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Courses Taught and Syllabi
NREM 301  Natural Resource Management (Spring semester, every year)
NREM 301L  Natural Resource Management Lab (Spring semester, every year)
NREM 480  Applied Forest Ecology (Spring semester, odd years)
NREM 680  Ecosystem Ecology (Spring semester, even years)
NREM 682  Restoration Ecology (Fall semester, odd years)

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Course Materials
NREM 301 - Natural Resource Management (Spring 2011)

Lectures:
Ecological Principles for Natural Resource Management (PDF)
Forest Ecology and Management (PDF)
Weed Science (PDF); Videos available at:  http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/LearyJ/videos.html
Global Change Biology (PDF)
Wildlife Ecology and Management (PDF)
Ecosystem Goods and Services (PDF)

Laboratory:
Lab Report Guidelines (PDF)
Forest Inventory and Analysis Excel Spreadsheet (FILE)
Global Change Biology Spreadsheet (FILE)










 NREM 301L fieldtrip to Hanauma Bay, Island of Oahu

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Course Materials
NREM 480 - Applied Forest Ecology (Spring 2011)

Lectures:
1/11 - Course Introduction
1/13 - Forests and Society (PDF)
1/18 - Forests and Society (cont'd)
1/20 - Ecosystem Concept and Forest Ecosystem Goods and Services (PDF)
1/25 - Forest Population Ecology (PDF)
1/27 - Forest Community Ecology (PDF)
  2/1 - Disturbances and Succession (PDF)
  2/3 - Abiotic Environment (PDF)
  2/8 - Abiotic Environment (cont'd)
 2/10 - Soil Resource (PDF)
 2/22 - Forest Production Ecology (PDF)
 2/24 - Forest Nutrition and Biogeochemistry (PDF)
   3/1 - Forest Silviculture (PDF)
   3/3 - Stand Dynamics (PDF)
   3/8 - Management of Growth and Yield (PDF)
 3/10 - Silvicultural Systems and Methods of Regeneration (PDF)
   4/5 - Forest Restoration (PDF)
   4/7 - Forest Restoration (cont'd)
 4/12 - Forest Restoration (cont'd)
 4/14  - Forest Restoration - Case Study (Ostertag et al. 2009)
 4/19 -  Forest Conservation (PDF)
 4/21 -  Forest Conservation (cont'd)
 4/26 -  Forest Conservation (cont'd)
 4/28 -  Forest Conservation - Case Study (Goldman et al. 2008)

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Course Materials
NREM 680 - Ecosystem Ecology (Spring 2010)

Lectures:
1/10 - Course Introduction
1/12 - Ecosystem History and Concept (PDF)
1/17 - Ecosystem History and Concept (cont'd)
1/19 - Earths Climate System (PDF)
1/24 - Earths Climate System (cont'd)
1/26 - Geology and Soils (Deenik; PDF)
1/31 - Geology and Soils (cont'd; PDF)
2/2 - Stable Isotopes (PDF)
2/7 - Stable Isotopes (cont'd)
2/9 - Water and Energy Balance (PDF)
2/14 - Water and Energy Balance (cont'd)
2/16 - Water and Energy Balance (Giambelluca; PDF)
2/28 - Carbon Cycling - Inputs (PDF)
3/1 - Carbon Cycling - Respiration Processes (PDF)
3/6 - Carbon Cycling - Production Processes (PDF)
3/8 - Carbon Cycling - NEP, NEE, NBP (PDF)
3/13 - Litter Decomposition (PDF)
3/15 - Soil Carbon Formation and Decomposition (PDF)
3/20 - Soil Carbon Formation and Decomposition (cont'd)
3/22 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (PDF)
4/3 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (cont'd)
4/5 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (cont'd)
4/10 - Nutrient Uptake & Use (PDF)
4/19 - Temporal Dynamics (PDF)
4/24 - Climate Change (PDF)
4/26 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes (PDF)
5/1 - Elevated CO₂ (PDF)

Readings:
1/12 - The Ecosystem Concept: Chapin et al. 2011 (PDF)
2/2 & 2/7 - Stable Isotopes: Fry 2006 (PDF) & West et al. 2006 (PDF)
4/15 - Climate Change:  IPCC 2007 Summary for Policy Makers (PDF) and Walther et al. 2005 (PDF)

Laboratories:
Discussion Leader Guidelines (PDF)








 Hawaiian lowland wet forest restoration
 Spring break 2008 fieldtrip to the Keaukaha Military Reserve, Island of Hawaii with Drs.  Susan Cordell and Molly Cavaleri

















 Hawaiian montane wet forest
 Spring break 2008 fieldtrip to the Hawaii Experimental Tropical Forest (USDA Forest  Service), Island of Hawaii with Dr. Christian Giardina










Click here for a slideshow by NREM M.S. student Sandra Margriter of the Spring Break 2008 field trip.

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Course Materials
NREM 682 - Restoration Ecology (Fall 2011)

Discussion Leader Guidelines (PDF)

Readings:
8/30 - Ch. 1: Ecological theory and restoration ecology (PDF)
8/30 - SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration (PDF)
8/30 - SER Guidelines for Developing and Managing Ecological Restoration Projects (PDF)
9/6 - Cabin. 2007. Science-driven restoration: A square grid on a round earth? Restoration Ecology 15:1-7 (PDF)
9/6 - Giardina et al. 2007. Science driven restoration: A candle in a demon-haunted world - Response to Cabin (2007). Restoration Ecology 15:171-176 (PDF)
9/6 - Cabin. 2007.  Science and restoration under a big, demon-haunted tent: Reply to Giardina et al. (2007). Restoration Ecology 15:377-381 (PDF)

Lectures:
8/30 - Foundations of Restoration Ecology (PDF)
9/13 - Population Biology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
9/20 - Commnity Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
9/27 - Succession and Disturbances in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/4 - Plant Pysiological Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/18 - Soils and Belowground Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/25 - Ecosystem Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
11/1 - Restoration Ecology and Invasive Species (PDF)
11/8 - Restoration Ecology in the Context of Global Change (PDF)
11/15 - Restoration Ecology from a Landscape Perspective (PDF)



2009 Fieldtrip to Ka'ena Point Natural Area Reserve: (a) Betsy Gagne (NARS Commission Executive Secretary) talks about barriers to restoration at Ka'ena Point; (b) approaching Ka'ena Point, site of the last intact dune ecosystem in the main Hawaiian Islands and important habitat for the Laysan albatross and Wedge-tailed Shearwater; and (c) a Wedge-tailed Shearwater fledgling.

Click here for a slideshow from the fieldtrip provided by M.S. student Endri Martini.

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Teaching Philosophy

I believe that one of the primary responsibilities of faculty members is to provide a positive learning environment for students.  For a more in-depth look at my thoughts on teaching, click here.

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