PHYSIOLOGICAL PLANT ECOLOGY

BOTANY 802

Course Description

Gas exchange at the individual plant and community level, energy balance and water relations, nutrient cycling, biomechanical adaptations; growth analysis; adaptations to sun and shade, primary productivity models, physiological ecology of selected plant communities (arctic/alpine, boreal, chaparral, desert, tropical, aquatic).

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.92

0.15% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

91.67%

-4.94% from Historical

Class Size

28.57% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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