RESTORATION ECOLOGY, ESRM 473

Autumn 2009

INSTRUCTOR: KERN EWING, Merrill Hall Room 31, CUH, 543-4426, kern@u.washington.edu

FIELD ASSISTANT: IAN BELL, iamianbell@gmail.com  

REFERENCES: 

North American Terrestrial Vegetation, by Barbour and Billings, Cambridge University Press 1988.

Terrestrial Plant Ecology, by Barbour, Burk and Pitts (in many editions)

Landscape Restoration Handbook, 2nd. Ed. Harker et. al.

 

 

 

SYLLABUS

(Note Saturday Field Activities)

 

Reference

Outline

Sep 30

 

1. Introduction

2.North American ecosystems and tools for their restoration

USFS1

USFS2

Outline

Oct 2

 

Restoration of North American ecosystems (continued)

 

Terrestrial Vegetation

Walter Klimadiagramme

 

 

Oct 5

 

 

 

Pro's and Con's of doing restoration in different ecosystem types; characteristics that make each system unique

UC Davis

Linhart

Lande

Knapp

Lacy

Maser

Reinartz

Sprugel

 Oct 7

 

Genetics of restoration

IPM

TNC

Outline

Oct 9

 

Invasive Species: Their nature and control in restoration projects

Short quiz

Stevens

Outline

Oct 10

Saturday morning field trip to look at shorebird restoration site in Union Bay Natural Area.  Meet at Center for Urban Horticulture at 10:00 AM (at new kiosk on Wahkiakum Lane)

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Oct 12

Presentation on shorebird habitat restoration

Oct 14

 Invasive species, continued    

Oct 16

 

Plant selection

 

 

 

 

 

Short quiz

Hartman

USDA

WSU

4th Corner

Sound

Nurseries

WNPS Nurseries

Native Nurseries

Outline

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Oct 19

 

Plant selection, continued    

Oct 21

 

Group work on field project

 

 

Oct 23

 

Prairies and Grasslands

No quiz

 

Outline

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Oct 26

 

Prairies and Grasslands, continued    

Oct 28

 

 Oak woodland

 

 

USFS

SilvicsNA

Outline

Oct 30

Freshwater wetlands

Short quiz

   

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Nov 2

Freshwater wetlands, continued

Stevens1

Stevens2

Cowardin

Outline

Nov 4

Coastal wetlands

 

Campbell R.

Outline

Nov 6

 

Coastal wetlands, continued

Short quiz

 

 

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Nov 9

 

Arctic  

Outline

Case Histories

Nov 11

HOLIDAY

Nov 13

Alpine / High elevation sites

 

Outline

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Nov 16

Arid lands

 

 

 

Outline

Nov 18

 

Eelgrass restoration (lecture by Michael Hannam)

Nov 20

 

Thornscrub

 

 

 

Short quiz

Ewing and Best, 2004

Sonoran tropical deciduous forest

Sonoran thornscrub

Desert photo gallery

Outline

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Nov 23

 

Thornscrub, continued    

Nov 25

 

Riparian restoration

 

Klamath

Overview

Outline

Nov 27

HOLIDAY

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Nov 30

 

Tropical moist forest

 

 

Outline

Dec 2

 

Restoring for old growth characteristics

Massachusetts

Southeast

Pacific Northwest

Southwest

Outline

Dec 4

Freshwater tidal systems

 

Short quiz

Outline

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Dec 7

 Presentaton of shorebird habitat restoration  

Dec 9

Presentation of shorebird habitat restoration

 

 

Dec 11

Review for  Final Exam  

   

Dec 15

Final Exam  

8:30-10:20 a.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009