; considers different types of participation from agency consultation to negotiation; designing, conducting, and evaluating citizen participation are major features.
955 Practical Research Design and Methods of Empirical Inquiry. (Crosslisted with Urb R Pl, DS) 3 cr. Provides a practical introduction to basic concepts of research question formulation, research designs and alternative methods of inquiry, implications for internal validity of the research and generalizability of the findings, operational definitions and measurement validity, reliability, utility and precision. P: Grad st.
980 Earth System Science Seminar. (Crosslisted with Atm Ocn, Botany, Envir St, Geog, Geology, Zoology) 1 cr. Topics in earth system science. Emphasis on the coupling between atmospheric, oceanic and land surface systems, involving physical geochemical and biological processes, and including interactions with human systems. P: Grad st.
990 Research and Thesis. 1-12 cr. P: Grad st and cons inst.
999 Advanced Independent Study. 1-3 cr. P: Cons inst.
301 Terrestrial Vertebrates: Life History and Ecology. 3 cr. Life history, ecology, distribution, and taxonomy of reptiles, amphibians, and mammals. Birds will be covered only briefly. North American (particularly Wisconsin) species will be emphasized. Designed as a foundation for detailed study of vertebrates or to satisfy a basic interest in natural history. P: So st & an elementary crse in Zool.
318 Principles of Wildlife Ecology. 2 cr. Major environmental factors affecting wildlife; structure and behavior of wildlife populations; regional wildlife communities and their conservation. P: Basic course in biology. Open to Fr.
319 Ecological Principles Applied to Wildlife. 1 cr. This course explores ecological theory applied to wildlife research and management. Topics follow lectures in Wildlife Ecology 318, featuring terrestrial vertebrates, issues of public concern, and the applied scientific method. Assignments include mathematical, computer and graphical applications of ecological ideas. P: Wl Ecol 318 or con reg. Restricted to wildlife ecology majors.
335 Human/Animal Relationships: Biological and Philosophical Issues. (Crosslisted with Zoology) 3 cr. An interdisciplinary approach to our complex and often contradictory relationships with non-human animals, including information about the nature, needs and behavior of human and non-human animals in relation to our personal and professional interactions with them. P: So st.
360 Extinction of Species. (Crosslisted with Zoology, Envir St) 3 cr. A comprehensive treatment of the ecology, causes, and consequences of species extinction. Ecology and problems of individual species, habitat alteration and degradation, socio-economic pressures and conservation techniques and strategies. P: So st. An intro biology course strongly recommended.
375 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. Current topics in wildlife ecology; content varies. P: Cons inst.
379 Principles of Wildlife Management. 3 cr. Ways of conserving desired numbers of animals for the overall best interests of society, be they aesthetic, ecological, economic, commercial or recreational; includes management of endangered species, exploited species, wildlife communities in nature reserves, and wildlife pests. P: Wl Ecol 318 or equiv.
399 Coordinative Internship/Cooperative Education. 1-8 cr. P: So or Jr or Sr st & cons of supervising inst, advisor, and internship program coordinator.
401 Physiological Animal Ecology. 3 cr. Physiological adaptation and function in wild animals, primarily birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians. Focus on interactions between animals and their environment, and relationships between animal physiology and the ecology and dynamics of populations. P: Jr st and basic zoology course.
424 Wildlife Ecology Summer Field Practicum. 2 cr. Two week field class emphasizing research and habitat management techniques through individual and group field work, tours, demonstrations and lectures. Class held in northern Wisconsin, transportation and lodging provided. P: Open to wildlife ecol majors only, Jr/Sr st or cons inst.
515 Renewable Resources Policy. (Crosslisted with Forest, Envir St) 3 cr. Historical and philosophical basis for and principal laws relating to forest, wildlife and related resources; roles of science and values in natural resources policy making; the policy process; the main federal and state renewable resource management agencies; ethics and professionalism. P: Forestry 410 or Wl Ecol 379 or cons inst.
