BIOL 1070 Chapter : Inquiry Case #2 Notes.pdf
4 Apr 2014
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Contains 3 different types of plants: white pine, sugar maple, and honeysuckle. Soil: top rich organic layer" middle mineral soil sandy loam" that occurs through the water table, and final mineral soil sand/gravel". Green with areas of water (river, two ponds/lakes) Much greater plant diversity (7 types of plants) Soil: top organic layer", middle mineral soil sandy loam" that occurs through water table, very large final clay" layer. Contains 3 different types of plants: sugar maple, white pine, white ash and alternate. Soil: top organic layer", large middle mineral soil sand/ gravel" later, followed by teh water table. Biodiversity: different scales of biological variation; the variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes of which they are part. Species richness: the number of species present in a defined area such as a community or ecosystem. Abundance: how common a species is in a defined area and can be measured as percent cover, biomass, or frequency of individuals per species.
