Americans and Their ForestsPBIO 109

Glenn MatlackTel. 593 1131

Matlack@ohio.edu

www.plantbio.edu/epb/instruct/websites/109%20grm/109%20grm.htm

Teaching assistants

Eric Niederhauser (Porter 405)email: en331709@ohio.edu

Jen Philhower (Porter 405)email: jp209508@ohio.edu

AdministrationCourse policies

http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/instruct/PBIO%20109%20grm/a&tf%20policies.pdf

Subject matter

Attendance

Problems

Office hours

1-4 Thursdays, or any other time!

matlack@ohio.edu

Texts

Michael Williams (1989 or 1992) Americans and Their Forests. Cambridge University Press.

Aerial photo Map of forest types:

http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp (click on Biology > Forest Cover Types)

Handouts!

Syllabus

Exam 1 - April 19Aerial photo I - April 26Exam 2 - May 10Aerial photo II - May 17Exam 3 - June 9

Lateness!

Assessment

raw score = points earned/100

e.g. 84 points raw score = 84%

scale = 75 – class mean

e.g. mean = 70, scale = 5

grade = raw score + scale

e.g. 84 + 5 = 89

Final grade

1-hour exams 3 @ 20% apiece = 60%term paper (aerials) 10 + 20 = 30%in-class (quizzes, etc.) 10%

e.g.

78 x 0.2 + 86 x 0.2 + 85 x 0.2 + 91 x 0.3 + 82 x 0.1 = 85.3 85 exam 1 exam 2 exam 3 paper in-class grade

A 90 - 100%B 80 – 89C 70 – 79D 60 – 69F < 60

Keep all course materials!

Missing exams – don’t!

Matlack: 593 1131

matlack@ohio.edu

mail: 317 Porter

secretary: 593 1126

Administration

Academic integrity

“What is plagiarism and how to avoid it”

Cellular telephones

I. Vegetation zones

I. Vegetation zones

Rainfall !

II. Forest typesA. Northern mixed conifer

SpruceFir

II. Forest types

A. Northern mixed conifer

Hemlock

Birch

II. Forest types

A. Northern mixed conifer

White pine (Pinus strobus)

II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest

Oak MapleHickory DogwoodBeech

II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest

Tulip poplar

II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest

American chestnut

False solomon’s seal

Eastern box turtle

II. Forest types

B. Eastern deciduous forest

II. Forest types

C. Coastal Plain

Pines!

II. Forest types

C. Coastal Plain - uplands

II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain – river bottoms

White cedarBald CypressMagnolia

II. Forest types

D. West coast rainforest

Douglas firCalifornia redwood

II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest

California redwood(Sequoia sempervirens)

II. Forest types

D. West coast rainforest

II. Forest types

C. West coast rainforest

Illinois River, SW Oregon (Biscuit Fire 8/2002)

II. Forest types

E. Western interior forest

II. Forest types

E. Western interior

II. Forest types

E. Western interior

Pinyon pine/juniper (low elev.)

Lodgepole pine (high elev.)

II. Forest types E. Western interior

Englemann spruce (really high elevation!)

II. Human impact

Humans have regarded trees as

- weeds- wealth- natural beauty- scary- fire traps- home

III. Human impact1620

1850

1920

2010