BIOEE 4660
Physiological Ecology of Animals
Detailed survey of how physiological processes help organisms meet the challenges of their environment. Lectures explore physiological adaptation, thermal biology, respiration and oxygen transport, resource acquisition and allocation, water use and limitation, energetics and nutrition, hormones, stress physiology, and developmental physiology. Readings draw from the primary literature and textbooks.
Topics
- Explain how key environmental factors, including temperature, water, and nutrient availability, affect physiological function in animals.
- Analyze physiological adaptation to function in different environmental conditions.
- Compare and evaluate physiological stress responses across environment al conditions.
- Evaluate physiological adaptations in relation to life history strategies.
- Evaluate and communicate findings from primary literature in physiological ecology through written and oral presentations6. Design, conduct, and present experiments that investigate questions in physiological ecology
Official roster learning outcomes
Prerequisites & course information
BIOEE 1610 or BIOG 1440 or BIOAP 3110 or permission of instructor.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027