A Study On The Forest Floor

Every forest has a story to tell. By looking closely at its habitants, that story can be interpreted. Much of this narrative is written in the trees: their age, their tolerance to shade, and the rate at which they grow are all characteristics that can imply a lot about their environment. Exploring these relationships and how they connect with each other can indicate the health and history of the land. Heiberg Forest, located in northern New York, was once used for agricultural purposes in the 1800-1900’s. (Nowak, Lecture Notes) Much of the land once used for farming was left to regrow back into a young forest. The life history of different tree species can be determined by examining the most common species in Heiberg.

More sunlight reaches the equator of the planet causing a correlation between UV intensity and latitude.

By comparing the topography, soil moisture levels, relative humidity, and wind speed of the upland Savanna and Bottomland forest we will be able to compare and contrast between these two vegetation zones. The data collected in the investigation will be used to test the hypothesis that the bottomland forest has a higher degree of shrub layer cover than the savanna. The higher level of shrubs in the bottomland forest might be attributed to the space available for shrub layer species. In addition, the data collected will confirm that the bottomland forest has a higher tree density than the

The topography of the island is also of note. The west end of the island features a closed-canopy forest with more hardwood trees. The east end of the island is better characterized as a “boreal forest,” a term used to describe regions that are mostly covered by coniferous forests. It is good to note that the balsam fir is found on both ends of the island, but that samples used in the study from the west end of the island were, on average, older, but shorter, than those samples found on the east side of the island.

D) support biological communities similar to those found at lower elevations on similar south-facing slopes.

Wood field club is situated in Florida, Boca Raton. It is one type of resort cum club. Wood field’s resort style club has a magnificent grounds and it is located in central location in the community, which gives easy access for everyone.

Based on the current conditions of the area, we hypothesis that tree survivability will be highest in elevations above 3,000 feet and below 3,300 feet, highest in slopes between 0 - 45 degrees, and highest in aspects between 0 - 33 degrees. Tree survivability will also be highest in area with the best soil, water quality, and forest health conditions for successful tree sapling growth.

your answer. The greenhouse effect allows the sun’s radiation to get to Earth and absorbs

Temperature influences the distribution of plants and this is another abiotic factor. In the Lions club tower I could feel the difference in temperature. Bottom at being cold and moist whereas the top is warm and dry. This is shown clearly on the average table. Temperatures such as snow or frost determines the distribution of plants as most plants cannot prevent freezing because of their tissues and this abiotic factor affects the plantae group. Other effects that could cause an establishment to particular plants due to temperature is the gemination of biennial plants, and this is during spring or summer known as vernalization. This is the cooling of seed in order to quickly adapt to the environment and the abiotic factors. As of the forest

Fog is believed to have a great impact on a forest ecosystem. To measure how much of an affect fog can have on the redwood costal forest, the experimenters measured the amount of water and nitrogen changes from horizontal moving fog, rain, and overall redwood tree function. They predicted that during the fog season, the differences in dispositions from the amount of fog on the edge of the redwood forest and the interior would translate to differences in ecosystem function. These functions include plant performance, soil moisture, and nutrient availability across the forest. They believe that during the winter rain season there is no disparities in ecosystems from the edge to the interior of the redwood forest. In the end they discovered that

Fluctuating light intensity. During winter, a layer of snow covers the ground, causing less light to reaches the plants. During summer, there is a large amount of sunlight reaching the plants.

In the chapter First the Forests in the book Forests: The Shadow of Civilization by Robert Harrison, used Greek mythology and modern day philosophers to connect how forests interact through civilization. The popular themes in this chapter plays along Vicos theory of the intuitional order with the quotation “This was the order of human institutions: first the forests, after that the huts, then the villages, next the cities, and finally the academies” (Pg.11). In the epic of Gilgamesh the first antagonist was the forest. This emphasized how the forest was wild and dangerous. The Greek god Artemis would roam in the forest hiding in the shadows of the trees. The forest is a place of wild and of disorder. Actaeon went to the forest and saw Artemis

he canopy describes the dense foliage in the upper region of the layers of stratification within a rainforest environment. This feature of an ecosystems dictates determines the abiotic features for the plants below. The features key features of humidity, sunlight and wind strength is controlled by the canopy layer. The conditions created by the canopy commonly favours the survival of other large tree, as higher quality light, which is essential for the process of photosynthesis is found closer to the opening of the canopy. As seen in the first photo on the right, a gap in the canopy caused by the falling of a large tree has significant impacts on the function of the ecosystem. This disturbance causes the onset of the recycling of nutrients

We know that a desert is much hotter than a grassland ecosystem. So since the temperature increased over thousands of years the albedo increased as well. If the climate was to change so dramatically in an extreme climate (ex. Grassland ecosystem to a desert) we can assume that the temperature increased at least slightly in other areas. Grassland ecosystems are warm but less warm than a desert climate. Prompt

Our lab investigated the morphological characteristics of leaves found in the sun and shade on various species of maple and oak trees around campus. Our null hypothesis was Acer and Quercus acclimate similarly with regards to SLW (specific leaf weight), size, and sinuosity. Our hypothesis was Quercus acclimation is greater than Acer SLW, size, and sinuosity. We tested these hypotheses by picking small sections of a branches from both maple and oak trees. A group was assigned either a maple or an oak tree, and needed a total of three different trees per group. Once three different trees were chosen, groups needed three shade leaves and three sun leaves of off each different tree. In total, each group should then end up with 18 leaves for testing. After collecting the leaves, we ran them through the LiCor 3100 leaf area meter to identify the area of each leaf. Major results found by the classes’ mutual data was each one of our p-values were greater than .05. This means that we failed to reject the null hypothesis. Thus, the lab results do not support our hypothesis that Quercus acclimation is greater than Acer SLW, size, and sinuosity.