Rain Forests Rainforests cover only 6% of the earth’s surface but they house more than half of the world’s animal and plant population. Rainforests have beautiful layered ecosystems and water features that home massive amounts of living things. There is a very diverse food chain in rainforests. Deforestation is limiting what the rainforest can provide to the world. Rainforests are very large forests that help the earth in many ways. They house many plants‚ animals‚ insects‚ and even
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has a range of forest formations representing eight of the thirteen forest types found in tropical Asia‚ namely forest over ultramafic soils‚ forest over limestone soils‚ montane forest‚ freshwater swamp forest‚ lowland evergreen tropical rainforest‚ riverine forest‚ beach forest‚ and mangrove forest. Researchers have identified more than 800 plant species from 300 genera and 100 families. These include at least 295 trees dominated by the dipterocarp species. In the lowland forest‚ large trees such
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(2001). Colonization of old-forest lichens in a young and an old boreal< i> Picea abies forest: an experimental approach. Biological Conservation‚ 102 (3)‚ 251-259. Chapin III‚ F. S.‚ Costanza‚ R.‚ Ehrlich‚ P. R.‚ Golley‚ F. B.‚ Hooper‚ D. U.‚ Lawton‚ J. H.‚ ... & Tilman‚ D. (1999). Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: maintaining natural life support processes. Washington‚ DC: Ecological Society of America. Hazelbaker‚ J. (2008). Logging on national forests national forest management zero cut – no
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paper. The economic value of this income is invaluable to an industrialising country‚ as it is usually needed to pay off interest on debts from irresponsible lending in the 1970’s. Electrical power can be created by burning wood‚ thus large tracts of forests are destroyed to feed a growing demand for power by industry and people. To solve this power problem there have been many hydroelectric dams built to harvest the Amazon rivers power‚ for example the Tucurui hydroelectric dam built on the Tocantins
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by a self driven car. Before planning my trip‚ I tried to search the net for some experiences but all those could not give me a confidence and some of them even discouraged me to go ahead with the trip. The fear was due to descriptions of a dense forest ‚ wild animals and hill driving especially with hair-pin bends. Yet we started this trip along with my wife and kid. I had already booked a company provided guest house in advance at Ootty for 2 days ‚ so could not face problems in locating a decent
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Animals found in the reserves are elephants‚ lions‚ cheetahs‚ leopards‚ giraffes‚ zebras‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses. Kenya is a mega - biodiversity nation with both globally and nationally significant biodiversity in the wildlife‚ forest‚ fresh water and marine ecosystems. Wildlife plays a significant role in the socio-economic development of the country that it forms the basis for tourism‚ which is Kenya’s largest foreign exchange earner. Kenya’s wildlife consisting of large variety
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Wildfires can be very dangerous fires that are likely to burn down an entire forest. They spread very quickly‚ and they are very damaging and can throw an ecosystem off balance. These roaring fires are very destructive and can cause all lot of harm so it’s important that you take caution. Some of the extreme damage it can cause is not only burn down a forest‚ but destroy acres of land‚ that could be someone’s property and home. The highest number of Wildfires that have ever occurred in the U.S
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not a limiting factor in biome distribution if areas have the same annual temperature and precipitation means. C) Not only is the average climate important in determining biome distribution‚ but so is the pattern of climatic variation. D) Temperate forests and grasslands are different biomes because they receive a different quality and quantity of sunlight‚ even though they have essentially the same annual temperature and precipitation. E) Correlation of climate with biome distribution is sufficient
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research included to back up the numbers that are provided. Several sources even state that the rainforests do not provide any of the Earth’s oxygen because it is absorbed by the organisms that are consuming the decaying plant and animal life on the forest floor. While the rainforest’s contribution to the oxygen supply is up for debate‚ there have been studies on how much carbon the rainforests consume helping to lessen the amount of buildup in the atmosphere. Carbon is assimilated by the biosphere
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cultivated‚ managed agricultural systems & ’new’ plants -naturally Biome - climatically/geographically defined areas with similar conditions -similar communities of plants‚ animals‚ and micro organisms 7 major biomes Tundra‚ Taiga‚ Temperate Forest‚ Tropical Rainforest‚ Grassland‚ Desert‚ Ocean Tundra Biome not so many plants‚ lots of diverse bacteria tree growth is restricted by low temps/ short growing seasons Vegetation - dwarf shrubs‚ grass‚ moss‚ lichens 2 Types of Tundra
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