This course examines how the physiology of plants and animals fashions their functional capacities under varying environmental conditions. Emphasis is placed on the integration of perspectives from chemistry, physics, and ecology in order to elucidate concepts and principles common to both plant and animal systems. Major topics to be covered: energy capture and conversion, nutrient acquisition and assimilation, water relations, temperature stress, and resource allocation. Laboratories emphasize experimental approaches to quantifying physiological responses to changing environments in plants and animals. Evaluations are based on laboratory reports, oral presentations, exams, and one paper. Intermediate/Advanced. Prerequisites: Biology I and II; Chemistry I; Morphology and Diversity of Plants or Functional Vertebrate Anatomy. Class size limited to 20. *ES*