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Terrestrial Ecology Notes
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Chapter Overview Questions What is ecology?
What basic processes keep us and other
organisms alive?
What are the major components of an
ecosystem?
What happens to energy in an ecosystem?
What are soils and how are they formed?
What happens to matter in an ecosystem?
How do scientists study ecosystems?
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Chapter Overview Questions
What factors the earth’s climate?
How does climate determine where the
earth’s major biome’s are found?
What are the major types of desert biomes?
What are the major types of grassland
biomes?
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Chapter Overview Questions
(cont’d)
What are the major types of forest and
mountain biomes?
How have human activities affected the
world’s desert, grassland, forest, and
mountain biomes?
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THE NATURE OF ECOLOGY
Ecology is a study of
connections in nature.
How organisms
interact with one
another and with their
nonliving
environment.
Figure 3-2
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Organisms and Species
Organisms, the different forms of life on earth,
can be classified into different species based on
certain characteristics.
Figure 3-3
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Species Diversity and Niche
Structure: Different Species Playing
Different Roles
Biological communities differ in the types and
numbers of species they contain and the
ecological roles those species play.
Species diversity: the number of different species it
contains (species richness) combined with the
abundance of individuals within each of those species
(species evenness).
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Indicator Species:
Biological Smoke Alarms
Species that serve as early warnings of
damage to a community or an ecosystem.
Presence or absence of trout species because
they are sensitive to temperature and oxygen
levels.
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Case Study:
Why are Amphibians Vanishing?
Frogs serve as indicator species because different parts of their life cycles can be easily disturbed.
Figure 7-3
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Case Study:
Why are Amphibians Vanishing? Habitat loss and fragmentation.
Prolonged drought.
Pollution.
Increases in ultraviolet radiation.
Parasites.
Viral and Fungal diseases.
Overhunting.
Natural immigration or deliberate introduction of
nonnative predators and competitors.
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Keystone Species: Major Players
Keystone species help determine the types
and numbers of other species in a
community thereby helping to sustain it.
Figures 7-4 and 7-5
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Foundation Species:
Other Major Players
Expansion of keystone species category.
Foundation species can create and enhance
habitats that can benefit other species in a
community.
Elephants push over, break, or uproot trees,
creating forest openings promoting grass
growth for other species to utilize.
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Population
A group of individual organisms
of the same species living w/in a
particular area.
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Community
The population of all species living &
interacting in an area.
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Ecosystem
A community of different species
interacting together & with the
chemical & physical factors making up
its non-living environment.
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Nonliving and Living
Components of Ecosystems
Ecosystems consist of nonliving (abiotic)
and living (biotic) components.
Figure 3-10
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Fig. 3-2, p. 51
Communities
Subatomic Particles
Atoms
Molecules
Protoplasm
Cells
Tissues
Organs
Organ systems
Organisms
Populations
Populations
Communities
Ecosystems
Biosphere
Earth
Planets
Solar systems
Galaxies
Universe
Organisms
Realm of ecology
Ecosystems
Biosphere
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Habitat
The place where an organism or a
population lives.
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Niche
The total way of life or role of a
species in an ecosystem.
All the physical, chemical, and
biological conditions a species needs
to live & reproduce in an ecosystem.
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Predator An organisms that captures & feeds on
parts or all of another animal.
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Prey
An organisms that is captured & serves
as a source of food for another animal.
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Tragedy of the Commons
A common-property resource, which are
owned by no one but are available to all
users free of charge.
Most are potentially renewable.
Ex. Clean air, open ocean and its fish,
migratory birds, Antarctica, the ozone, and
space.
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Biomass
The organic matter produced by plants;
dry weight.
Energy from wood, garbage &
agricultural waste.
Can be used for electrical energy!
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Decomposition
As plant or animal matter dies it will break down and return the chemicals back to the soil.
This happens very quickly in tropical rainforest which results in low-nutrient soils.
Grasslands have the deepest and most nutrient rich of all soils
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Producers: Basic Source of All Food
Most producers capture sunlight to produce
carbohydrates by photosynthesis:
The process in which glucose is
synthesized by plants.
Photosynthesis
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Productivity
The amount of increase in organic matter
per unit of time.
