BZ2410 - Adaptations to the Environment
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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Provides a basic overview of the interactions between organisms and their physical environment; examples of ecophysiology of selected organisms; interrelationship between physiological functions and ecology and distribution of plants and animals.Major topics: physiology of growth, reproduction and storage; adaptations to special environments; water requirements and water conservation; physiology of temperature regulation in conditions of heat and cold; responses to nutrient supply and light availability.
Learning Outcomes
- to appreciate the important environmental parameters that influence organisms;
- to appreciate the major adaptive responses of organisms to different environments;
- to introduce students to mechanisms and processes used by organisms to tolerate and optimise constraints imposed by the physical environment.
| Prerequisites: | BZ1001 (BT1001 or ZL1003) (CH1001 or CH1011 or BM1000) or permission of HoS |
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| Census Date 08-Sep-2006 | |
| Coord/Lect: | btpjf. |
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| Assessment: | (60%); (40%). |
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