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Courses Taught and Syllabi

NREM 301  Natural Resource Management (Spring semesters thru 2014)
NREM 301L  Natural Resource Management Lab (Spring semester thru 2014)
NREM 480  Applied Forest Ecology (Spring semester, even years)
NREM 680  Ecosystem Ecology (Spring semester, odd years)
NREM 682  Restoration Ecology (Fall semester, odd years)


NREM 301 - Natural Resource Management (Spring 2014)

Lectures:
Hawaiian Resource Management I (PDF)
Hawaiian Resource Management II (PDF)
Soils I (PDF)
Soils II (PDF)
Soils III (PDF)
Soils IV (PDF)
Watershed Management (PDF)
Water Conservation and Quality (PDF)
GIS (PDF)
GIS II (PDF)
Ecological Principles for Natural Resource Management (PDF ; 12 Ecological Principles PDF)
Forest Ecology and Management (PDF)
Wildfire Science and Management (PDF)
Coastal Ecology and Management I (PDF)
Coastal Ecology and Management II (PDF)
Coastal Ecology and Management III (PDF)
Coastal Ecology and Management IV (PDF)
Global Change Biology (PDF)
Wildlife Ecology and Management (PDF)
Invasive Weed Management (PDF); Videos available at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=988i6SQKSzY

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







 NREM 301L fieldtrip to Hanauma Bay, Island of Oahu

NREM 480 - Applied Forest Ecology (Spring 2016)

Lectures:
1/12 - Course Introduction/Overview (PDF)
1/14 - Forests and Society (PDF)
1/19 - Forests and Society (cont'd)
1/21 - Ecosystem Concept and Forest Ecosystem Goods and Services (PDF)
1/26 - Forest Population Ecology (PDF)
1/28 - Forest Community Ecology (PDF)
  2/2 - Disturbances and Succession (PDF)
  2/4 - Abiotic Environment (PDF)
  2/9 - Soil Resource (PDF)
2/23 - Forest Production Ecology (PDF)
2/25 - Forest Production Ecology (cont'd)
  3/1 - Forest Nutrition and Biogeochemistry (PDF)
  3/3 - Forest Silviculture: Introduction (PDF)
  3/8 - Forest Silviculture: Stand Dynamics (PDF)
3/10 - Forest Silviculture: Management of Growth and Yield (PDF)
3/15 - Forest Silviculture: Systems and Methods of Regeneration (PDF)
3/17 - Forest Silviculture: Mixed Species Forestry
  4/5 - Forest Restoration (PDF)
   4/7 - Forest Restoration (cont'd)
4/12 - Forest Restoration (cont'd)
4/14 - Forest Restoration - Case Study
4/19 - Forest Conservation (PDF)
4/21 - Forest Conservation (cont'd)
4/26 - Forest Conservation (cont'd)
4/28 - Forest Conservation - Case Study

     Mt. Kaala 3
 Mt. Kaala 2Mt. Kaala 1














Fieldtrip to Mt. Ka'ala Natural Area Reserve, Island of Oahu: (a) Trematolobilia macrostachys in bloom (foreground) under an open Metrosideros polymorpha canopy (background); (b) hiking through the bog/cloud forest vegetation; and (c) Betsy Gagne (far right; NARS Commission Executive Secretary) talks to the class about management at Mt. Ka'ala NAR.

NREM 680 - Ecosystem Ecology (Spring 2014)

Lectures:
1/14 - Course Introduction
1/16 - Ecosystem History and Concept (PDF)
1/21 - Ecosystem History and Concept (cont'd)
1/23 - Earths Climate System (PDF)
1/28 - Earths Climate System (cont'd)
1/30 - Geology and Soils (PDF)
2/04 - Geology and Soils (PDF)
2/06 - Stable Isotopes (PDF)
2/11 - Stable Isotopes (cont'd)
2/13 - Water and Energy Balance (PDF)
2/18 - Water and Energy Balance (cont'd)
2/20 - Water and Energy Balance (cont'd)
2/25 - Catch up & Review
2/27 - Midterm I
3/04 - Carbon Cycling - Inputs (PDF)
3/06 - Carbon Cycling - Respiration Processes (PDF)
3/11 - Carbon Cycling - Production Processes (PDF)
3/13 - Carbon Cycling - NEP, NEE, NBP (PDF)
3/18 - Litter and SOM Decomposition (PDF)
3/20 - Litter and SOM Decomposition (cont'd)
4/01 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (PDF)
4/03 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (cont'd)
4/08 - Nutrient Inputs & Losses (cont'd)
4/10 - Nutrient Uptake & Use (PDF)
4/15 - Catch up & review
4/17 - Midterm II
4/22 - Temporal & Spatial Dynamics (PDF)
4/24 - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes (PDF)
4/29 - Climate Change (PDF)
5/01 - Elevated CO2 (PDF)
5/06 - Managing Ecosystems (PDF)
Readings:
1/16 - The Ecosystem Concept: Chapin et al. 2011 (PDF)
2/06 & 2/11 - Stable Isotopes: Fry 2006 (PDF) & West et al. 2006 (PDF)

Discussions:
Discussion Leader Guidelines (PDF)

2/19 - Stand H2O Balance (PDF)
3/05 - Carbon Input (PDF)
3/12 - Carbon Allocation (PDF)
3/19 - Litter/SOM Decomposition (PDF)
4/02 - Soil C Pools & Fluxes (PDF)
4/09 - Nutrients & Ecosystem Development (PDF)
4/23 - Disturbance - Carbon Balance (PDF)
4/30 - Climate Change - Carbon Balance (PDF)
5/07 - Elevated CO2 - Carbon Balance (PDF)

KMR Fieldtrip






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










HETF Fieldtrip






 Hawaiian montane wet forest
 Spring break 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 field trip.


NREM 682 - Restoration Ecology (Fall 2015)

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

Schedule:
8/25   - Course Introduction
9/1     - Foundations of Restoration Ecology (PDF)
9/8     - In-class debate on the role of science in ecological restoration
9/15   - Population Biology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
9/22   - Community Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
9/29   - Succession in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/6   - Plant Pysiological Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/13 - Soils and Belowground Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/20 - Ecosystem Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
10/27 - No Class
11/3   - Invasive Species in a Restoration Context (PDF)
11/10 - Global Change Biology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
11/17 - Landscape Ecology in a Restoration Context (PDF)
11/24 - No Class
12/1   - Restoration Ecology from a Wildlife Perspective (PDF)
12/8   - Final Exam Review
12/15 - Final Exam


Kaena Point Fieldtrip IKaena Point Fieldtrip IIKaena Point Fieldtrip III
Fieldtrip to Ka'ena Point Natural Area Reserve, Island of Oahu: (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.

Teaching Philosophy

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