FOR 372: Ecological Monitoring and Data Analysis

Course Code: FOR 372

Course Description

Design of ecological monitoring systems and analysis of resulting ecological data sets. Monitoring system design, model specification and implementation, and computational considerations from both a design- and model-based perspective. Hands-on introduction to statistical software.

Course Objectives

Develop fundamental forestry data analysis skills using a contemporary and powerful programming language. Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

write code using R to perform a variety of data analysis tasks.
perform common data wrangling and exploratory data analysis task.
articulate differences between population-level and sample-level information.
detail steps and considerations involved in monitoring of forest ecosystems.
select appropriate sampling approaches given inventory objectives.
apply estimators for common forest inventory sampling designs to estimate population parameters of interest.
perform common data wrangling and exploratory data analysis.