The study of the physical, chemical and biological processes that determine the distribution and abundance of plants and animals. Energy flow through food webs, adaptation of species, population dynamics, species interactions, nutrient cycling, and ecological succession. Laboratory includes fieldwork. S.L. Cooper Laboratory included. An introductory study of plant diversity, form, and function.
Lectures focus on classification, structure, reproduction, development, and physiology in plants.
Students will examine plants both in the laboratory and in the field, using the Pennypack Creek Watershed as a learning environment. S.L. Cooper Laboratory included. An introduction to the morphology, physiology, genetics, and ecology of bacteria and fungi, as well as the structure and replication of viruses. A general relational system is presented, with emphasis on those organisms involved in the natural history of human disease. The laboratory stresses aseptic technique, microscopic methods, and bacteriological identification.