Course Description: Functional responses and adaptations of individual species to their environment, emphasizing the physiological mechanisms that influence the interactions between organisms and the major environmental factors (e.g., solar radiation, energy balance, temperature, water and nutrients, climate), and how this affects the interactions among species and their growth and survival (e.g., competition, herbivory, and allelopathy). Interactive computer-based learning materials are used extensively.
Prerequisites
A course in general ecology (e.g., Ecology NR 321), general botany or plant physiology, or permission.
Recommended preparation
Review of plant physiology
Computer compatibility
The course learning materials are compatible only with computers that are 100% compatible with the Windows operating system and the browser, Internet Explorer. See Advisory.