Bruce McCune teaches the following courses at Oregon State University:
BI 570/670, Community Structure and Analysis (4 cr). Offered winter term (January to mid March) every year. Quantitative methods for the analysis of biotic communities, including community concepts, estimation of community composition parameters, theoretical aspects of multivariate methods of analyzing species importance data, and overview of multivariate tools; hands-on computer analysis of data sets. Prerequisites: a course in ecology; ST 412/ST 512 or equivalent; calculus. 3, 1-hr lectures/week; 1, 3-hr lab/week. See PDF of syllabus. [Download course packet. Download lab data sets. NOTE: these downloads are disabled except when applicable while the course is being taught]
Enrolled students: our lab will meet on the first day of classes. The lab activity is in a pdf file available for download as part of the packet of materials for this class. Please visit the Blackboard site for this class for the class packet, syllabus, and other announcements. You must be registered for the class to access the Blackboard site for this class.
BOT 465/565, Lichenology (4 cr). Offered spring term (April to early June) odd-numbered years. Biology of lichens; includes structure, life histories, classification, and ecology. Prerequisites: a year of introductory biology and two terms of botany or consent of instructor. Field trip fee. 2, 1-hr lectures/week (Tues, Thurs @ 12:00); 1, 3-hr lab/week (Tues 1:00-3:50), plus out-of-class time required for projects.
Enrolled students: We will be going into the field on the first Tuesday of classes, so please come prepared for the weather. The lab activity is in a pdf file available for download as part of the packet of materials for this class. Please visit the Blackboard site for this class for the class packet, syllabus, and other announcements. You must be registered for the class to access the Blackboard site for this class.
BOT 466/566, Bryology (4 cr). Offered spring term (April to early June) even-numbered years. Biology of bryophytes; includes structure, life histories, classification, and ecology. Prerequisites: a year of introductory biology and two terms of botany or consent of instructor. Field trip fee. 2, 1-hr lectures/week (Tues, Thurs @ 12:00); 1, 3-hr lab/week (Tues 1:00-3:50), plus out-of-class time required for projects.
Enrolled students: We will be going into the field on the first Tuesday of classes, so please come prepared for the weather. The lab activity is in a pdf file available for download as part of the packet of materials for this class. Please visit the Blackboard site for this class for the class packet, syllabus, and other announcements. You must be registered for the class to access the Blackboard site for this class.
Example products from bryology and lichenology classes:
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BOT 507, Seminar, Lichen and Bryophyte Research (1 cr). Offered every term, this course is a forum for discussing proposed and ongoing research, recent publications, and for organizing group projects. Participants are graduate students, faculty, research associates, and other colleagues interested in lichens and bryophytes. 1, 1-hr meeting/week, time and place to be arranged; organizational meeting normally at noon on the first day of classes of each term.
BOT 508, Microlichens Workshop (2 cr, offered at irregular intervals). Structure and identification of microlichens, including crustose and squamulose species. Study collections from a wide range of substrates (conifer bark, hardwood bark, rock, soil, moss, and rotting wood) and from across the phylogenetic tree. Obtain depth in one genus or a section of a genus, including taxonomy, biogeography, secondary chemistry, and relate your results to the class. Expectation is for 25 hours in lab/class, 35 hours out of class. Bring personal collections for study. Last offered in 2003. To be offered in Winter 2007. Can be taken for graduate credit or on a fee-for-service basis. Click here for more information.