Course Overview
Introduces common insects and diseases of importance to the forests in British Columbia. Includes recognition of the organisms themselves, as well as the symptoms they produce in forested stands. The significance of life cycles in terms of sampling practices is also addressed. This course emphasizes the recognition of signs and symptoms of the most important bark beetles, weevils, defoliators, decay causing fungi, rust fungi, and other organisms that influence forest health. A portion of the course includes recognizing abiotic agents that cause tree damage and distinguishing that damage from biotic damage.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Use and understand correct commonly used technical terminology when referring to insect and disease conditions.
- Recognize the signs (including reproductive stages) and symptoms of important fungal diseases associated with forests in BC.
- Identify a few of the more important insects most likely to be responsible for specific signs or symptoms of observed forest damage.
- Describe the basic characteristics of the classification system used for insects and fungi.
- Describe the impact of both biotic and abiotic factors on various portions of the tree at the cellular level.
- Describe the general effects heterotrophs have on the functioning of forest ecosystems.
- Identify danger tree defects as per the Wildlife Danger Tree Assessment.
Effective as of Winter 2009
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