ESC 221 Lecture notes, Fall 2002

• Dendrology
  • Tree Identification (Monday Lectures)
    Species List 1
    Species List 2
    Species List 3
    Species List 4
    Species List 5
  • Dendrology concepts (Wednesday and Friday Lectures)

  Architecture, buds and modules
  Natural Variation and Its Sources
  Mechanisms of Evolution
  What is a Species?
  Reproductive Strategies
  Adaptive Geometry
  Tree Defenses
  Life History Strategies
  Conifer Adaptations

  Great site to learn about conifers: http://www.conifers.org/

• Autecology lectures are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

• Autecology Lecture 1: Architecture, buds and modules
• Autecology Lecture 2: Introduction to Concepts, Processes, Species, Systems and Management
• Autecology Lecture 3: Concepts
• Autecology Lecture 4: Riparian Systems
• Autecology Lecture 5: Rain Forest Systems
  • Professor Todd Dawson's lecture on redwoods and fog
  • Kent Julin and Wilbur Farr's USFS Leaflet on Fluted Western Hemlock in SE Alaska
  • Fluting and lumber quality
• Autecology Lecture 6: Forest water and hydrology
• Autecology Lecture 7: Old-growth Douglas-fir and Douglas-fir, western hemlock stands
• Autecology Lecture 8: Treeline Environments (Maritime, temperate, continental, temperate, tropical, Arctic)
• Autecology Lecture 9: Disturbances, example from the eruption of Mt. St. Helens
• Autecology Lecture 10: Synthesis and carbon allocation model
• Autecological Definitions and Concept
• Lecture on hybrid genetics, terrorism and tree domestication
• Field Trip Material
• Autecology (Field Trip 2): Duff and Nolan Stem and Crown Analysis
  • Write-up about stem analysis in general and Duff and Nolan method in particular
  • Data for practice graphing of Type I, II, and III Sequences
  • Historical Paper 1 (this paper is from 2000: Kitten Knob Data)
  • Historical Paper 2 (this is a much older paper from 1985)
• Autecology (Field Trip 4): Nestle Hybrid Cottonwood Farm & Three Forks Park
• Study Questions
  • Study Questions specifically for 2002
  • Study Questions from 2001
• Biology 101 Lectures Applicable to Autecology Lectures (excellent review material from Biology 101)
• Lecture on plant parts and meristems (primary and secondary) - Lecturer E.David Ford
• David Ford's special Biology 101 webpage for ESC 221 students - great chance to review.