548 Diseases of Wildlife. (Crosslisted with Surg Sci) 3 cr. Occurrence, principles, concepts and significance of disease in wildlife. P: Jr st.
561 Wildlife Management Techniques. 3 cr. Preparation of collections, analyses of food habits, sex and age determinations, censuses, trapping and banding, planting food and cover, research techniques. P: Cons inst.
606 Colloquium in Environmental Toxicology. (Crosslisted with Entom, Pl Path, Soil Sci, Ahabs, M&Envtox) 1 cr. Lectures by resident and visiting professors on toxicology and problems related to biologically active substances in the environment.
630 Ecotoxicology: Toxicant Effects on Ecosystems. (Crosslisted with M&Envtox, Agronomy, Entom) 3 cr. Study of how toxicants mediate interactions between organisms and their biotic and abiotic environments. Addresses biochemical and physiological mechanisms of toxicity; defenses against toxicants; population, community, ecosystems and evolutionary ecotoxicology; socio-economic impact and current research. P: Two semesters intro biology & one semester organic chem or cons inst.
632 Ecotoxicology: The Chemical Players. (Crosslisted with M&Envtox, Agronomy, Entom) 1 cr. Introduction to natural and man-made toxins/toxicants, their distribution, transport, and fate in the environment. Includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. P: 2 sem intro biol & 1 sem organic chem, or cons inst.
633 Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Individuals. (Crosslisted with M&Envtox, Agronomy, Entom) 1 cr. Addresses absorption, biotransformation, elimination of toxins in a wide variety of taxa (plants, invertebrates, vertebrates), and includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. P: M&Envtox 632, or 2 sem intro biol & M&Envtox 631, or cons inst.
634 Ecotoxicology: Impacts on Populations, Communities and Ecosystems. (Crosslisted with M&Envtox, Agronomy, Entom) 1 cr. Focuses on the impact of toxicants on populations, communities, ecosystems, and includes risk evaluation. Includes lectures, current research presentations, and discussions. P: M&Envtox 633, or M&Envtox 625, 626 & 631, or cons inst.
651 Conservation Biology. (Crosslisted with Botany, Envir St, Zoology) 3 cr. The application of ecological and genetic principles to problems concerning genetic, species, and community diversity. Topics include the hazards of rarity, choice and monitoring of indicator species, population viability analysis, habitat fragmentation, reserve design, and population recovery programs. P: An ecology crse (eg, Botany/Zool 460) and genetics (eg, Genetics/ Zool 466).
655 Animal Population Dynamics. 3 cr. Fluctuations of animal populations: techniques of study, documentation, controls. P: Wl Ecol 318 or equiv, and crse in stats.
699 Special Problems. 1-4 cr. No lecture. Individual investigations fitted to the needs of the student, professional or nonprofessional. P: Sr st and cons inst.
799 Practicum in Wildlife Ecology Teaching. 1-3 cr. Instructional orientation to teaching at the higher education level in the agricultural and life sciences, direct teaching experience under faculty supervision, experience in testing and evaluation of students, and the analysis of teaching performance. P: Grad st & cons inst.
840 Metapopulations and Other Advanced Topics. 3 cr. Explore the use of metapopulation models in ecology and conservation. The course will review population dynamics, present the concepts of metapopulations and the implications to wildlife management and conservation biology. P: A basic crse in population dynamics.
875 Special Topics. 1-4 cr. P: Grad st & cons inst.
906 Methods and Hypothesis-Testing for Behavioral Ecologists. (Crosslisted with Anthro, Psych, Zoology) 1-3 cr. A detailed overview of field methods for behavioral ecologists, focusing specifically on behavioral and ecological sampling techniques. It addresses the challenging process of situating an empirical study within the context of theoretical paradigms. P: Grad st or cons inst.
961 Seminar. 1 cr. Monthly research reports and special topics.
990 Research and Thesis. 1-9 cr. No lecture. For the professional student pursuing an advanced degree. All phases of scientific investigation from experimental procedure to the preparation of a final report. P: Grad st and cons inst.