RANGE MANAGEMENT (RA M)
382. Rangeland Plant Communities of the West (3) Structure and function
of western U.S. rangeland plant communities focusing on vegetation dynamics and
anthropogenic influences. Laboratory includes classroom and field identification
of communities and plant species.
436. Grazing Ecology and Management (3) Application of animal diet and
nutrition, grazing behavior, and vegetation-soil-herbivore interactions in
management of grazing animals for improved livestock production, wildlife
habitat, watershed protection, forest reproduction or other land use objectives.
Includes design of water developments, fences and other structural range
improvements. May be convened with 536.
446. Range and Forest Management (4) Principles and technical procedures
associated with management of rangeland and forest plant communities.
Manipulations will focus on controlling species composition to achieve
management objectives, and include chemical, biological, and cultural
treatments. 3R, 3L. P, RNR 316. May be convened with 546.
456. Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring (3) Techniques of mapping and
measuring attributes of vegetation and soils for inventory and monitoring of
rangelands. Interpretation of data with respect to range condition and trend,
watershed protection, value for livestock and wildlife habitat. P, RNR 202, 321.
May be convened with 556. Writing-Emphasis Course.*
487. Rangeland Management Plan (2) Conduct a field inventory, develop
management alternatives, and provide environmental and economic analyses of
alternative management proposals in a written plan. 6L. All-day field trips. P,
456. May be convened with 587. Writing-Emphasis Course.*
494. Practicum
r. Research (3) [Rpt./2] P, ENGL 101, MATH 117, ABE 120, and consent of instructor.
*Writing-Emphasis Courses. P, satisfaction of the upper-division writing-proficiency requirement (see "Writing-Emphasis Courses" in the Academic Policies and Graduation Requirements section of this manual).
536. Grazing Ecology and Management (3) For a description of course
topics, see 436. Graduate-level requirements include additional required
readings and research paper on selected topic. May be convened with 436.
546. Range and Forest Management (4) For a description of course topics,
see 446. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper on an aspect of
rangeland improvements. P, RNR 316. May be convened with 446.
556. Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring (3) For a description of course
topics, see 456. Graduate-level requirements include additional assigned
readings and discussion periods. P, RNR 202, 321. May be convened with 456.
570. Functional Ecology of Arid Land Plants (2) Concepts and current
approaches in physiological ecology of arid land plants, focusing on processes
at whole plant and ecosystem levels. Hands-on experience with instrumentation
and methods used to measure plant-water relations, gas exchange, isotopic
variation, and ecosystem fluxes. Field trips.
587. Rangeland Management Plan (2) For a description of course topics,
see 487. Graduate-level requirements include development of additional
management alternatives and environmental and economic analyses. All-day field
trips. P, 456. May be convened with 487.
595. Colloquium
a. Rangeland Policy (3) [Rpt.]
c. Diet Selection of Free-ranging Ruminants (2)
696. Seminar
a. Rangeland Management (1) [Rpt.]