<p>Lecture, two and one half hours; laboratory, three hours; three field trips. Requisites: course 100, Life Sciences 1 or 7B. Study of ecosystems that have been degraded by overuse or unsustainable extraction of natural resources, foundation of restoration ecology including historical knowledge, reference sites, soil preparation, biodiversity, California natives, succession, disturbances, and best management practices when restoring landscape. Students learn to identify classic symptoms of unhealthy ecosystem and important metrics to determine if and when ecosystem is recovering. Students evaluate Stone Canyon Creek at UCLA. Students develop site and vegetation maps, conduct soil and water tests, and assess overall health of area. Students develop recommendations for restoration plan. Mandatory all-day field trips. Letter grading.</p>

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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College of Letters and Science

The department offers instruction at all levels of biology including regulatory and physiological processes, natural ecology and behavior of living organisms, and population and community dynamics of multiple species.

General Catalog

Ecological Restoration

EEBIOL136

6 units