BIOL 448 - General Ecology

Credits: 4 hours
Relationships of organisms to their environment. Topics will include the relationships of the physical environment, including climate, to animal and plant distribution; energy relationships; the niche concept; physiological ecology; community and population structure; succession; interactions of populations and maintenance of population size; and biogeography.
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 113, BIOL 114, BIOL 133, BIOL 134, BIOL 246, MATH 132 or higher. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week
Offered: fall semester