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Honors Biology 116


Biology 116: Honors II

Biology H115-116 is a lecture, recitation and laboratory sequence in which interaction with research faculty and discussions are encouraged. The sequence deals with basic concepts and problems common to all forms of life, whether plant, animal, or microbe, with emphasis upon problem solving and experimental design. Biology H115 emphasizes molecular, cellular and developmental biology. Biology H116 continues comparative processes of organisms and progresses through ecological and evolutionary biology. There is a strong evolutionary theme throughout the two-quarter sequence.

Teaching in Autumn 2009Teaching in Summer 2009
Dr. Ralph Boerner

Dr. Ralph Boerner

My research interests focus on ecosystem and landscape level analyses of forested regions in the north and south temperate zones, with special emphasis on the impacts of atmospheric deposition, management, fire, and landscape structure on the interchanges of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus among soils, plants, animals, and microbes. Techniques of plant ecophysiology, soil chemistry and biochemistry, and community analysis are… more.

The course is not offered this quarter.