1. The tree‚ as the central form‚ represents the forests of this Earth in all their variety and diversity: ranging from boreal coniferous forests to deciduous forests in temperate zones and from the dry savannah forests of the subtropics to the impenetrable jungle of tropical rain forests. 2. The tree trunk supports the rest of the logo – emphasizing that trees are the distinguishing feature of the forest ecosystem and are the basis for many of the pivotal functions that forests fulfill. Indeed
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Life History of Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Panthera onca (Linnaeus‚ 1758) Kala Rene John BIO 1301 Biology of Animals Laboratory Fall 2013 Professor Jerry L. Farris Arkansas State University General Appearance Panthera onca is the largest feline in the New World (Seymour 1989). The felid is closely related to the leopard (Panthera pardus) in most senses but differs in many areas such as size. P. onca has a larger average body size‚ approximately 1.12 m to 1
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Introduction India is called a tourist’s paradise where not only the natural beauty but also glorious historical places‚ monuments are existing. The splendor of Taj Mahal‚ ancient architectural beauty of Ajanta‚ Ellora caves‚ the temples of Tamilnadu‚ the fort places of Rajasthan‚ the flora and fauna of Kanyakumari‚ the Puri temple of ‚ the hill stations of Ooty‚ Darjeeling‚ Kodaikanal‚ Shimla‚ Manali‚ the show mountains of Himalayas‚ all are such attraction for the tourists‚ rarely found in other
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Human effects and involvement on endangered and extinct species Tiffany Tierson Abstract This paper was constructed to give an overview of the vast majority of species that are disappearing and have disappeared from the earth. With informative knowledge and accurate numbers the reader was introduced to the different ways that animals are becoming extinct‚ deforestation‚ overpopulation‚ economic prosperity‚ population growth‚ urban environment‚ global perspective and science and ethics. Each
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GE6351 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING UNIT I ENVIRONMENT‚ ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION: It is defined as the sum total of water‚ air‚ and the inter-relationship that exists among them and with the human beings‚ other living organisms and materials. SCOPE: As a subject it has a wide scope. It encompasses a large number of areas and aspects‚ which may be summarized as follows 1. Natural resources 2. Ecology and biodiversity 3. Environmental pollution and control 4. Social
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How Do People Live In The Desert? Submitted by: Justyne Gibson Social Studies Fair Project Mrs. Horne – 6th Grade November 9‚ 2011 Verification Page Written By: Justyne Gibson Typed By: Shea Gibson Social Studies Fair Project Mrs. Horne – 6th Grade November 9‚ 2011 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to prove that people can live in the desert. I chose this topic because it was interesting. Methodology Step 1: I chose a topic Step 2: I did lots & lots of
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endemic.[6][7] India’s forest cover ranges from the tropical rainforest of the Andaman Islands‚ Western Ghats‚ and Northeast India to the coniferous forest of the Himalaya. Between these extremes lie the sal-dominated moist deciduous forest of eastern India; teak-dominated dry deciduous forest of central and southern India; and the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central Deccan and western Gangetic plain.[8] Important Indian trees include the medicinal neem‚ widely used in rural Indian herbal remedies
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Introduction: There are many different classification systems within the UK the first notable one being Tansley (1939) who used dominant tree species to classify woodlands‚ however it is not always easy to determine the dominant species in mixed woodlands and much of the UK was missing. This was later improved by Peterken (1981 and 1993) who used the basis of Tansleys’ system‚ but concentrated more on the management and stand mixes‚ coming up with 89 ‘semi-natural ancient woodland’ stand types
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receives immense quantities of precipitation on both islands. The average annual precipitation on the North Island is thirty to forty inches and on the South Island it is forty to fifty inches. This climate produces mixed forests‚ mid-latitude deciduous forests‚ and temperate grassland vegetation. The terrain is
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Topographical classification Rivers can generally be classified as either alluvial‚ bedrock‚ or some mix of the two. Alluvial rivers have channels and floodplains that are self-formed in unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sediments. They erode their banks and deposit material on bars and their floodplains. Bedrock rivers form when the river down cuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock. This occurs in regions that have experienced some kind of uplift (thereby steepening
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