BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests, Intertidal Zone, Falsifiability
20 Nov 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Not a cactus - euphorbia horrida: african milk barrel (limited to western. Hemisphere, native to africa based on this we know this is not a cactus) Desert type plants euphorb + cactus (spines, lack of true leaves, cuticle: convergence traits. Atmosphere in cold areas hold very little water vapor less organisms. Savanna and grassland not depicted by temperature or precipitation (amount of fire, etc. ) Different scientists view biomes differently: another viewpoint 6 biomes (tropical forest, deciduous forest, grassland, desert, coniferous forest, tundra) Temperate rain forest (newer) = tropical montane forest + temperate rain forest (older: ecological communities, tundra. Arctic, and very high elevations at lower altitudes. Vegetation is low growing plants that grow on permafrost (water is permanently frozen) Alpine tundra can have larger/longer plants because of root system: boreal forest and temperate evergreen forest. Winter cold, summer short (summer can be very warm) No permafrost very big plants (evergreen forests) Evergreen leech trees in the south: temperate deciduous forest.
