BIOEE 4660

Physiological Ecology, Lectures

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.

Detailed survey of the physiological approaches used to understand the relationships between organisms (plants and animals) and their environment. Lectures explore physiological adaptation; limiting factors; resource acquisition and allocation; photosynthesis, carbon, and energy balance; water use and water relations; nutrient relations; linking physiology, development, and morphology; stress physiology; life history and physiology; the evolution of physiological performance; and physiology at the population, community, and ecosystem levels. Readings draw from the primary literature and textbooks.

When Offered Spring.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOEE 1610, BIOG 1440, BIOAP 3110 or permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (BIO-AS, PBS-AS)

• Describe the ecological context and measurement of photosynthesis.
• Interpret the relevance and controls over respiration in both plants and animals.
• Recognize thermal adaptation in both plants and animals.
• Identify water status in plants and animals.
• Analyze water status data from the field within an ecological context.
• Independently plan physiological ecological experiments.
• Lucidly present their research findings.
• Translate the methods and ideas covered in class to field and glasshouse experimental exercises.
• Statistically analyze their data.
• Structure and write scientific reports.

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