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Fig. 3-11, p. 58
Zone of
intolerance Optimum range Zone of
physiological stress
Zone of physiological
stress
Zone of
intolerance
Temperature Low High
No
organisms
Few
organisms
Upper limit of
tolerance
Po
pu
lati
on
siz
e
Abundance of organisms Few
organisms
No
organisms
Lower limit of
tolerance
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Carrying Capacity
The maximum population of a
particular species that a given
habitat can support over time.
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A: Represents the biotic potential of the species
B: Shows how the population overshoots the carrying capacity
C: Represents the logistic growth
D: Represents linear growth
E: Carrying capacity- the maximum number of individuals that can
be supported by a particular ecosystem.
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Consumers: Eating and Recycling to
Survive
Consumers (heterotrophs) get their food by eating or breaking down all or parts of other organisms or their remains.
Herbivores
Primary consumers that eat producers
Carnivores
Primary consumers eat primary consumers
Third and higher level consumers: carnivores that eat carnivores.
Omnivores
Feed on both plant and animals.
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Producers An organism that uses solar energy (green
plant) or chemical energy (some bacteria)
to manufacture its food.
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Primary Consumer (herbivore) An organism that feeds directly on
all or parts of plants.
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Secondary Consumer (carnivore)
An organisms that feeds only on
primary consumers. Most are animals,
but some are plants (Venus fly-trap).
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Tertiary Consumer (carnivore)
Animals that feed on animal-
eating animals. Ex. hawks, lions,
bass, and sharks.
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Quaternary Consumer (carnivore)
An animal that feeds on tertiary
consumers. Ex. humans.
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Decomposer (scavenger, detritivore)
An organism that digests parts of dead
organisms, cast-off fragments, and wastes
of living organisms. Ex. bacteria and
fungi.
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Decomposers and Detrivores
Decomposers: Recycle nutrients in ecosystems.
Detrivores: Insects or other scavengers that feed on
wastes or dead bodies. Figure 3-13
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Fig. 3-14, p. 61
Abiotic chemicals
(carbon dioxide,
oxygen, nitrogen,
minerals)
Heat
Heat
Heat
Heat
Heat Solar
energy
Consumers
(herbivores,
carnivores)
Producers
(plants) Decomposers
(bacteria, fungi)
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Food Webs/Chains
Purpose – determines
how energy &
nutrients move from
one organism to
another through the
ecosystem
Arrows – point from
the producer to the
consumer
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Fig. 3-17, p. 64
Heat
Heat
Heat
Heat
Heat
Heat Heat Heat
Detritivores
(decomposers and detritus feeders)
First Trophic
Level
Second Trophic
Level
Third Trophic
Level Fourth Trophic
Level
Solar
energy
Producers (plants)
Primary consumers (herbivores)
Secondary consumers (carnivores)
Tertiary consumers
(top carnivores)
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Structure Shows the decrease in usable energy
available at each succeeding trophic
level in a food chain or web.
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Energy Flow in an Ecosystem: Losing
Energy in Food Chains and Webs
In accordance with the 2nd law of
thermodynamics, there is a decrease in the
amount of energy available to each
succeeding organism in a food chain or
web.
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Energy Flow in an Ecosystem: Losing
Energy in Food Chains and Webs
Ecological
efficiency:
percentage of
useable energy
transferred as
biomass from one
trophic level to the
next.
Figure 3-19
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Relationship Between Biomass
and Energy
Biomass is dry weight & represents
the chemical energy stored at each
energy level.
Water is neither a source of energy,
nor has any nutritional value.
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10% Rule
We assume that 90% of the energy at each
energy level is lost because the organism
uses the energy. (heat)
It is more efficient to eat lower on the
energy pyramid. You get more out of it!
This is why top predators are few in number
& vulnerable to extinction.
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Energy Flow & Feeding Relationships
Direction:
grain steer human
Measurement – samples are taken,
dried, & weighed
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Description
Two kinds of organisms, such as
lions and zebras, are said to have a
predator-prey relationship.
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Cycle
See graph (page 203 and 204)
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Importance in Population Control
Predators usually kill the sick, weak or aged.
This helps to let the rest of the prey have
greater access to the available food supply.
It also improves the genetic stock.
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SPECIES INTERACTIONS:
COMPETITION AND PREDATION
Species can interact through competition,
predation, parasitism, mutualism, and
commensalism.
Some species evolve adaptations that
allow them to reduce or avoid
competition for resources with other
species (resource partitioning).
