The savanna biome is an ecosystem that expands across landscapes that contain grasslands with dispersed trees and shrubs. With wet and dry seasons, the savanna biome is in subtropical and tropical regions. This biome is known as an intermediate zone that is between a forest and a grassland. The savanna biome also has an abundance of diverse plants and animals that live in a specific region. All flora and fauna have to learn how to adapt to survive in this environment. Without every critical part of the ecosystem, nothing would be able to survive for long. Regarding the Earth's surface, the savanna biomes cover roughly 20% of Africa, South America, Australia, and Asia. In Africa, the Serengeti of Tanzania and the Masai Mara in Kenya show the …show more content…
Australia's savannas exhibit a great blend of tropical and arid characteristics; however, Asia's savannas have diverse ecosystems adapting to climatic conditions. So, Africa, South America, Australia, and parts of Asia make up the beautiful savanna biomes around the world. The savanna biome is prominent for its distinct wet and dry seasons. The damp and dry seasons profoundly influence the environment and its inhabitants. During the wet season, which generally happens in the summer months, generous amounts of rainfall alter the savanna into a luxuriant oasis filled with life. But, as the dry season comes about, the precipitation decreases, and the landscape goes through a considerable change, with the grasses becoming flaccid and the water sources becoming in short supply. Seasonal irregularities shape the savanna biome's vegetation, wildlife flow, and ecological action. The savanna biome is home to a diverse community of different organisms. A community is an interconnected group of several species in the exact same location. Each species in this community plays a role in keeping the ecosystem functioning and …show more content…
Local communities, along with indigenous people, have been coexisting with the savannas for an extended period now. The human population relies on the resources of the savanna biome for sustenance, livelihoods, and cultural practices. Human activities, including agriculture, urbanization, and resource extraction, have threatened savanna ecosystems significantly, leading to degradation, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss. Although conservation efforts are made, engaging local communities is essential for protecting savanna biomes. Despite their ecological importance, savanna biomes face countless challenges and threats, such as habitat fragmentation, deforestation, climate change, and unsustainable land use. These artificial pressures disrupt biodegradable processes and community ecology and threaten the livelihoods of several species dependent on savanna ecosystems. The savanna biomes are home to various plant and animal species that have adapted and survived these living conditions. The savanna biome is a globally significant ecosystem with much biodiversity and vital ecosystem
Australia is a land of rather extreme weather conditions and widely diverse climates that force the vegetation living there to adapt in many interesting ways. Australia is the driest continent, and biomes such as grasslands and savannas are prime sources of widespread catastrophic fires. The plants that grow in the vast arid and semi-arid regions of Australia are prone to fires simply because of the desert climates that they grow in. High temperatures combined with low fuel moisture contents, little humidity and drying winds that sweep across the landscape encourage many of the plants living in these areas to burst into flames at fairly frequent intervals. Serotinous cones, protective bark, intricate underground recovery systems, unique seed distributions and even the necessity of fire for reproduction are just some of the amazing ways that the major plant families which grow in these fire-prone areas have learned to adapt to their environments.
What is a biome? Biomes are major life zones characterized by vegetation type or by the physical environment. Climate plays a role in determining the nature and location of Earth’s biomes. Texas has 10 different ecosystems with lots of diversity. Minnesota has 4 different ecosystems which are also quite diverse. Regardless of the size of the biomes or the number of biomes in each state, they are all important not just to the locate environment but on a global level because of the life they support. We are going to take a look at the different biomes, comparing climate and rainfall, as well as vegetation fauna.
They also look after the quality of coastal waters by watering down, sifting, and settling deposits, left-over nutrients and contaminants. They are highly productive ecosystems and provide habitats and act as nurseries for all manner of life.
Landscape fragmentation contributes to loss of migratory corridors, loss of connectivity and natural communities, which all lead to a loss of biodiversity for a region. Conservation of biodiversity must include all levels of diversity: genetic, species, community, and landscape (CNHP 1995). Each complex level is dependent upon and linked to the other levels. In addition, humans are linked to all levels of this hierarchy. A healthy natural and human environment go hand in hand (CNHP 1995). An important step in conservation planning, in order to guarantee both a healthy natural environment as well as a healthy human environment, is recognizing the most endangered elements.
Temperate grassland biomes can be found in North America, Africa, the pampas of South America and many parts of Eurasia. Grass is the main plant in Temperate Grassland biomes, trees and shrubs are rare to see in this type of biome. Temperate grasslands also have an extremely high abundance of wildlife. The wildlife living in this biome includes bison and pronghorn sheep, but mainly the animals most affected were the cattle and horses that lived on the surrounding farms.
