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Geography - The living world (Ecosystems exists at different scales and…
Geography - The living world
Ecosystems exists at different scales and involve the interaction of biotic and abiotic components.
Temperate deciduous forest
Temperate grassland
Taiga
Chaparral
Tundra
Tropical rainforest
Desert
:
Savannah grassland
Tropical rainforests have a range of characteristics
Plants
Emergants
Canopy
Understory
Forest
Adaptations
Soil
Gets the nutrients it does have from decomposing biomass
Low in nutrients
Climate
Hot and humid
Rainfall
Location
Between the 2 tropics
Animals
Adaptations
Deforestation
Economic
Brazil made $6.9 Billion from trading cattle in 2008
Rubber tappers have lost their livelihood
Mining creates jobs
Environmental
Loosing top soil
Big contribution to global warming
Managing rainforests
Selective Logging
Replanting
Ecotourism
International hardwood agreements
Education
Reducing debt
Conservation
Hot desert ecosystems
Antarctica isn't a
Hot
desert
Location
30 degrees N and S of the equator
Climate
Low rainfall
Hot in day
Cold at night
Soil
Course and gravely
Development of Hot deserts
Oportunities
Lots of oil to sell
Challenges
Some places in the Arabian desert are hard to get to.
Too hot for tourists
Lack of water due to the low and unpredictable rainfall
Too hot for farmers to work
Desertification
Removal of wood
Soil erosion
Population increase
Too many people for the supply of resources
Over grazing
Climate change