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Symbiosis
Parasitism –when 1 species (parasite)
feeds on part of another species (host)
by living on or in it for a large portion
of host's life.
Commensalism – benefits one species
but doesn't harm or help the other
Mutualism – both species benefit
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Parasites: Sponging Off of Others
Although parasites can harm their hosts,
they can promote community biodiversity.
Some parasites live in host (micororganisms,
tapeworms).
Some parasites live outside host (fleas, ticks,
mistletoe plants, sea lampreys).
Some have little contact with host (dump-
nesting birds like cowbirds, some duck species)
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Mutualism: Win-Win Relationship
Two species
can interact in
ways that
benefit both of
them.
Figure 7-9
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Fig. 7-9a, p. 154 (a) Oxpeckers and black rhinoceros
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Commensalism: Using without Harming
Some species
interact in a
way that helps
one species but
has little or no
effect on the
other.
Figure 7-10
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Limited Resources
A population can grow until competition
for limited resources increases & the
carrying capacity (C.C.) is reached.
Population Growth Cycle
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Typical Phases
1. The population overshoots the C.C.
2. This is because of a reproductive time
lag (the period required for the birth rate to
fall & the death rate to rise).
3. The population has a dieback or crashes.
4. The carrying capacity is reached.
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Relationship to Human
Population Growth
Infectious disease
can control
humans. Ex. the
Bubonic plague.
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Habitat Needs
Cover – shelter; trees, shrubs, etc.
Water
Nutrients
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Macronutrients
Chemicals organisms need in large
numbers to live, grow, and reproduce.
Ex. carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen, calcium, and iron.
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Micronutrients
These are needed in small or even
trace amounts.
Ex. sodium, zinc copper, chlorine, and
iodine.
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Carbon, Phosphorous, and
Nitrogen Cycles
The cyclic movement of chemicals (see
overhead).
Carbon cycle: pg 73-74
Phosphorous cycle: pg 76
Nitrogen cycle: pg 74-76
Sulfur cycle: pg 77-78
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Fig. 3-7, p. 55
Nitrogen
cycle
Biosphere
Heat in the environment
Heat Heat Heat
Phosphorus
cycle
Carbon
cycle
Oxygen
cycle
Water
cycle
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CARBON CYCLE
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Effects of Human Activities
on Carbon Cycle
We alter the carbon cycle by adding excess CO2 to the atmosphere through:
Burning fossil fuels.
Clearing vegetation faster than it is replaced.
Figure 3-28
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Phosphorous Cycle
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Effects of Human Activities
on the Phosphorous Cycle
We remove large amounts of phosphate
from the earth to make fertilizer.
We reduce phosphorous in tropical soils by
clearing forests.
We add excess phosphates to aquatic
systems from runoff of animal wastes and
fertilizers.
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Phosphorus
Bacteria are not as important in the phosphorus cycle
as in the nitrogen cycle.
Phosphorus is not usually found in the atmosphere or
in a gas state only as dust.
The phosphorus cycle is slow and phosphorus is
usually found in rock formations and ocean sediments.
Phosphorus is found in fertilizers because most soil is
deficient in it and plants need it.
Phosphorus is usually insoluble in water and is not
found in most aquatic environments.
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Nitrogen Cycle
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Effects of Human Activities
on the Nitrogen Cycle
We alter the nitrogen cycle by:
Adding gases that contribute to acid rain.
Adding nitrous oxide to the atmosphere through
farming practices which can warm the
atmosphere and deplete ozone.
Contaminating ground water from nitrate ions
in inorganic fertilizers.
Releasing nitrogen into the troposphere through
deforestation.
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Effects of Human Activities
on the Nitrogen Cycle
Human activities
such as
production of
fertilizers now
fix more
nitrogen than all
natural sources
combined. Figure 3-30
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Nitrogen Fixation
This is the first step of the nitrogen cycle
where specialized bacteria convert gaseous
nitrogen to ammonia that can be used by
plants. This is done by cyanobacteria or
bacteria living in the nodules on the root of
various plants.
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Nitrification
Ammonia is converted to nitrite, then to
nitrate
Plant roots absorb ammonium ions and
nitrate ions for use in making molecules such
as DNA, amino acids and proteins.
