Plant Ecology in a Changing World
Syllabus
Topics
Biomes and Climates in a Changing World
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Adaptation, biodiversity, and environment
Climate constrains plant distributions
Biome and climate relationships
Deserts
Grassland, savanna, and shrub biomes
Forest biomes
Alpine and tundra biomes
Plant adaptation
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Plant microclimate 1
Plant microclimate
Leaf energy budgets
Principles of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis responses to light and temperature
Water movement through the soil-plant continuum
Environmental stresses limit resource capture and use
Nutrients in the environment
Resource Allocation Changes with Environment
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Architecture and canopy processes
Plant phenology and resource allocation enhance performance
Leaf economic spectrum
Life history and reproduction
Defense against herbivory
Plant competition
Plant Responses to a Changing World
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Global changes occurring today
Invasive species
Atmospheric CO2 impacts plant
C3/C4 photosynthesis and climate
Climate change and the global carbon cycle
Climate warming and its impacts
Engineering Plant Communities
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Remember Utah's past and envision Utah
Restoration ecology
Utah urban ecology
Green infrastructure
Assignments
Campus as a Living Lab
Plant ecology policy
Campus walks
Lab
Biomes
Defense against herbivory
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