1. Vegetation Ecology Botany 4700/5700 Dr. Elise Pendall TA: Colin Tucker

2. Course Goals Develop an appreciation for vegetation –Intrinsic value, wildlife habitat Help you learn skills to measure and analyze vegetation Provide a forum for scientific discussion of recent research –Management issues, climate change… –Bring up other topics of interest!

3. What is ecology?

4. Describe the scientific method

6. Go over logistics, syllabus, grading, etc. Course web page: http://www.uwyo.edu/vegecology/ Grading sheet (handout) also linked in case you lose the sheet

7. Announcements First Lab Sept 1. Meet in AV 316 at 12:30! –Bring Notebook Field trips start Sept. 8! Meet at bus stop at Lewis/14 th, across from car pool. We will leave at 12:30 sharp. –Bring notebook, jacket, water and snacks –Be prepared to ask questions! –Do the reading! We need volunteer drivers

8. Scenery Slides For the next 11 slides, please write down your brief impression of the scene.