GEOG 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Holdridge Life Zones, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Pinophyta
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Oh: bunche 1221d (geography library) mondays and wednesday 3:10-4:10pm: email lauren and ask if there are alternative times for o ce hours. Greek: geo - earth, graphy - to write . Interdisciplinary study of humanity"s relationship with other organisms and the physical environment. Ecology is a basic tool of es. Theory - a widely accepted statement to explain a phenomena. Scienti c assessment, risk analysis, public engagement, long-term environmental management, political consideration. Biome - a large, relatively distinct terrestrial region with similar climate (long term- weather pattern), soil, plants, and animals, regardless of where it occurs in the world. Ecology: organism < community < ecosystem < landscape < biome. Temperature and precipitation have a predominant e ect on biome distribution. Six qualities of biomes: climate (temperature and seasonality), precipitation, vegetation, soil, disturbance (natural disasters), human impacts. Mineral content is relevant to plants growing. No tundra in antartica - just up north in the arctic.
