Objectives and Texts
The world is changing and so is the distribution of vegetation. Plants, plant communities, and ecosystems impact our lives in many ways. The objectives of this lecture course are (a) to introduce you to basic concepts in ecology and plant distribution, (b) to teach you the basic mechanisms of plant adpatation to contrasting environmental conditions, and (c) to familiarize you with how humans impact vegetation at the landscape and regional scales. These objectives will be accomplished through lectures, discussions, reading assignments, slide presentations, and collaborative research assignments.
Your assignments require that you are familiar with computer programs for data analysis, word processing, and graphics preparation. You can access all of the course information and your status in the class through our home page. Our objective here is to ensure that you are very familiar with how to package, present, store, and transfer information in this electronic age.
Lambers et al (Required) 
and Bailey (Recommended) 