BI301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wallace Line, Muskrat, Garrett Hardin
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Bi301 slide set 6: fundamental concepts of ecology and biodiversity. Recall: earlier we examined the physical environment with a major focus, climate diagrams (see chpt. 3: major factors: precipitation & temperature timing & intensity are on climate important, broad patterns of climate corresponding broad patterns of vegetation (plant formations); classification of biotic assemblages including animals (biomes, plant formations. A general scheme used to classify ecosystems based on plant types: biomes. A physiognomic approach, based on gross structure of the vegetation. A general scheme to classify ecosystems based on plant types and their associated animals. The term that is used most broadly today. Holdridge"s scheme: map of plant formations further out o. For forests focus is on nature of leaves (evergreen or deciduous, needle-leaved or broad-leaved) Woodward" scheme: 2004: concept of climatic envelope , 10 vegetation types (see page 106 cox & moore, classification based on 3 criteria:
