- General outline of modeling scenario and flow diagram
- Key references
- Syllabus
- Potential Areas of Investigation (educational exercise write-up)
- Weather vs microclimatic variability
- Soil effects on microclimate
- Slope/aspect effects on microclimate
- Elevation effects on microclimate
- Plant materials differences and identification of germination/emergence syndromes
- Planting date effects on germination
- Planting date effects and post-germination mortality
- Seasonal soil water availability with depth – Resistance and Resilience
- State and Transition Models (STMs) and transition probabilities
- Site variability and adaptive management
- Site variability and consequences for Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR) planning
- Site variability and NEPA restoration planning
- Bet-hedging strategies for successful germination and emergence
- Evaluation of historical planting success
- Sensitivity of microclimatic model to various atmospheric and soil inputs and parameters