Sea Otters in the Kelp Forest The kelp forest is among the most biologically productive marine habitat known to Earth today. They are like underwater forest made out of giant kelp‚ and sustaining hundreds of different organisms such as; kelp‚ abalone‚ crustaceans‚ urchins‚ harbor seals‚ and also sea otters. Kelp forests are important to today’s oceans‚ and they depend on the organisms that live within them‚ especially the sea otter. A keystone species is a species whose presence contributes
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The book by William Dietrich The Final Forest has highly influenced my mind. I read things that I have heard about but never heard the in depth as I read. The battle that goes on to save the Pacific Northwest last trees standing. I also learned more on how important the ecosystem is. Dietrich explains how it has been reduced which lead to the crisis of the ecosystem. The threat of disappearance of separate elements of the ecosystem is shown as the result the deforestation. Nowadays‚ tradition logging
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red forest duiker‚ Natal duiker‚ or Natal red duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) is a small antelope found in central to southern Africa. It is one of 22 extant species form the subfamily Cephalophinae. While the red forest duiker is very similar to the common duiker‚ it is smaller in size and has a distinguishing reddish coloring. Additionally‚ the red forest duiker favors a denser bush habitat than the common duiker.[2] The Natal red duiker is more diurnal and less secretive than most forest duikers
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Community Participation in Forest Management Background Forest has been defined as "An area with a high density of trees. These plant communities cover large areas of the globe and function as carbon dioxide sinks‚ animal habitats‚ hydrologic flow modulators‚ and soil conservers‚ constituting one of the most important aspects of our biosphere ". Forests are the storehouse of natural resources‚ without which the very sustenance of human population would be under threat. Yet forests have been the first
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Importance of Symbols in “The Thing in the Forest” In many fairytales‚ we are given characters who set out on an adventure to better themselves whether they know that they are on one or not. In A.S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest” we are taken on such an adventure‚ but this is more than just a children’s fairytale. Through figurative language we are shown that the main characters‚ Penny and Primrose‚ are dealing with more than just a creature in the forest‚ and that with this use of symbols as
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Forest Fire: Causes and Effects Ron Hilton National American University One morning you wake up and look out the window. Off to the west‚ you see an orange glow over the hills. You ask yourself “Is that a forest fire? What caused it? What is it going to do to the ecosystem?” The answer to the first question comes down to two main causes‚ man and nature. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (2000)
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Temperate Broadleaf Deciduous Forest The Temperate Broad-leaf Deciduous Forest are found mostly in the Eastern part of North America. This is where most of the forests have survived. The leaves of these trees change colors through the seasons. The colors that the trees may change are reds‚ oranges‚ and golds in the autumns. The leaves change colors‚ then when winter rolls around most of these trees lose their leaves and the plants around this area become dormant. The climate in this area is very
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Urban Forests Hey everyone‚ today I’m going to talk to you all about urban forests and why I think that we need to make changes to the planting of urban forests‚ even though it seems like they are beneficial for our environment. For those of you who don’t know what an urban forest is‚ an urban forest is the trees that you see all around you when you are in an urbanized environment. You see the trees in your backyard‚ along the sidewalks and streets and nowadays even on some rooftops and buildings
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and Effects of Forest Fires A cause and effect essay is an essay that tells what the cause of something is and what the effect will be. For example‚ excessive rain causes floods‚ whereas lack of rains causes drought. In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the causes and effects of forest fires. In California‚ wild fires burned 30‚660 acres‚ in year 2010. Forest fires either start naturally or are started by human activities. Most wild fires are caused by human activity than naturally
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Tropical evergreen forest Tropical forests are characterized by the greatest diversity of species. They occur near the equator‚ within the area bounded by latitudes 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S. One of the major characteristics of tropical forests is their distinct seasonality: winter is absent‚ and only two seasons are present (rainy and dry). An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign the tropics
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