Deconstructing of Forest and Woodland

The Deciduous Forest, also known as the temperate forest, is the home of many wild animals. With the weather reaching up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and the precipitation ranging from 30-60 inches a year it is the perfect habitat for many animals and plants. In the Deciduous Forest, you can find: oak and maple trees, shrubs, bear, deer, skunk, rabbits, birds, etc… Located in the Eastern United States and Europe, these animals depend on the Deciduous Forest for their homes. When we go into these forests and cut down these trees, we are cutting down the homes of many living organisms. Without trees to use as shelter, camouflage, or a source of food, many of these harmless animals will die and soon become extinct due to our lack of care and own self-interest.

This map indicates information about the living forests model and identified 11 places with major deforestation fronts. These spots are the main places of the global deforestation are designed to take place over the two decades from 2010 to 2030. In Australia, About 70 % of the forests of Eastern Australia have been cleared or disturbed, these forests include temperate forests and rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland while only 18% is protected. Furthermore, the rates of forest loss between 3 to 6 million/ha during a period from 2010 to 2030. In addition, the most common pressures causing severe forest degradation and deforestation in Australia are livestock, unsustainable logging, agriculture colonization and

Vegetation of a biome can vary drastically from biome to biome. In the Arctic Tundra it is extremely cold year round with little precipitation; the main plant life in this biome is low shrubs, sedges, lichens, and mosses. Tropical Rainforests are basically the opposite. Tropical Rainforests have no cold or dry periods. It rains nearly every day and forms dense jungles. With the amount of plant life and precipitation, there is a huge amount of decomposers. Somewhat in the middle of these two vastly different biomes, not necessarily geographically, is the Temperate Grasslands. As the name suggests, grasses are the dominant form for life, there are riparian woodlands (trees occurring along streams). Once a thriving biome, is now managed mainly as rangeland due to years of commercial farming.

larger vegetation zones to the way we should understand the ecology of the land scape.

Forest ecosystems cover around 31% of our land across the world; they produce vital supplies from oxygen to logs for the production of paper and furniture such as tables.

Differences in the Woodland Ecosystem as the Result of Different Management Strategies Introduction: In this piece of work, I am studying the hypothesis, "Differences in woodland ecosystems are the result of different management strategies. " This means the way woodlands are managed affect the ecosystems. Places like Bishops wood, need to be looked after and carefully managed, if they are to remain attractive. Bishops wood is very large park and attracts over 90 million visitors a year.

“Biological diversity is of fundamental importance to the functioning of all natural and human-engineered ecosystems, and by extension to the ecosystem services that nature provides free of charge to human society ”(Lloyd, 2014). Biodiversity is very important to both plants, animals and humans on Earth and if one species is destroyed it throw the balance off .

The list ranges from dry prairies, terrestrial shrublands, wetlands, marshes, bogs, swamps, savannas, lowland forests, upland forests, to wet prairies. The dry prairies consist of pure marram grass and sand reed where mice, shrews, and squirrels are found. Terrestrial shrublands is the area between grass-covered dunes and forested dunes where you will find saplings of oak, basswood, and conifer trees. The area where there’s marshes, swamps, and bogs are all known as wetlands. Savannas also have oak and conifer trees found in them too. This type of habitat is the breeding grounds for lupine and Karner Blue butterflies. Lowland and upland forests are slightly different from each other. They each have different types of plants found there. Lastly, wet prairies have a wide variety of grasses. The thickness of the grass keeps the ground moist and provides homes for smaller animals. All of these habitats have their own characteristics and helps make up the Indiana Dunes State Park (“Indiana

Did you know that the rainforest is a fantastic biome? It has three parts that make it special. The forest is also home to more plant life than any other. It’s pretty big. Rainforests have a climate and appearance, producers, and consumers specific to the ecosystem.

The three levels of biodiversity are as follows: diversity of the ecosystems, diversity of species within the communities and diversity within species. The loss of species within the ecosystems and within the community can cause a catastrophic result, as species live and feed on other species. Species close to extinction are endangered species, therefore protecting them from predators and offering the chance to reproduce and repopulate. Unfortunately, with little support within the environment, a species can become extinct due to population density. Proper monitoring of an endangered species is required in order to keep species actively reproducing and changing with the environment around them.

To investigate whether Savage’s Wood is an accurate example of the indigenous woodlands of the UK, I will be investigating it’s presents species and stratification compared to that of an ancient, medieval woodland located in Bedfordshire. I believe that King’s Wood in Bedfordshire will be a better example than Savage’s Wood due to it’s older age and therefore wider range of species, however that Savage’s Wood may possibly be an example of a younger indigenous, temperate deciduous woodland to a large extent.

An example would be the types of plants located above timberline on a mountain versus the forests located toward the bottom of the mountain.

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

The rate of deforestation is increasing and the tropical forests are falling at approximately 140,000 acres per day (Miller & Tangley 1991: xvi). The forests are crucial to the environment. They are important in minimizing erosion, providing a stable habitat for many animals, and helping to keep the environment clean. Deforestation has devastating effects, not only on the biological dependents within the depleted forests, but also on the surrounding human-populated communities.

Franck and Brownstone define biological diversity as 'the variety and variability of living organisms and the biological communities in which they live' (36). Decades of progress in both the scientific and political arenas have advanced environmental legislation to protect biodiversity at not only the ecosystem level, but for specific species and genetic material as well. Research has shown the importance of every organism and their role in the global ecosystem, and legislation has gradually matured to protect not only species which may become endangered, but the habitats they need to survive as well. Growing consciousness surrounding environmental issues has enabled these protections to be