The taiga, is prone to small wildfires because the trees have adapted to the climate and have thick bark which is protective against damaging wildfires. The taiga has fewer plants and animals then most other biomes. Taiga means “dense evergreen forest” in Russian. The taiga is the largest biome on land. WILDLIFE IN THE TAIGA: The taiga holds many endangered species including the grizzly bear, the Siberian crane, the wood bison, the Siberian tiger and the beaver.
1) Monocots are shorts for “Monocotyledons” which means plants whose embryo has one cotyledon; whereas, Eudicots (Eudicotyledons) carry embryo with 2 cotyledons. The cotyledons of eudicots supply nutrients for seedlings, but the cotyledons of monocots store some nutrients and act as a transfer tissue for nutrients stored elsewhere. Five key features are typically used to distinguish monocots from eudicots; a seed, arrangement of vascular tissue in roots, stems, and leaves, and number of flower parts. The seed has the reproductive structures that are protected from drying out, have male and female gametophytes which are reduced in size. In young dicot stems and stems (usually the upright, vertical portion of a plant transports substances to and the leaves) that do not increase in thickness, xylem and phloem are arranged in vascular bundles in the cortex.
In monsoonal areas, there is a real dry season. Almost all rain forests lie near the equator. Typical Flora Types of plants in the rainforest include , Bromeliads , Lianas , Orchids , Strangler Fig , Stilt/Prop Roots , Carnivorous Plants , Bamboo , Coconut Tree , Mangora , Tulan , Jambu and many more. Typical Fauna There are many types of animals in the rainforest for example , Elephant , Tiger , Chimpanzee , Bat , Lion , Eagle , Dove , Cobra , Orangutan , Monkey , Rhinoceros and Pit Viper. Ecological Concerns There is a lot of deforestation, as people cut down the trees to make paper, get wood and other stuff.
It is a big lizard because it grows to a length of 18 to 24 inches. Gila monsters are in the Heloderma species. They live in Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah, Texas and New Mexico. They run from 4 meters a minute to 15 meters a minute. They are also diurnal.
Give details about the sources, time scale, and types of change. The biggest change that is happening in Madagascar that is posing challenges to Lemurs in Madagascar is the deforestation of the rain forest. The reason this is a challenge is it disrupts the economic system, its home, and the food supply. The Tropical Rain Forest is the Biomes in Madagascar. There is no real 0domination of one particular species in the Rain Forest and the Trees are typical evergreen trees.
• The common garter snake feed on worms, fish, insects, amphibians, and uncommonly mice. • Aquatic Birds: Other than ducks and geese, over 20 species of aquatic birds can be found in the Rideau River. Many aquatic birds use the river as a “migratory staging area”. Ducks in the area eat similar to the common snapping turtle including plants, insects, and small amphibians. • Fish: The Rideau River has a variety of cool-water fish.
Frogs are classified as amphibians. Most amphibians, including most frogs, spend part of their life as a water animal and part as a land animal. Frogs are related to toads, but are different from them in a few ways. The giant frog of west-central Africa ranks as the largest frog. It measures nearly a foot (30 centimeters) long.
In this case study we will be looking closely at the tropical rainforest in the Amazonia region of South America. Where is this Rainforest? The term, Amazon rainforest, is used to basically talk about the moist and broadleaved region of what is known as the Amazon Basin, which is around 7 million km squared and covers areas of mainly Brazil, Colombia, Peru and many more South American countries. This rainforest accounts for around 50% of the world’s remaining rainforests. Amazonian rainforests contain the biggest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest that there is to be found.
These are: • The Bottom Layer • The Middle Layer • The Top Layer The Bottom Layer - This consists of ferns, small plants and saprophytes. The Middle Layer - This layer has trees, ferns and eprophytes. The Top Layer- This layer contains tall trees that have buttress roots. • The leaves of the tall trees will form a continuous canopy which will shut out most of the light at the ground level resulting in little undergrowth. • The majority of the trees in the rainforest are broad leaf and green which helps in getting rid of excess water through transpiration and leafs will protect themselves through a drip tip.
Today logging is starting to kill off a lot of the Amazonian Tribes Natural habitat the outside world has started to cause a conflict between the natural ecosystem that the Tribes have been living with for centuries and the Industrial logging companies that destroy the natural living environment for profit. While most Amazon tribes and Amazonian Indians live in the lush tropical rainforests some of the Amazon tribes exist in the grasslands and pampas and some even live in semi-desert areas. Because of the environment in which they live, The way they adapt and survive, varies greatly. In the warmer parts of the Amazon River Basin, most tribes were traditionally nude tribes with no cultural taboos of girls and women being naked. And depending on the area in which they live and the particular Amazon tribe they belong to, they have had no various influences by outside cultures.