An upper division lecture course in plant ecology, spanning from ecophysiology and mechanisms of adaptation to climate, biome distributions, and the response of plants and communities to the many global changes that are occurring today

​This course is designed to provide students with a rigorous introduction to ecophysiology and adaptation, while at the same time introducing them to both the changes affecting plants today and to the ways in which this basic knowledge is applied to meet societal needs. Adaptation, evolution, plants as integrated systems, climate change, and sustainability, are key concepts melded into lectures throughout the course.

Jim Ehleringer,    University of Utah,
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Lecture topic areas

• Biomes and Climates of the World  (The world as we see it, 7 lectures)
• Plant Adaptation  (Environment and resource capture, 9 lectures)
• Resource Utilization  (Integrating plant characteristics to enhance performance, 6 lectures)
• Plant Responses to a Changing World  (Sustainability or changes, 6 lectures)
• Engineering Plant Communities  (What we design as plant communities, 4 lectures)