Term Paper in Ecology
PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA
A Term Paper
Presented to
Mrs. Stella G. Fernandez
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
in SciEduc 325 (Term Paper in Ecology)
By
Aragon, Femie
Cabaya, Charity Dave
Dago, Rose Anne
Dohino, Rodel
March 2013
PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA
Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife. The indigenous plant and wildlife of a geographical region is often referred to as that region’s flora and fauna. Both are collective terms, referring to groups of plant or wildlife specific to a region or a time period.
Flora is a word of Latin origin referring to Flora, the goddess of flowers. It can refer to a group of plants, a disquisition of a group of plants, as well as to bacteria. It is the root of the word floral, which means pertaining to flowers. Fauna can refer to the animal life or classification of animals of a certain region, time period, or environment. Fauna is also of Latin origin. In Roman Mythology Fauna was the sister of Faunus, a good spirit of the forest and plains.
FAUNA IN THE PHILIPPINES
INDIGENOUS SPECIES * Indigenous species on which lives naturally in many places in that country. It may or may not be found in other countries.
In biogeography, a species is defined as native (or indigenous) to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention. Every natural organism (as opposed to a domesticated organism) has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as native. An indigenous species is not necessarily endemic. In biology and ecology, endemic means exclusively native to the biota of a specific place. An indigenous species may occur in areas other than the one under consideration.
ENDEMIC SPECIES * Endemic species one which is found in that country only and nowhere else. An ‘Endemic Species’ is
A Term Paper
Presented to
Mrs. Stella G. Fernandez
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
in SciEduc 325 (Term Paper in Ecology)
By
Aragon, Femie
Cabaya, Charity Dave
Dago, Rose Anne
Dohino, Rodel
March 2013
PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE FLORA AND FAUNA
Flora and Fauna refer to plant and wildlife. The indigenous plant and wildlife of a geographical region is often referred to as that region’s flora and fauna. Both are collective terms, referring to groups of plant or wildlife specific to a region or a time period.
Flora is a word of Latin origin referring to Flora, the goddess of flowers. It can refer to a group of plants, a disquisition of a group of plants, as well as to bacteria. It is the root of the word floral, which means pertaining to flowers. Fauna can refer to the animal life or classification of animals of a certain region, time period, or environment. Fauna is also of Latin origin. In Roman Mythology Fauna was the sister of Faunus, a good spirit of the forest and plains.
FAUNA IN THE PHILIPPINES
INDIGENOUS SPECIES * Indigenous species on which lives naturally in many places in that country. It may or may not be found in other countries.
In biogeography, a species is defined as native (or indigenous) to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention. Every natural organism (as opposed to a domesticated organism) has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as native. An indigenous species is not necessarily endemic. In biology and ecology, endemic means exclusively native to the biota of a specific place. An indigenous species may occur in areas other than the one under consideration.
ENDEMIC SPECIES * Endemic species one which is found in that country only and nowhere else. An ‘Endemic Species’ is