ENVS435

042292

This course centers on developing an understanding of the relationships and interactions of plant species within ecosystems, and the mechanisms involved in plant responses to changing environmental and anthropogenic conditions. If any environmental factor is less than optimal, it will affect natural populations and thus biodiversity, evolutionary trajectories, and ecosystem services to humankind. Due to their sessile nature and slow migration rates, plants have evolved various astonishing strategies to cope with external biotic, abiotic, and anthropogenic perturbations. This 3-credit course addresses the crucial aspects of plant adaptations to multiple environmental pressures over both short and long timescales. We will place a particular focus on the multifaceted mechanisms involved in Genotype-Phenotype-Environment interactions in view of plant responses to a changing world, and how engineering of plant communities can help maintain and restore ecosystem services.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

018782

ENVS535