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Ozark Ecology Course
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1.1 What Changes in Autumn?
1.1 Origin and Geology of the Ozark Plateau
1.2 The Ozark Plateau in Context
1.2 Major Subregions
1.3 Autumn Climate Patterns
1.3 Dominant Habitat Types
1.4 Major Habitat Types in Fall
1.4 How to Aspect Slope
1.5 Reading the Landscape
1.5 Introduction to the Spring Season
2.1 The Science of Color Change
2.1 Phenology
2.2 Tree-by-Tree Color Guide
2.2 Spring Ephemerals
2.3 Mast Production
2.3 Key Early Bloomers
2.4 Role of Leaf Litter, Soil Temperature, and Light Windows
2.4 The Mast Year Phenomenon
2.5 Citizen Science - Phenology Tracking
2.5 Leaf Litter Ecology
2.6 Forest Fungi in Autumn
3.1 Autumn Wildflowers of the Glades
3.1 DOMINANT OZARK TREES
3.2 - Seeds and Dispersal
3.2 SPRING FLOWER TREES & SHRUBS
3.3 Glade Grasses Going to Seed
3.3 Ozark Layered Forest
3.4 Late-Season Pollinators
3.4 Leaf Out Sequence
3.5 Microtopography and slope effects
3.5 Prescribed Burns in Autumn
4.1 Why Animals Migrate
4.1 - Ozark Amphibian Diversity
4.2 Hawk Migration
4.2 Spring Breeding Triggers
4.3 Call Identification
4.3 Songbird Migration
4.4 Waterfowl
4.4 Wetland Ecology
4.5 Monarch Butterfly Migration
4.5 Amphibian Conservation
4.6 Dragonfly Migration
4.7 Who Stays?
5.1 Autumn Hydrology
5.1 Resident Ozark Breeding Birds
5.2 Leaf Pack Ecology
5.2 Spring Migrants
5.3 Fish Behavior in Fall
5.3 Song and Territory Establishment
5.4 Salamanders in Autumn
5.4 Ozark Bird Habitats
5.5 Crayfish and Aquatic Invertebrates
5.5 Nest Types and Breeding Ecology
5.6 Stream Water Quality in Fall
6.1 Hyperphagia and Fat Storage
6.1 Native Bees
6.2 The Rut
6.2 Butterflies Emerging in Spring
6.3 Small Mammal Activity
6.3 Pollination Ecology
6.4 True Hibernators vs. Light Sleepers
6.4 Plant-Herbivore Relationships
6.5 Bats Preparing to Roost
6.5 Trophic Cascades
6.6 River Otters and Beaver
6.6 Ozark Spring Oak-Caterpillar-Warbler Food Web
7.1 Reptile Brumation
7.1 Karst Hydrology
7.2 Autumn Amphibian Activity
7.2 Stream ecology
7.3 Communal Snake Dens
7.3 Native Fish of the Ozarks
7.4 Woolly Bear Caterpillars and Fall Insects
7.4 Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Indicators of Water Quality
7.5 Spiders in Autumn
7.5 Riparian vegetation
7.6 Insect Overwintering Strategies
7.6 Spring Spawning Ecology of Ozark Fish
7.7 Threats to Ozark Streams
8.1 Autumn Threats to Ozark Ecology
8.1 Ozark Mammals Active in Spring
8.1 Ozark Mammals Active in Spring
8.2 Using Autumn to Fight Invasives
8.2 Spring Foraging & Territory Behavior
8.3 Hunting as Ecological Engagement
8.3 Canopy Closure Ecology
8.4 Indigenous Autumn Traditions
8.4 Ecological Synthesis
8.5 Protecting Ozark Biodiversity
8.5 Phenological Mismatch
8.6 Slowing Down in a Fast Season
8.6 Conservation and Stewardship
MODULE 1: THE OZARK LANDSCAPE
MODULE 2 - AWAKENING
Module 2: Fall Foliage & Forest Ecology
MODULE 3 - TREES & SHRUBS
Module 3: Glades & Open Landscapes in Fall
MODULE 4 - SPRING AMPHIBIANS
Module 4: Migration in the Ozarks
Module 5 - Ozark Streams & Aquatic Life in Fall
MODULE 5: BIRDS IN SPRING
MODULE 6 – POLLINATORS, INSECTS, ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS
Module 6: Mammals Preparing for Winter
MODULE 7 – STREAMS, SPRINGS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
Module 7: Reptiles, Amphibians & Invertebrates in Fall
MODULE 8 - MAMMALS, PREDATORS, FULL CANOPY
Module 8: Conservation, Stewardship & Autumn Sense of Place
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