apple.gif (35796 bytes)    Field Laboratory Schedule (Fall 2000)

 
Date Place
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) September 7,8 Landscapes of Home Place: Glacial deposits; physiography; soil profiles; sampling methods.
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 14,15 Radrick Forest: Dry-mesic and mesic oak forest ecosystems.
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 21,22 Haven Hill:  Oak-hickory ecosystems; mesic beech-sugar maple ecosystems; wet-mesic sites.  Lots of sand, clay, and muck!
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) September / October
 		 29-30, 1 Northern Forest Trip.  University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) on Douglas Lake, near Pellston, Michigan -- many different ecosystems.  Also landscape ecology and occurrence of the Kirtland's Warbler at the Mack Lake Burn, sand plain jack pine ecosystems, and old-growth Hartwick Pines.  Too Much!!
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 5,6 Forest regeneration; reproductive and establishment biology and ecology; oak regeneration.  Stinchfield Woods.
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 12,13 River floodplain ecosystems along the Huron River -- by canoe.   Forest Ecology Armada!
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 19-22 Smoky Mountains Trip.  Forest ecosystems of the Southern Appalachian Mountains-- Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Townsend, Tennessee.  Awesome!
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 26-27 Deciduous swamp ecosystems: North lake Swamp.  Wet --- Rubber boots needed!  
Required team assignment.  Allow time for weekend work. 
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) November 2-3 Ecosystems of Mystery I.  Field Examination.
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 9-10 Ecosystems of Mystery II:  Identifying and mapping ecosystem types in the field. Required team assignment.  Allow time for weekend team work.
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 16-17 Lake plain ecosystems:  Sand beach ridges and clay lake plain; old Lake Erie plain. Cold!
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) 23-26 ----------THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY---------
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) November, December 30, 1 Speciation and Hybridization;  Silviculture: (1) Scots pine and larch provenace tests, (2) silviculture of artificially and naturally regenerated stands.  
answer_good.gif (139 bytes) December 7,8 Genecology, polyploidy, general review, and Stan Rowe video.
 
Field Work: Many students find it useful to bring a small bottle of water for soil testing, a pocket knife, a towel, and a compass.  We suggest using a soft pencil (#1) for field notes.   We are typically in the field 4 hrs. at a stretch and many students like to bring something to snack on and drink, preferably water.

Vans leave at 1:10 PM sharp.

We go out in any weather so dress appropriately!