NRES 497 - Forest and Range Soils

(3 units) CO14

Forest and range soil characterization, physical properties, and biogeochemistry as affected by management, pollutants, and disturbances. Field trips required.

Prerequisite(s): NRES 322. Recommended Preparation: CHEM 122A and CHEM 122L.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 2
Units of Laboratory/Studio: 1
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. communicate, in writing or verbally, an understanding of important forest and range soil properties and processes relating to the biology, physics, and chemistry of soils.
2. identify and characterize forest and range soils in the field.
3. demonstrate, in writing, an understanding of plant-soil feedbacks, aboveground and belowground interactions, and the relationship between forest and range management and soils.
4. communicate, in writing or verbally, the ways that disturbances, including human-induced global change, impact forest and range soils as a natural resource.
5. use the scientific method to propose and test a research question pertaining to forest and range soils, specifically how forest or range vegetation properties are associated with soil characteristics.
6. analyze and interpret data collected in lab exercises, articulate the analysis in an oral presentation, and write the results in a format appropriate for an academic journal.

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