Id: 042012 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

Many of our childhood biology lessons entail examples of plant-animal interactions, with macro-level examples that included bees pollinating flowers, squirrels burying acorns in the Fall and caterpillars eating holes in leaves. Yet there are many less obvious ways that plants and animals interact in our biosphere; this course will attempt to provide an overview of major themes in this field. We will delve into the evolutionary origins of how these relationships began and examine how these ecological interactions seem to sustain all biodiversity of Earth. By end of the course, students will be well versed in the technical jargon used in the field and will appreciate the importance of inter-species interactions between the animal and plant kingdom for evolutionary innovation and diversity.

Prerequisites

BIOL.2400 Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, and BIOL.2350 Genetics.

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