BIOL 463 - Ecosystem Restoration

(4 credits)

This course focuses on understanding both the underlying ecological principles and the practical, field-based aspects of ecosystem restoration. Students gain hands-on skills in site assessment, seed mix design, vegetation monitoring, data analysis, invasive species management, and prescribed fire. As a semeter project, students write a restoration plan proposal for a local site. Prerequisites: BIOL 242 - Organismal Diversity and BIOL 312 - General Ecology. Grade only. Offered alternate years (usually spring semester).

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