Taiga during the winter have specialised adaptions including thick fur or feathers and the ability to change colour throughout the year..The Taiga inhabits huge amounts of insects hence birds migrate there to feed off these insects every year. Taiga forests are endangered due to logging and mining by humans. When trees are cut down it takes a very long time for them to regrow because due to the very short growing season there. Plants common to this biome are Needle leaf‚ Evergreen spruce‚ Fir tree‚ Tamarack
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terrestrial biomes; tropical forest‚ desert‚ savanna‚ chaparral‚ temperate grassland‚ coniferous forest‚ temperate broadleaf forest‚ and tundra. The tropical forest can be separated into two categories; tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest. Both‚ tropical rainforest and tropical dry forest are found near the equator. The tropical rainforest is generally characterized by poor soil‚ high rainfall‚ and a high diversity of plants and animals. The tropical dry forest undergoes an annual dry season
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"lungs of our planet?" The reason is because the plants and tress there are a lot and the carry in carbon ioxide abd we breathe in oxygen. Which would be a good place to live. 5. Identify and discuss three causes of deforestation. Wipping out a forest and turning it into a cleared land. Whichs mean when making new bulding or new neighborhood. 6. What efforts are being made to address deforestation as a serious environmental issue? List at least one example of a group or organization that is
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regions. These include the deciduous forest‚ mixed wood forest‚ boreal (and taiga) forest‚ cordilleran‚ tundra‚ and west coast forest. Of these 10 provinces and 3 territories‚ the regions most affected by wildfires include British Columbia‚ as well as the boreal forests of Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Manitoba‚ Saskatchewan‚ Alberta‚ the Yukon‚ and the Northwest Territories. In fact‚ most wildfires occur in the boreal forests of Canada. If most wildfires occur in the boreal forests of Canada‚ understanding of
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and the hills of the Peninsula above the height of 915 metres‚ the fall in the temperature affects the types of vegetation and its growth‚ and changes it from tropical to subtropical temperate and alpine vegetation. Temperature Characteristics of the Vegetation Zones Vegetation Zones Tropical Sub-tropical Temperate Alpine Mean Annual Average Temp.(in degree C) Above 24°C 17°C to 24°C 7°C to 17° C Below 7°C Mean Temp. In Jan. In degree C Above 18° 10°C to 18°C -1°C to (-10 ) °C
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CHAPTER NATURAL VEGETATION H ave you ever been to a forest for a picnic? You might have surely gone to a park if you live in a city or to a mango‚ guava or coconut orchard‚ if you live in a village. How do you differentiate between the natural vegetation and the planted vegetation? The same variety may be found growing wild in the forest under natural conditions and the same tree may be the planted one in your garden under human supervision. Natural vegetation refers to a plant community
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varied soils‚ giving rise to a diverse pattern of vegetation and a climatic climax community of deciduous woodland. A deciduous woodland is an example of succession‚ which happens in temperate climates and is a naturally occurring organic community of plants and animals in the climatic
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The following are the principal types of natural vegetation in India: (1) Tropical Evergreen Rain Forests‚ (2) Deciduous or Monsoon Type of Forests‚ (3) Dry Deciduous Forests and Scrubs‚ (4) Semi- Desert and Desert Vegetations‚ (5) Tidal or Mangrove Forests and (6) Mountain Forests. • Tropical evergreen rain forests: These forests grow in areas where rainfall is more than 200 cm. They are mainly found on the slopes of the Western Ghats and the Northeastern regions of Arunachal Pradesh‚ Meghalaya
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temperature and availability of water according to Candolle. PHYSIOGNOMY - overall appearance of vegetation Considerations: growth form Function Size Coverage Leaf size and shape Leaf texture TYPES OF PHYSIOGNOMY 1. FORESTS- dominated by trees that form a closed canopy 2. GRASSLANDS- dominated by grass and herbaceous plants. Trees can either be far apart or absent 3. THICKETS- tall shrubs or small trees are dominant 4. DESERTS- very few plants rocks‚ and soil are more
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first recorded in 1999. The creeping water primroses can cause a lot of harm to the ecosystem such as depletion of oxygen levels in water‚ attract mosquitoes that carrying virus‚ and completes with native species for space and resources. Temperate deciduous
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