Plant Ecophysiology and Diversity

Harvard FAS

This lecture, discussion and laboratory course considers how plants function in an ecological context. The goal is to examine from a theoretical perspective, as well as through hands-on experience, the major plant physiological processes (photosynthesis, respiration, growth, water uptake and transport, and nutrient uptake and assimilation), how these differ among plants with different growth forms and from different habitats, and how they are influenced by environmental variation, symbioses…