BOT 5395 - Symbiosis of Forest Ecosystems

Credits: 3
Max Credit 3

This course focuses on symbioses central to understanding forest ecosystems including mycorrhizae, lichens, nitrogen fixing bacteria, fungal endophytes, fungal pathogens, wood decomposers, and fungus/insect interactions. It also explores evolutionary origins and conditions required for establishment and maintenance of associations, and processes leading to and repercussions from abandonment of symbiosis.

Prerequisite: LIFE 2022 or LIFE 2023, and LIFE 3400.
Dual Listed BOT 4395.