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Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM)
NREM 5693 Principles of Forage Quality and Evaluation to Ruminate Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Chemical characteristics of forage components and the laboratory procedures used to evaluate forages for grazing livestock. Interactions with ruminant physiology and digestion that influence forage feeding value. Students should have a strong background in the basic principles of chemistry, ruminant nutrition, and plant physiology. Course available online only through distance education. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5713 Grassland Fire Ecology Description: Ecological effects of fire on grassland ecosystems. Examination of the history of fire, societal use of fire, fire behavior in relation to fuel and weather, and conducting and safety of prescribed burns. Course available online only through distance education. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
NREM 6000 Doctoral Dissertation Description: Independent research planned, conducted and reported in consultation with major professor. Previously offered as RLEM 6000. Offered for variable credit, 1-15 credit hours, maximum of 45 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-15 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 6010 Advanced Topics and Conference Prerequisites: MS degree. Description: Supervised study of advanced topics. A reading and conference course designed to acquaint the advanced student with fields not covered in other courses. Previously offered as RLEM 6010. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5723 Ecol Fire Dependent Ecosystems Prerequisites: Any ecology course.
Description: Role of fire and the interactions with land use, weather, and climate change in fire-dependent ecosystems. Responses of species composition, diversity, annual net primary productivity, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem management in diverse ecosystems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5783 Prescribed Fire Description: When to use prescribed fire and how to use prescribed fire to accomplish specific land management objectives. Writing prescribed fire plans, policy and laws, weather, equipment, conducting burns, and post- burn mop-up. Field trips required. Previously offered as RLEM 5983. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5793 Advanced Prescribed Fire Prerequisites: NREM 4783 or consent of instructor. Description: Preparing fire plans and executing prescribed fires as the fireboss. No credit for both NREM 4793 and NREM 5793. Previously offered as RLEM 5993. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
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