Environmental Science 1021F/G Lecture Notes - Algae, Commensalism, Interspecific Competition
28 Jan 2013
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E. g. forest biomes are characterized by an abundance of trees: at far-flung parts of biomes, different species may dominate the ecosystem boreal forest ecosystem, at the northern border has different species then the southern border. Species may not be similar to each other, but have the same function: they may not even be closely related, but are similar in form and function because of convergent evolution. Temperate direct seasonality uwo campus in in temperate deciduous) Boreal forest coniferous trees, compared to temperate deciduous forests that lose their leaves in the fall. Tundra near arctic environment, low vegetation across many kinds of species. Desert different from savanna desert is short grasses, dry; while savanna think africa. ^ label it exam question how the terrestrial biomes are zoned according to mean annual temp. and precip. levels. Tundra vegetation of short stature, occurring at high latitude (arctic) and high altitude (alpine)- short grasses, small plants.
