RNG 101 ORIENTATION TO CAREERS IN RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (1)
Orientation to the OSU Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management; and major fields of study in the profession of rangeland resources and related fields of natural resources. Learn about careers in natural resources, writing resumes, government employment, graduate school opportunities.
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RNG 253 WILDLAND PLANT IDENTIFICATION (4)
Students will learn how to identify approximately 100 plant species found in wildlands of North America and Mexico. Individual plant species ecology, basic plant anatomy and identification characteristics observable only through a microscope or dissecting scope, and how to use a dichotomous key for plant ID will also be covered.
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RNG 299 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 299H SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
PREREQS:
Honors College approval required.
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RNG 341 RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (3)
Nature and management of rangelands. Integrated land use with emphasis on plant-animal-soil interactions. Course can be repeated for credit.
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RNG 346 TOPICS IN WILDLAND FIRE (3)
An interdisciplinary survey of concepts relating to fire science, ecology, management, and policy. Includes case studies of several representative ecosystems, ranging from west- and eastside forests of the Pacific Northwest to shrub steppe ecosystems of the Intermountain West and chaparral ecosystems of southern California. Distance and campus-based delivery using videos, website, and discussion. CROSSLISTED as FOR 346, FW 346.
PREREQS:
Course work in forest biology or ecology (e.g. FOR 240, FOR 341) or equivalent.
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RNG 351 RANGE ECOLOGY I-GRASSLANDS (3)
Principles and terminology of grassland ecology. Addresses the spacial-temporal dynamics of structure, function, and process in North American grassland ecosystems. Water, nutrient cycles and energy pathways are explored in context of the variable driving forces of climate (drought), herbivory, and fire.
PREREQS:
BOT 313 and RNG 341
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RNG 352 RANGE ECOLOGY II-SHRUBLANDS (3)
Introduces the ecology of shrublands using an autecological approach. Explores the effects of stressors such as temperature, dought, fire, and herbivory on plant morphology, physiology, reproduction, and growth. Covers life histories of common shrubs and descriptions of shrubland communities used to promote understanding of autecological principles.
PREREQS:
BOT 313 and RNG 341
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RNG 355 DESERT WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (3)
Principles and methods in managing rangeland for optimum production and regulation of water yields, as well as maintaining soil stability and on-site productivity. Effects of grazing herbivores and their potential as land use, manipulative tools. Concepts of arid land hydrology, with emphasis on the resultant effects on runoff quantity and quality.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
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RNG 399 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 403 SENIOR THESIS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
PREREQS:
Departmental approval required.
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RNG 405 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 406 PROJECTS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 411 ADVANCED PLANT ID (2)
Advanced rangeland plant taxonomy.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
Departmental approval required.
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RNG 421 WILDLAND RESTORATION AND ECOLOGY (4)
Emphasis is placed on understanding the ecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems through the study of ecological processes responsible for ecosystem function. Range improvement practices for stabilizing and repairing degraded wildlands by directing autogenic recovery mechanisms are discussed. This involves manipulating plants, soil, animals and microenvironments for improved ecosystem function.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
Course work in soils and ecology. Field trip required.
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RNG 436 WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (4)
Principles and applications of fire as a natural resource management tool, the role of fire in conservation management, restoration, and preservation of ecosystems. Covers basic techniques and current research used to describe fire behavior and spread, fuels and fuel manipulation, and fire effects on the biota. Focus will be on fire as a natural process in ecosystem dynamics. Lec/lab. CROSSLISTED as FOR 436/FOR 536.
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RNG 441 RANGELAND ANALYSIS (4)
Techniques used to describe vegetation in shrub-lands, grasslands, and forests. Use of measurements in resource management. Course is field-oriented, emphasizing both theory and practice of wildland inventory methods.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
ST 351 or ST 351H
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RNG 442 RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS (4)
Domestic and wild animal use of rangelands as related to environmental factors, palatability, food habits, nutrition, physiography, and their effects on management of rangeland-animal resources.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
RNG 341
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RNG 446 WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY (3)
Coverage of fire histories and ecology of major forest, rangeland and wetland ecosystems. Includes fire interactions with physical and biotic components of ecosystems, role of fire in ecological processes, and utilization in natural resource management. CROSSLISTED as FOR 446/FOR 546 and FW 446/FW 546.
PREREQS:
Course work in ecology and natural resource management.
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RNG 450 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND ANALYSIS (3)
Course will introduce students to the principles and terminology of landscape ecology in a rangeland context. We will examine the pattern and distribution of elements across the landscape and seek relationships between element location and environmental parameters. Landscape dynamics through time will be quantified, analyzed, and mapped.
PREREQS:
RNG 341
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Or equivalent.
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RNG 455 RIPARIAN ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (3)
Study of the ecology of riparian vegetation, including successional processes in riparian zones, productivity, structure and diversity of riparian ecosystems. The class is focused on the terrestrial vegetation, soils and animals of riparian ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on the past abuse associated with riparian ecosystems, methods of rehabilitation, and theories of the proper use of riparian ecosystems under a multiple-use philosophy (i.e. fish, wildlife, livestock, aesthetics, recreation, and silviculture).
PREREQS:
RNG 355
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RNG 477 AGROFORESTRY (3)
Theory and worldwide practice of multiple-crop low input sustainable systems involving concurrent production of tree and agricultural products. Biological, economic, social, and political factors that underlie the application of agroforestry technology. (Bacc Core Course)
PREREQS:
Course in basic ecology, any ecology course.
