Lemurs Essay

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Associate Level Material Lemurs in Madagascar Assignment View the “Lemurs in Madagascar – Surviving on an Island of Change” video. Using the information found in this video, and in Ch. 5 and 6 of Visualizing Environmental Science, answer the following questions in 25 to 100 words each. 1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples. Madagascar’s biome is a tropical rainforest, which is usually very warm all year round and has daily rain storms and precipitation. The different layers of the rainforest give different features to the rainforest. For example the bottom layer of the forest has little or no light so there isn’t much vegetation that can grow there. The next layer has some light and lots of leaves, and the top is vast with vegetation, creatures and sunlight. 2. What changes happening in Madagascar are posing challenges for lemurs? Give details about the sources, time scale, and types of change. The challenges for the lemurs in Madagascar are that the vegetation is being destroyed by humans. According to the video, the timescale for this destruction is a lot less than an evolutionary timescale of destruction. One of the changes that would pose this threat to the lemurs is that their food supply is being demolished so they could die off because of starvation. 3. Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes? Which types of lemurs are not adapting well? Why? The type of lemur adapting to the changes is the ring tail lemur. They find other sources of food around the island such as crops and other plants to survive without their regular food. The type that is not adapting well is the bamboo lemur. Once their food supply of bamboo is gone, then so will the lemurs. 4. What behavioral and physical traits are being

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