Jenny- Love it that you're not afraid to get down and dirty, as that's a part of what we in the field would say Forest Ecology involves. But be patient, there are forum members that have spent years preparing to become forest ecologists...it's a deep subject, and a week long forest ecology class would have to be 'broad-brushed'. Hopefully the class doesn't ruin you for more! -Don
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:49:54 -0700 > Subject: [ENTS] What should a forest ecology class include?! > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > ENTS, > > Okay, I'm really irritated after 3 days of talking 90% of the time > about soil and drainage in this Forest Ecology workshop. I KNOW this > is important, but what about everything else??? > > We don't don't about mice or voles or birds or deer or moose, or > insects, or even the bacteria or micro organisms that break down the > organic matter. Very superficial coverage of species interaction. > There was an incomprehensible hour talking about calculating biomass > with a prism. And THEN, to top it all off, one guy in the class said > "gross! that's so dirty!" when I picked up a gull feather, and someone > else chimed in "birds are so dirty". I told them they had no idea what > they were talking about. > > And there are 2 more days....I have to go eat dinner with these people > now. AAAAH! > > Jenny > > _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