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RNG 490 RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING (4)
Administration and management of rangelands; planning processes involving goal setting, inventories, personnel management, environment, conflict resolution, and other constraints necessary for decision-making. Use of data collected from field problems to support the execution of class plans. Field trip required. Lec/lab.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
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RNG 499 SPECIAL TOPICS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 501 RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 503 MASTER'S THESIS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 505 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 506 PROJECTS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 507 SEMINAR (1-2)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 521 WILDLAND RESTORATION AND ECOLOGY (4)
Emphasis is placed on understanding the ecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems through the study of ecological processes responsible for ecosystem function. Range improvement practices for stabilizing and repairing degraded wildlands by directing autogenic recovery mechanisms are discussed. This involves manipulating plants, soil, animals and microenvironments for improved ecosystem function.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
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RNG 536 WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (4)
Principles and applications of fire as a natural resource management tool, the role of fire in conservation management, restoration, and preservation of ecosystems. Covers basic techniques and current research used to describe fire behavior and spread, fuels and fuel manipulation, and fire effects on the biota. Focus will be on fire as a natural process in ecosystem dynamics. Lec/lab. CROSSLISTED as FOR 436/FOR 536.
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RNG 541 RANGELAND ANALYSIS (4)
Techniques used to describe vegetation in shrub-lands, grasslands, and forests. Use of measurements in resource management. Course is field-oriented, emphasizing both theory and practice of wildland inventory methods.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
ST 351
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RNG 542 RANGELAND-ANIMAL RELATIONS (4)
Domestic and wild animal use of rangelands as related to environmental factors, palatability, food habits, nutrition, physiography, and their effects on management of rangeland-animal resources.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
RNG 341
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RNG 546 WILDLAND FIRE ECOLOGY (3)
Coverage of fire histories and ecology of major forest, rangeland and wetland ecosystems. Includes fire interactions with physical and biotic components of ecosystems, role of fire in ecological processes, and utilization in natural resource management. CROSSLISTED as FOR 446/FOR 546 and FW 446/FW 546.
PREREQS:
Course work in ecology and natural resource management.
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RNG 550 LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND ANALYSIS (3)
Course will introduce students to the principles and terminology of landscape ecology in a rangeland context. We will examine the pattern and distribution of elements across the landscape and seek relationships between element location and environmental parameters. Landscape dynamics through time will be quantified, analyzed, and mapped.
PREREQS:
RNG 341 or equivalent
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RNG 555 RIPARIAN ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (3)
Study of the ecology of riparian vegetation, including successional processes in riparian zones, productivity, structure and diversity of riparian ecosystems. The class is focused on the terrestrial vegetation, soils and animals of riparian ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on the past abuse associated with riparian ecosystems, methods of rehabilitation, and theories of the proper use of riparian ecosystems under a multiple-use philosophy (i.e. fish, wildlife, livestock, aesthetics, recreation, and silviculture).
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
RNG 355
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RNG 563 FOUNDATIONS IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH (3)
Classical literature in the fields of plant and animal population and community ecology will serve as the foundation for developing questions regarding the design of research studies that address current issues in the general field of ecology and the environment, but also of particular relevance to the discipline of rangeland ecology.
PREREQS:
Completion of three or more units of upper-division ecology.
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RNG 577 AGROFORESTRY (3)
Theory and worldwide practice of multiple-crop low input sustainable systems involving concurrent production of tree and agricultural products. Biological, economic, social, and political factors that underlie the application of agroforestry technology.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
Course in basic ecology, any ecology course.
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RNG 590 RANGELAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING (4)
Administration and management of rangelands; planning processes involving goal setting, inventories, personnel management, environment, conflict resolution, and other constraints necessary for decision-making. Use of data collected from field problems to support the execution of class plans. Field trip required. Lec/lab.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
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RNG 601 RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 603 DOCTORAL THESIS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 605 READING AND CONFERENCE (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 606 PROJECTS (1-16)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 607 SEMINAR (1-2)
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 16 credits.
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RNG 608 WORKSHOP (1-16)
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RNG 643 WILDLAND PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY (4)
Emphasizes the physiological ecology of plants living in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Primary class emphasis will include photosynthesis, respiration, water stress and water use efficiency, stable isotopes, root structure and function, nutrient uptake and stress, and defoliation. Offered every other fall, even years.
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RNG 661 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES (3)
Planning and managing agricultural research projects, publishing research results, professional ethics, interactions of science, scientists, and society. Offered on alternate years.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
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RNG 662 RANGELAND ECOLOGY (3)
Studies ecological theory in rangeland and related resource management. Population ecology, succession and classification are discussed and evaluated. Offered every other fall, even years.
This course is repeatable for a maximum of 99 credits.
PREREQS:
RNG 663 is a prerequisite for Rangeland Ecology and Management students taking RNG 662.
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RNG 663 RANGELAND ECOLOGICAL THEORY (2)
Readings and discussions in the history and development of rangeland ecological theory. Plant demography, plant population dynamics, disturbance theory, succession, vegetation classification and range condition assessments are discussed.
PREREQS:
Course in basic ecology recommended. Instructor approval for non-major graduate students. RNG 663 is a prerequisite for Rangeland Ecology and Management students taking RNG 662.
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RNG 670 ECOLOGICAL INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT (2)
Logic of ecologically based invasive plant management. Ecological processes of invasion. Management of plant succession with emphasis on augmentive restoration. Adaptive management of weed invasions into natural ecosystems. Development of ecologically based management plans for natural ecosystems. Offered odd-numbered years only.
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