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Grassland Ecology
PLB 440
(3 semester hours)
Course description:
- A study of grassland structure and function
in relation to biotic and abiotic factors.
Prerequisites:
- Biology 307 Ecology, or equivalent.
Objectives:
- Obtain knowledge of grasses and grasslands
of the world.
- Be familiar with the current literature on
grassland ecology.
Information for Fall 2009 Semester:
- Lecture Schedule & Evaluation criteria:
pdf
file.
- Textbooks:
- Gibson, D.J. (2009). Grasses
and Grassland Ecology, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Required for lectures.
- Manning, R. (1995). Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics, and Promise of the American Prairie. Penguin Books, New York.
Required for class discussions.
- Labs: information.
- Morphology lab.
- Old Exams (good luck!)
Butterflies on Bromopsis erecta on Chalk grassland,
UK.
Related Grassland Links:
This page prepared by David J. Gibson; e-mail comments,
suggestions, corrections to dgibson@plant.siu.edu.
http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/plb440/index.html |