Assimilation
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Ammonification After nitrogen has served its purpose in
living organisms, decomposing bacteria
convert the nitrogen-rich compounds,
wastes, and dead bodies into simpler
compounds such as ammonia.
Denitrification •Nitrate ions and nitrite ions are converted into
nitrous oxide gas and nitrogen gas.
This happens when a soil nutrient is reduced
and released into the atmosphere as a gas.
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The Sulfur Cycle
Figure 3-32
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Effects of Human Activities
on the Sulfur Cycle
We add sulfur dioxide to the atmosphere by:
Burning coal and oil
Refining sulfur containing petroleum.
Convert sulfur-containing metallic ores into
free metals such as copper, lead, and zinc
releasing sulfur dioxide into the environment.
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Definition
The many forms of life found on the
Earth. “Wildness”
Genetic Diversity – the variety of genetic
make-up w/in a single species
Species Diversity – the variety of species in
different habitats on the Earth
Biodiversity
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Importance
It gives us food, wood, energy,
free recycling, purification &
natural pest control.
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Measurement
Genetic tests, count/release, and
tagging.
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The Gaia Hypothesis:
Is the Earth Alive?
Some have proposed that the earth’s various
forms of life control or at least influence its
chemical cycles and other earth-sustaining
processes.
The strong Gaia hypothesis: life controls the
earth’s life-sustaining processes.
The weak Gaia hypothesis: life influences the
earth’s life-sustaining processes.
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Biomes
The most important factors in a biome are
temperature and precipitation.
Biomes tend to converge around latitude
lines on the globe.
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CLIMATE: A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
Weather is a local area’s short-term physical
conditions such as temperature and precipitation.
Climate is a region’s average weather conditions
over a long time.
Latitude and elevation help determine climate.
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Earth’s Current Climate Zones
Figure 5-2
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BIOMES:
CLIMATE AND LIFE ON LAND
Different climates lead to different
communities of organisms, especially
vegetation.
Biomes – large terrestrial regions characterized
by similar climate, soil, plants, and animals.
Each biome contains many ecosystems whose
communities have adapted to differences in
climate, soil, and other environmental factors.
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BIOMES:
CLIMATE AND LIFE ON LAND
Figure 5-9
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BIOMES:
CLIMATE AND LIFE ON LAND
Biome type is determined by precipitation,
temperature and soil type Figure 5-10
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Desert
The evaporation is greater than the
precipitation (usually less than 25
cm). Covers 30% of the earth.
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DESERT BIOMES
Variations in
annual
temperature (red)
and precipitation
(blue) in tropical,
temperate and
cold deserts.
Figure 5-12
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FOREST BIOMES
Forests have enough precipitation to support
stands of trees and are found in tropical,
temperate, and polar regions.
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FOREST BIOMES
Variations in
annual temperature
(red) and
precipitation (blue)
in tropical,
temperate, and
polar forests.
Figure 5-19
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Taiga (evergreen coniferous forest) Just south of the tundra (northern part of N.
America), it covers 11% of earth’s land. Its
winters are long, dry & cold. Some places have
sunlight 6 to 8 hours a day. The summers are
short and mild, w/ sunlight 19 hours a day.
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MOUNTAIN BIOMES (Taiga)
High-elevation islands of biodiversity
Often have snow-covered peaks that reflect solar radiation and gradually release water to lower-elevation streams and ecosystems.
Figure 5-25
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Evergreen Coniferous Forests
Consist mostly of
cone-bearing
evergreen trees
that keep their
needles year-round
to help the trees
survive long and
cold winters.
Figure 5-23
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Tropical Rainforest Near the equator. It has warm
temperatures, high humidity & heavy
rainfall.
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Tropical Rain Forest Tropical rain
forests have heavy
rainfall and a rich
diversity of
species.
Found near the
equator.
Have year-round
uniformity warm
temperatures and
high humidity.
Figure 5-20
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Tropical Rain Forest
Filling such niches enables species to avoid
or minimize competition and coexist Figure 5-21
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Temperate Rain Forests
Coastal areas support huge cone-bearing
evergreen trees such as redwoods and
Douglas fir in a cool moist environment.
Figure 5-24
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Temperate Deciduous Forest It has moderate temperatures, long, warm
summers, cold winters &lots of rain. Trees
include oaks, hickory, maple, and beech.
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
Most of the trees
survive winter by
dropping their
leaves, which
decay and
produce a
nutrient-rich soil.
