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Nov 24, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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BIO 5202 - Organismal Ecology (4) When Offered: Spring, Alternate years The study of the relationships among individual organisms and the biotic and abiotic environments. Structure/function relationships will be emphasized throughout the course. Topics to be covered include: energy budgets; gas exchange by plants and animals; resource acquisition; water relations; and morphological, physiological and behavioral adaptations to environmental selection pressures. Lab will cover techniques of measuring gas exchange in both animals and plants; nutrient uptake; water relations; foraging efficiencies and physiological optima; and techniques in microclimate measurement. Prerequisites: BIO 3302 (Ecology) and either BIO 3301 (Human Systems Physiology) or BIO 5555 . Lecture three hours, laboratory three hours.
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