Geography 433/533 Fire and Natural Disturbances - Fall, 2019 Lecture: Tuesdays & Thursdays; 10:00-10:50, in 106 Condon Instructor: Daniel Gavin (dgavin@uoregon.edu) Office: 110 Condon Hall; Phone: 346-5787 Office Hours: 2:00-3:30 on Thursdays or by appointment in 110 Condon Field trips:
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| Week | Date | Topic (Lecture slides will be posted on Canvas) |
Readings. S=Scott et al. Fire on Earth: an Introduction
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| 1 | Oct. 1 | Overview of course, overview of disturbance ecology, basics of fire. |
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| Oct. 3 | Discussion of news articles and film. |
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Project tasks: Skim readings ahead in the Scott Book, use experience thus far (including readings and video from week 1) to brainstorm final project topic. List some potential topics. Also: Field Trip report due Oct 8th. | |||
| 2 | Oct. 8 |
Overview of fire types and fire as an ecosystem process. |
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| Oct. 10 | Fire behavior Fire weather measurement. |
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Project tasks: Find two relevant papers for your topic. List their citation and reasons why they are useful. For GEOG 433: Prof. Gavin's Thursday office-hour-and-a-half session: Research skills: Persistent exploration of sources. | |||
| 3 | Oct. 15 | Plants and fire |
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| Oct. 17 |
Fire and fauna Remote sensing of fire |
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Final project tasks: Develop research paper/case-study objective statement and outline of paper sections. For GEOG 533: Prof. Gavin's Thursday office-hour-and-a-half session: Research skills: Searching the scientific literature. | |||
| 4 | Oct. 22 |
East-side fire (Ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and subalpine forests) Fire/climate in the PNW; tree-ring studies |
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| Oct. 24 |
West-side fire (Douglas-fir forests) |
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| October 25: Field trip to Mt Pisgah, 12:00 to 3:30. Leave from Onyx Bridge Parking lot on Franklin Blvd. | |||
| Final project tasks: Have at least five references for your paper; three of which are primary literature. Paper outline should fill at least one-half a page. | |||
| 5 | Oct 29 |
Earth history of fire |
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| Oct 31 |
Fire in the geologic record; Quaternary paleoecology of fire. |
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| Final paper tasks: Nothing to turn in...continue as in week 4. | |||
| 6 | Nov 5 | Pyrogeography and fire and anthropogenic environmental change |
| Nov 7 | Fire history statistics |
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| Assignment due: NEO MODIS transect; pyrogeography hypothesis exploration. (See Canvas Assignment) | |||
| 7 | Nov 12 | Landscape equilibrium concepts |
| Nov 14 |
Fire in tropical perhumid forests;Fire in the "sagebrush sea" and desert SW |
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| Before Sunday night: Submit research paper/case study for peer review | |||
| 8 | Nov. 19 | Open discussion and review. Forest insects: bark beetles and defoliators |
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| Nov 21 |
Exam | ||
| Peer review complete, respond to peer review, continue to work on papers | |||
| 9 | Nov. 26 | Wind disturbance |
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| Nov. 28 |
No Class: Thanksgiving |
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| Continue working on article, prepare mini-posters. | |||
| 10 | Dec. 3 |
Projected climate change, the future of natural disturbances in the western US, the boreal, and the tropics. |
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| Dec. 5 | Mini-poster presentations. | ||
| 11 | Dec 10 | Final article due | |