BIOL 4141 Chapter : Ecology Mammology 2014
Document Summary
A study of animals and plants and their relations to each other and their environment . Abiotic: global climate patterns: solar radiation influences climate. Not uniform over earth"s surface: warm air holds more moisture. Equatorial areas more humid: 25 n to 25 s latitude, cooler air carries less moisture. Belt of deserts around 30 n and 30 s. Rain shadow patterns from the pacific coast to the sierra nevada. >2000 m: high eleva3on, low eleva3on. Biomes: climate affects distribution of plants and animals, biological communities based on dominant vegetation, large-scale biological communities are called biomes. Habitat requirements: niche the specific environmental setting a species occupies and the functional. Elevational distribution of species of sorex in the. Data from findley, j. s. and yates, t. l. , mus. Habitat requirements (small scale: local environment is not uniform. Habitat patches: some patches are higher in quality of resources, microhabitats. Daily minimum temperatures inside and outside a beaver lodge in algonquin park,
