BIO-343 Ecological Physiology

Students will learn how evolution has shaped physiological adaptations of vertebrates to the environment. Topics may include adaptations that regulate and integrate water and energy balance, immune defenses adaptations that help organisms deal with disease challenges, and endocrine adaptations that help organisms deal with changes in their environment and that coordinate life-cycle events. Adaptations will be discussed within a comparative and integrative framework. Students will learn techniques to ask ecological physiology questions.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

100, or 101, or 102, or 115, or consent of instructor.

Offered

Spring