Spatial changes in biomes, habitats and animal migration patterns
Animal migration patterns
A habitat is the natural place or environment in which plants, animals and living organisms live.
Main concepts
Species extinction or decrease in number
consequences
Biome: an ecological concept related to an ecosystem like rainforest, woodland and tropical forest
Sea turtles: Turtles are facing more problems than most animals: warming ocean temperatures will alter currents and shift the distribution and abundance of prey species
Salmon: Salmon require cold, fast-flowing streams and rivers to spawn. Changing stream flows and warming waters in the Pacific Northwest are already impacting some salmon species and populations
change of the nature of biome
factors
Animal migration: the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is the most common form of migration in ecology
Habitat: the natural place or environment in which plants, animals and living organisms live
it is estimated that under a high emissions scenario, 12—39% and of the Earth’s terrestrial surface may experience disappearing climates by 2100
areas with desserts, forests and tundra may have different type of vegetation by 2100
habitat ranges are moving North and to higher elevations
habitat range shifts cause more competition and imbalance between species, some species having nowhere to go, leading to local extinction
the biggest transformations are projected to occur in
Southeastern U.S
Eastern Arabian Peninsula
East Africa
Western Sahara
Biomes
Animal migration: Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. It is the most common form of migration in ecology
Eastern India
Southeast Asia
an ecological concept related to an ecosystem like rainforest, woodland and tropical forest
Northwestern Australia
factors
The rising temperature will cause more than 3000 species in just the Western Hemisphere to change migration route by the end of this century, because they need to find destination with more suitable climate
consequences
rising sea levels
urbanization
industrialization
Works cited
loss of coral reefs
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