NATR 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Transpiration, Soil Texture, Evapotranspiration
6 Oct 2020
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Ecoregion maps can be used by people to develop cost-effective strategies to protect diversity. They help conservation biologists identify areas of outstanding biological diversity. They help conservation biologists determine which areas are representative, unique, or redundant. Atlas of global conservation compilation of maps data on biomes, ecoregions, habitats, and species, environmental threats. Bc the earth is round, intensity of solar radiation is lower in poles than equator. Tilt of earth"s axis = relative to its orbital plane creates seasonality. Differential heating from sun across globe = air and water currents (like hadley cells) Large-scale air circulation patterns tend to create band of wet areas near the equator and deserts to the north and south of the equator. Differences in climates around world = biomes important way of organizing conservation priorities. Physiological ecology trade offs and species distribution. Each place has its own unique group of organisms. Factors that affect what types of species are found in each of those places.
