BIO130H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Biome, Hickory
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Animals generally very hot days, cool nights precipitation less than 10 inches a year poor in animal and plant decay products but often rich in minerals none to cacti, yuccas, bunch grasses, shrubs, and a few trees. 10 25 centimeters (4 10 inches) of precipitation a year cool in winter, hot in summer 25 75 centimeters of precipitation a year nutrient poor, permafrost layer a few inches down grasses, wildflowers, mosses, small shrubs rich topsoil mostly grasses and small shrubs, some trees near sources of water. Temperate midlatitudes relatively mild rich topsoil over clay hardwoods such as wolves, deer, bears, rodents, snakes, lizards, tortoises, insects, and some birds. Africa is home to camels, gazelles, antelopes, small foxes, snakes, lizards, and gerbils musk oxen, migrating caribuou, arctic foxes, weasels, snowshoe hares, owls, hawks, various rodents, occasional polar bears american grasslands include prairie dogs, foxes, small mammals, snakes, insects, varous birds.
