BIOL 5465 - Plant Ecology Laboratory

One-hour lecture and two 3-hour laboratory sessions per week. A laboratory and field-experiences course emphasizing methodologies, quantitative skills/analyses, and report writing. Specific laboratory projects vary from year to year and focus on quantitative analyses of plant distributions, micro-climate, photosynthesis, water relations, plant chemistry, and stable isotopes. this course includes three mandatory weekend field trips (Saturday, west desert; Saturday Wasatch Mountains; Friday-Sunday, Rio Mesa in southern Utah). It is recommended that BIOL 3410 is completed prior to or concurrently with taking this course.