BIOLOGY 1B Lecture 1: ecology-lec1
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Level of chaparral plants are typically small and tough, have a thick cuticle. Most of the leaves have abundant secondary metabolites to deter herbivores, Fires (@fall, at the end of dry season) happen by warm winds blowing from stems have thorns the valley to coast. Shrubland (aka heathland, scrubland) = plant communities similar to chaparral dominated by woody shrubs and small trees, with larger trees growing near water. Shrubland communities are a type of biome where a set of climatic factors. These communities grow in a mediterranean climate warm (temperate)& These communities in this environment are influenced by human activity correlates with a biotic community with similar characteristics wet winter with hot (warm) dry summer. (ex: fires are more common due to human activity) Shrubland plant communities occur naturally in a small number of locations around the world @ Fynbos is a small belt of natural shrubland vegetation located in the western. Cape and eastern cape provinces of south africa.
