In future classes a greater emphasis will be placed on analysis and modeling of spatial processes. Next scheduled for Winter 2002. QERM521 Scientific Method in Resource Management. Describes processes of scientific discovery and strategies used for problems in ecology and natural resources management. Relationships between growth and use of objective knowledge in natural resources management is explored through case studies.
Students develop a written research proposal.
Spatial distributions in communities, how they develop, and what the consequences are for ecological processes. The course gives an introduction to statistical modeling of spatial processes. This course is not scheduled in the near future - but a greater emphasis will be placed on spatial processes in QERM550 which will be taught in Winter 2002. In this seminar students in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management present the research problem they are engaged in. The seminar gives experience in presenting research in the seminar and small lecture format and enables students to hear about eachothers research.