Black Forest

Aerial roots wend their way down past tropical trunks, tree ferns and moss-covered prop roots to an understorey of ferns and seedlings. The jungle is lush, humid and thick with mosquitoes. It is also as cosmopolitan as London’s Heathrow airport. This forest on Big Island features mango trees from India (Mangifera indica); Cecropia obtusifolia,

Republic of Costa Rica 2. Climate (major types of climate, rainfall, vegetation) Climate: Heavily Tropical, but the microclimates vary depending on elevation, topography, rainfall, and the overall geography of the region Rainfall: The average amount is around 100 in. per year, but the mountains can receive an upwards of 25 feet per year. Vegetation: Costa Rica is massively diverse in its flora. The most common type of flowering plant it the heliconia, which are large red, yellow or orange flowers

Wildfires Every Spring and Summer, Arizona loses more wilderness to the devastation of Wildfire. Our beautiful green forests and mountains are charred black not to be seen by this generation or the next. The poor and the rich are driven from their homes and cities before wildfire’s indiscriminate destructive might. Memories and dreams are wiped clean by fire and lives are forever changed. In June of 2011, Arizona had 2 major wildfires burning simultaneously. The Wallow fire in the White Mountains

Literature Review Source 1 Species of special concern program By Len du Plessis August 2010 Summary: Fynbos and forest biomes are the main contributors to vegetation diversity in the Garden Route. Indigenous forests in the Garden Route cover 35 765.4 ha. The biome of the Garden Route contains 69% of South Africa’s sub-continent plant species. Approximately 30% of the Garden Route is covered in fynbos. Mountain and lowland fynbos have been converted into pine plantations, having huge effects on

3.1.1. Why does life thrive in the tropical rainforest? The tropical rainforest is very rich in water and food thus life thrives. We all know that food and water are the things that animals need the most for their survival. It also has a warm temperature due to the constant energy that the sun provides. The plants need the sunlight for the process of photosynthesis to be completed and use it to derived energy. And the plants serve as the food for some animals and these animals serve as the food

for this decline, resulting in serious impacts on the environment and the economy. Critically discuss the causes of deforestation and solutions to it. Deforestation is the cutting down of a large area of trees and the destruction of forests by people. Forests are what we call an exhaustible resource, one which can be used up if it is not used carefully. Over the last few decades, deforestation has threatened the rainforests with total extinction. To understand why deforestation is such an important

what is the cause of deforestation, as listed on the Global Forest Change map, for your study area? Question 3 of 14 5.0/ 5.0 Points Click on Zoom to area for your chosen example

Intro: Forests are very important for the environment. The importance of forests cannot be underestimated. We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use. Forests also provide a habitat for a vast array of plants and animals, many of which are still undiscovered. They also supply the oxygen we need to survive. Forests are a home to many endangered species but forests are also endangered due to these species. For example the red deer eats just about any plant that

Tropical rainforests are a curious world filled with wonder. Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America has opened my eyes to another world that I had not paid much attention to. Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata introduced a new world of wonder filled with so much diversity. Ecology and evolution go hand and hand, and the rainforest—a beautiful ecosystem driven by the climate [biome]—is a phenomenal example as hot spot for evolution. From the humidity, the high

Latitudinal Gradient of Species Diversity The latitudinal gradient in species diversity is one of the most striking patterns in the distribution of organisms on the planet. Simply put, the average number of species per unit area increases dramatically the closer the area is to the equator, almost entirely regardless of the type of organism being considered (Pianka, 1994). Researchers investigating the gradient have formulated a wide variety of hypothesis explaining the higher level of species