PPT-Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Chapter 7 Key Term Rain Shadow Effect An area having relatively little precipitation due to the effect of a barrier such as a mountain range that causes the prevailing winds to lose their moisture before reaching it. The complexity and rich diversity of life found in forests provides many vital services to human beings Nonetheless humans are destroying forest biodiversity at an alarming rate The conversion of forests to agricultural land overgrazing unsustainabl . Kelemework. . Tafere. . Reda. , UNISA. Background. Pastoralism as a mode of production and way of life has existed in East Africa for thousands of years. There are over 200 million pastoralists across the globe, with over 180 million of them currently living in developing countries (. AP Environmental Science. Mr. Grant. Lesson . 38. Objectives:. Define . the terms . extinction. , . extirpation. and . mass extinction. .. Contrast . background extinction rates and periods of mass extinction.. Vegetation and Terrestrial Wildlife. Vegetation. Plant Communities. Disturbance. Unique Communities. Wildlife. Amphibians and Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Terrestrial Ecology: Vegetation. Goals of vegetation sampling on ODOT projects. Emile Frisson, Director General, Bioversity International. Food Security in Africa – Bridging Research and Practice. Sydney, Australia 29 – 30 November 2012. Context. The Current Situation. National Biodiversity Data Centre’s information portal & mapping system. http://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/. What will the Mapping System do?. Produce an on-line Atlas of Ireland’s Biodiversity. the variety of living organisms within an ecosystem.. Review Q#1-5. 1. What causes the “patchiness” in the Biosphere (Earth)?. The Earth is “patchy” because it is made up of different environments (land, oceans, lakes, ice). . Objectives:. Define the terms . extinction. , . extirpation. and . mass extinction. .. Contrast background extinction rates and periods of mass extinction.. Evaluate the primary causes of biodiversity loss.. Abstract. Question. Salinity kit. Soil testing kits. pH test (water and soil). Thermometer. Materials. Data. Conclusions. Our hypothesis was that if there is a change from freshwater to saltwater, then the tidal plant species in each area will differ. The data collected from our experiment helped support our hypothesis. In our findings we saw that in the freshwater location, there was a greater amount of biodiversity and the plants were generally larger. On the other hand, we saw that in the saltwater location, the banks had less biodiversity and consisted with only Phragmites. One explanation for this is for the fact that the abundance of freshwater in the freshwater location allowed for a large variety of large plants to live in this area. However, only a thin layer of freshwater on the surface of the water was present at the saltwater location, which minimized the diversity of plant life that could live in this area. This minimized the competition in this area, allowing it to be overrun by Phragmites plants. . Ari-Pekka . Auvinen. Finnish Environment Institute. 2016 . Eionet. . Workshop. | . NRCs . Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Indicators and Assessments . 30 June . - . 1 July 2016, . E. uropean. Environment . 4.2 pgs. 94 - 100. Biomes. A large geographical region with a specific range of temperatures and precipitation, and the organisms that are adapted to those conditions of temperature and precipitation. Charles Kahindo . 1. , Franck Theeten . 2. , Patricia Mergen . 2. , Garin Cael. 2. , Olivier Bakasanda . 3. , Motonobu Kasajima . 3. , Patricia Kelbert . 4. , Jörg Holetscheck . 4. ,Elizabeth Arnaud . Match the following to the correct description. One Teacher. species. population. community. ecosyste. m. All Teachers. Teachers and Students. George West. Look through the vocabulary cards on your desk.. The Ecosystem Approach. Individuals Matter: Wangari Maathari and Kenya. ’. s Green Belt Movement . Green Belt Movement: 1977. Self-help group of women in Kenya. Success of tree planting. 50,000 members planted 40 million trees.