What is Natural History?

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BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

READING ASSIGNMENT!!!!

Assg. 2 (URL)

• Terrestrial Biomes• Characterized by dominant

____________… largely influenced by…

What explains geographic variation in climate?

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Earth’s…

How does temperature AND day length vary here at NNU from season to season?

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BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

• Climate diagrams help summarize important information about a site.

What variables are represented on each of the axes?

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BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

• Soil is another very important factor that influences what type of vegetation is dominant at a site

Where does soil come from?

What are the component parts of soil?

How do they differ from place to place?

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BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

• Soil is the consequence of …

• Weathering…

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

• Parent material is the ______________________ material from which the soil is formed…

• Soils distinguished by their physical and chemical properties including:

• ______ = 0.05 – 2mm ______ = 0.002 – 0.05mm ______ = <0.002mm

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

Compare dirt samples!

• Ion exchange is important to soil _______________…

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

• Temperate Grasslands•Mediterranean Woodlund/Shrubland/Scrub•Tropical Dry Forest• Tundra

•Temperate Forests• Boreal Forests• Tropical Rain Forest• Tropical Savanna• Desert

Working in pairs, match the climate graphs and the biome distribution maps to the biome types listed below…

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/tmorris/elements_of_ecology/images/savanna_2.jpg

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Arcosu11.jpg

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

Fig. 2.35

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land

BIOL 3240 Plant and Animal Ecology – Life on Land