Taxonomy of Vascular Plants. Detailed work in the principles of classification, rules of nomenclature, and literature of systematic botany. The plants of the Rocky Mountain region are used primarily as examples, but the course gives a comprehensive view of the characteristics and relationships of the principal families of vascular plants. Dual listed with 4680. Special Topics in Systematics.
Emphasis is placed on recent developments in the journal literature.
A course on the ecology of major vegetation types, with emphasis on patterns of vegetation distribution, vegetation-environment relationships, succession, the effect of fire and management decisions, and methods of vegetation analysis. Dual listed with 4700. Research in Ecology. Research in Physiological Ecology. Plant Physiological Ecology.