http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/dees/W4550
In this course we will learn about the physiological mechanisms plants use to
respond to their environment. First we will consider the fact that at the global
scale plants live in a wide variety of environments and must survive these environments
without the ability to simply move away from them. Second we will examine the
basic environmental physiology of carbon, water and nutrient exchange between
plants and their environment. And finally we will try to integrate these physiological
processes and gain an understanding of plant form and function (growth) in a
changing global environmental setting. We will focus on leaf and whole plant
observations but will inevitably work at much higher and much lower spatial
scales and since scaling is an important part of Plant Physiological Ecology
a special emphasis will be put on this processes. Throughout an evolutionary
framework will be used to in an effort to relate plant form and function to
environmental conditions.
Field Trip: Friday - Sunday, October 25-27
Kevin Griffin: your professor in a 60 foot lift in
Black Rock Forest
Natalie Boelman: your TA at Toolik Lake Alaska on JULY 4th !!! To contact Natalie: send email to nboelman@LDEO.columbia.edu or call 845 365-8539. Official office hours will be kept on Thursdays from 12:00 till 1:00 in the DEES student lounge.
The Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological
Society of America
The Earth System (V2100, V2200, V2300)
send comments and
questions to :
griff@ldeo.columbia.edu
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LDEO |
Dept. of Earth and Envir. Sci. |
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