Students in the Forest Ecosystem Science program are drawn to natural and managed forest environments with a blend of curiosity and sense of responsibility. They seek both to understand forest ...

Second, it must be geared at reducing the severity of unnatural forest fires and reintroducing fire as a natural component of the ecosystem. Third, forests should be put on a trajectory toward ...

it is variation in species composition that provides the mechanistic basis to explain the relationship between species richness and ecosystem functioning. Species differ from one another in their ...

Can optimal solutions derived from evolutionary theory explain tree structure and function ... forest management and as a basis of economic analyses of forest production and ecosystem services. The ...

The Forest Ecosystem Science degree is based on a vision that combines professional competency in forest management skills with an enhanced understanding of ecological sciences. Students interested in ...