To prevent dehydration sowbugs spend bright day light hours in damp dark habitats such as underneath stones, logs, leaf litter, and other debris. The need to be in dark damp places is an indication that moisture is an essential element to sowbug survival (Colorado State University Extension 2012). They often gather in groups, huddling together to reduce evaporation. At night, when it is dark and cool, sowbugs venture out and feed on fungi and decomposing organic material, including mulch and grass clippings. Sowbugs are mostly vegetarian, but considered omnivores (The University of Arizona 1997).
There was also a drawbridge to stop or allow people to get in, but there was a major flaw as the wood needed to be replaced often due to the rain and erosion, also the whole castle was made out of wood so they could have been easily set on fire. There were two distinctive features of this castle: the Motte and the Bailey, the motte was a mound of earth with steep sides and a flat area on top which held the keep. The bailey was the flat courtyard at the bottom of the motte this is where important people and soldiers lived and was extra defence before the enemy’s reach the keep. The Motte and Bailey castle progressed in defences with defenders moving in to the keep and setting alight the stairs so they couldn’t reach it, they
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The deep volcanic ash where he found the lupine held few nutrients. But lupines, like other plants in the pea family, are able to “fix” nitrogen, thus enriching the soil. Each lupine plant created a microhabitat that was hospitable to several other plant species. Besides enriching the soil with nitrogen, the lupines also physically trapped windblown debris and attracted insects. As the insects died on or around the plant, they enriched the soil with organic matter.
Assignment 1: Reflective Paper (750 words) While a variety of factors have shaped the diversity of Indigenous Australian philosophy and practices across the Australian continent, one of the central characteristics of the Aboriginal worldview is the concept of the ‘Dreaming’. Outline some of the key aspects of this belief system and reflect on this in comparison to your own worldview. The Dreaming is described by the Aboriginal people as the era of their creation. The belief underlying the concept of The Dreaming helps them understand their very existence (Edwards 1988, p.17). According to Edwards (1988, p. 17), the Aboriginal people believe that they came from the land on which they live and have occupied the land since the era of The Dreaming.
Assignment 1 – Environmental Footprint TABLE A. Ecological Footprint Footprint Results (Answers to the following 2 questions will be given upon completion of footprint) If everyone lived like you, how many planet Earth’s would we need? 6.2 To support your lifestyle, how many productive global acres area needed? 27.7 Ecological Footprint Breakdown (Values can be obtained by scrolling over pie chart generated at completion of footprint) Percent of emissions from Food 18% Percent of emissions from Shelter 7% Percent of emissions from Mobility 35% Percent of emissions from Goods 8% Percent of emissions from Services 27% TABLE B. Household Emissions Household Emissions Results (Answers can be found in bar graphs following completion of calculator) What are your current household emissions? 158,012 tons per yr. of carbon dioxide What are the U.S. average household emissions?
Argumentative Essay It is accepted that most societies have legal and political systems in place. The types of systems depend greatly on the needs of the society implementing them. The following essay examines the legal and political systems of traditional Aboriginal societies. Firstly, Indigenous customary legal system will be discussed; secondly typical penalties for breaking customary laws will be explored. Thirdly, indigenous political organisation will be examined; and finally how these two systems allowed for effective functioning of indigenous societies will be explored.
Ethnography of the Basseri Tribe of Iran The ethnography study of the distinctive ethos (the fundamental character or spirit of cultures) of the tribes of Basseri of Iran is a great example of the way pastoral cultures exist amongst today’s industrial societies. Pastoralism is a lifestyle adopted by a people that involve the herding of various animals for the purpose of survival utilizing the animals as a food source or as a means to produce monetary value from the animals’ existence (Nowak & Laird, 2010). The Basseri are a Farsi dialect or Persian speaking people of Persian Gulf ancestry, the total population of Basseri is thought to be about 25,000 to 30,000 individuals both nomadic and settled. The Basseri tribes are a unique nomadic and pastoral people inhabiting the Fars providence of present-day Iran. Basseri tribes migrate throughout the year following routes from the steppes and mountains of south, east, and north Shiraz.
References Kinship System of the San’s Name ANT 101 Instructor Date Kinship System of the San’s I am writing this research paper with the hopes that it gives a better understanding to the kinship system and the way of life for the San of southwest Africa. I will tell you about the ways of their communities, the way they act and how they think on social organization within their close net community. I would like to start by informing you on where they live in and for how long they have lived there. The San are a foraging community that has lived in southwest Africa for thousands of years. It is better known as a marginal environment, with the name Kalahari Desert.
In this way, the Cottonwood acts as a precursor in succession for larger trees along with Marram grass due to its role in helping to stabilize the soil. This makes sense considering the Cottonwoods are found before the larger hardwood tree species that are located in the more heavily wooded habitats of the dunes. The Cottonwood also provides a nesting habitat for the Eastern Kingbird, which perches on its limbs while searching for prey and returns instinctively to the same tree after hunting. Instances of secondary succession at the dunes are further evidenced in the wooded habitats of the