Figure 5-22
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Grassland
The rainfall is erratic & fires are
common. It has & shrubs that are
good for grazing animals.
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GRASSLANDS AND CHAPARRAL
BIOMES
Variations in
annual
temperature
(red) and
precipitation
(blue).
Figure 5-14
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Savanna
The tropical & subtropical grassland.
It is warm all year long with
alternating wet & dry seasons.
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Chaparral (temperate grassland)
These are coastal areas. Winters are mild
& wet, w/ summers being long, hot, &
dry.
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Chaparral
Chaparral has a
moderate
climate but its
dense thickets
of spiny shrubs
are subject to
periodic fires.
Figure 5-18
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Temperate Grasslands
The cold winters and hot dry summers have deep and fertile soil that make them ideal for growing crops and grazing cattle.
Figure 5-15
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Tundra (polar grasslands)
Covers 10% of earth’s land. Most of the year,
these treeless plains are bitterly cold with ice
& snow. It has a 6 to 8 week summer w/
sunlight nearly 24 hours a day.
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Polar Grasslands
Polar grasslands
are covered with
ice and snow
except during a
brief summer.
Figure 5-17
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Definition
The process where plants & animals of
a particular area are replaced by other
more complex species over time.
Succession
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Primary vs. Secondary Primary begins with a lifeless area where there is
no soil (ex. bare rock). Soil formation begins
with lichens or moss.
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Secondary begins in an area where the natural
community has been disturbed, removed, or
destroyed, but soil or bottom sediments remain.
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Pioneer Communities
Lichens and moss.
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Climax Communities
The area dominated by a few, long-
lived plant species.
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Stages Land – rock lichen small shrubs
large shrubs small trees large trees
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Water – bare bottom small/few
underwater vegetation temporary pond
and prairie forest and swamp
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Relation to Biomes and Biodiversity
Ecosystems are constantly changing in
response to changing environmental
conditions.
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HUMAN IMPACTS ON
TERRESTRIAL BIOMES
Human activities have damaged or disturbed
more than half of the world’s terrestrial
ecosystems.
Humans have had a number of specific harmful
effects on the world’s deserts, grasslands,
forests, and mountains.
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Fig. 5-26, p. 123
Natural Capital Degradation
Desert
Large desert cities
Soil destruction by off-road
vehicles
Soil salinization from
irrigation
Depletion of groundwater
Land disturbance and
pollution from mineral
extraction
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Fig. 5-27, p. 123
Oil production and off-road
vehicles in arctic tundra
Overgrazing by livestock
Release of CO2 to atmosphere
from grassland burning
Conversion to cropland
Grasslands
Natural Capital Degradation
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Fig. 5-28, p. 124
Clearing for agriculture, livestock
grazing, timber, and urban
development
Conversion of diverse forests to tree
plantations
Damage from off-road vehicles
Natural Capital Degradation
Forests
Pollution of forest streams
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Fig. 5-29, p. 124
Natural Capital Degradation
Mountains
Agriculture
Timber extraction
Mineral extraction
Hydroelectric dams and
reservoirs
Increasing tourism
Urban air pollution
Increased ultraviolet radiation
from ozone depletion
Soil damage from off-road
vehicles
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Development
(habitat destruction) Humans
eliminate some wildlife habitats.
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TYPES OF SPECIES
Native, nonnative, indicator, keystone, and
foundation species play different ecological
roles in communities.
Native: those that normally live and thrive in a
particular community.
Nonnative species: those that migrate,
deliberately or accidentally introduced into a
community.
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Importation of Species
Ex. The Chinese chestnut had a fungus
that spread & virtually eliminated the
American chestnut.
Kudzu
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Introduced (invasive) species
They displace native species
They lower biodiversity
The can adapt very quickly to local habitats
They contribute to habitat fragmentation
They can reproduce very quickly
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Hunting
Over-hunting/hunting of top predators
for big game.
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Pollution
CFC’s, CO2, oil spills.
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Habitat Restoration
Trying to rebuild what was ruined.
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Reclamation
Returning vegetation to an area that has
been mined or disturbed by human use.
This can be done by re-planting, cleaning
up pollution, regulations (laws) or any
other activity designed to “fix” a destroyed
area.
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Agriculture
Cut/burn techniques & the loss of habitat.