Fall Semester 2009

NRES 406 / 606: Forest Tree Physiology and Genetics (4 credits)

Course Syllabus

Guidelines for:

     Extra credit for undergraduates

      Graduate student term paper

      Species that are taken for term papers or extra credit are:

            Abies concolor (white fir) - Freeman

            Adansonia grandidieri (Grandidier Baobab tree) - Tada

            Agropyron cristatum & A. desertorum (crested wheatgrass)

                  - Askew

            Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush) - Keller

            Cercocarpus ledifolius (curl-leaf mountain mahogany) - Ivins

            Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper)  - Swim

            Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper) - Krenka

            Leymus cinereus (Great Basin wildrye) - Esenarro

            Libocedrus decurrens (incense cedar) - Dent

            Picea pungens (blue spruce) - Baxter

            Picea sitchensis (sitka spruce) - Monti

            Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) - Ravenelle

            Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) - Stutz

            Pinus lambertiana (sugar pine) - Meany

            Pinus longaeva (bristlecone pine) - Stansbury

            Pinus monophylla (singleleaf pinyon) - Nelson

            Pinus ponderosa (ponderosa pine) - Hoover

            Populus fremontii (cottonwood) - Barnes

            Populus tremuloides (trembling aspen) - Stark

            Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) - Amesbury

            Quercus coccinea (red oak) - Gray

            Sequoia sempervirens (California redwood) - Pierson

            Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) - Allen

            Tsuga mertensiana (mountain hemlock) - Brigman

Handouts:

     HO #1 to #3 (26 August 2009)

     HO #4 (28 August 2009)

     HO #5 to #7 (2 September 2009)

     HO #8 to #9 (4 September 2009)

     HO #10 to #11 (9 September 2009)

     HO #12 to #13 (16 September 2009)

     HO #14 (18 September 2009)

     HO #15 to #17 (25 September 2009)

     HO #18 to #21 (30 September 2009)

     HO #22 to #23 (2 October 2009)

     HO #24 to #26 (7 October 2009)

     HO #27 to #28 (9 October 2009)

     HO #29 to #32 (14 October 2009)

     HO #33 to #36 (16 October 2009)

     HO #37 to #40 (21 October 2009)

     HO #41 to #43 (23 October 2009)

     HO #44 to #46 (4 November 2009)

     HO #47 to #50 (6 November 2009)

     HO #51 to #59 (13 & 18 November 2009)

  November 20 & 25: Guest lectures by Dr. Isabel Munck

     Lecture Notes

      PowerPoint Slides

      Handouts