A biome is the collection of the ecosystems that are similar. Ecosystems that are part of one biome are similar in flora, fauna, and climate. Since different species of plants and animals have different adaptation of climate, plants and animals living in each biome are indicating the climate of their biome. There are four biomes in Canada. These biomes that exist in Canada are Tundra, Boreal Forests, Temperate Deciduous Forests, and Grasslands.
The earth is divided climatically and geographically into specific areas where there are similarities in communities of vegetation, organisms and animals. These ecosystems are often referred to as biomes. Differences in biomes usually consists of identifiable plant structures where there is a specific pattern of ecological activity. Biomes are also major types of habitats for different types of organisms and animals.
The ecosystem I have chosen is tropical rainforest. In the following paragraphs, I am going to firstly introduced the structure of tropical rainforest in brief, with the second part of the plant ecology and last the diversity within this ecosystem.
The desert biome is one of the most interesting biomes on earth. An area of land is considered a desert when it produces less than 10 inches of rainfall throughout the year. There are many different types of deserts in the world, with a very diverse group of plants and animals. It has temperatures that are generally hot during the day, and cold at night.
A biome, also known as life zones, consists of all plants, animals, and other organisms, as well the physical environment in a particular area. A biome is characterized by its’ plant life, climate, and location. The climate and physical features determine the boundaries of a biome. A biome is made up of many different ecosystems. The ecosystems tend to have the same pants and animals as neighboring biomes around the boundaries. The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate forests, desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, and marine. Each biome has it’s own characteristics such as the tundra.
Many of the issues of biodiversity loss can be traced back to human interaction to the environment. One of the issues is alteration and loss of habitats. A lot of this issue is based on the destruction of habitats and for the land to be used for human consumption. The land is either used up for agricultural use or for neighborhoods. Destroying habitats and building them for our own use can have a positive impact on our way of living but a negative impact on the environment. We would gain land for building land for crops and communities to be built. The habitat for the animals would be destroyed and the species local to the land would either relocate or die. There are restrictions to deforesting land and there are organizations to help protect the land.
The degradation of ecosystems and loss of biodiversity is increasing at an alarming rate every year. Humans are certainly not the only reason for this, but they are the main contributors. The well-being of ecosystems affects our everyday lives - consumption and consumerism depend on natural resources. Everything humans use is derived from them, in seemingly indirect and direct ways. Yet despite the fact that humans are destroying the environment, many continue to and neglect to take important measures to protect it.
Biodiversity is so important that if any chain or link is disturbed then the whole system will come to a halt. Biodiversity also boosts ecosystem productivity and if it declines automatically our ecosystem also declines as both are interdependent upon each other, where all the species play an essential role in the way ecosystem functions, so local and global species loss could threaten the stability of the ecosystem services on which humans depend. This is an interesting topic as well as a global issue concerning the whole human civilization and their existence. . The said issue as well as many other issues regarding our natural processes cannot be neglected as our present and future depends entirely on the sustainability and growth of this ecosystem and biodiversity. Our ecosystem completely depends on the way biodiversity functions. This is the reason I have chosen this topic and gathered information about how it e...
“An endangered species is one whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction” (Do Something 2015). Species loss and habitat destruction is a large problem that is being faced. Naturally species will eventually die out due to the way of life but species becoming extinct has been happening more frequently all thanks to the lack of care from humans (Zoo Granby 2015). The problem of endangered wildlife is and very significant topic in today’s society. This is a problem that has a solution. Wild life does not only cover animals but also plants. Whether people know it or not animals and plants play a major role in human’s lives. “Many species keep humans alive by purifying the water, fixing nitrogen, recycling nutrients and waste and pollinating crops” (Endangered Species International 2011). Protecting these species has rewards in it. By protecting them it will take the contribution of humans to keep a healthy planet.
One of the reasons for loss in biodiversity is alteration of habitats. A habitat is the natural environment in which a species of living organism lives. If the habitat of a species is changed, it will cause the species to die or migrate to other places where it can find its natural habitat. There are many ways in which the habitat of plants and animals can be altered. One of them is land use changes. Since the beginning of human life, human beings have been changing land use for farming. Large areas of forests have been cleared by humans to increase the area of farming to satisfy their growing needs. Many biodiversity-rich landscape characteristics have been lost due to intensive farming (Young, Richards, Fischer, Halada, Kull, Kuzniar, Tartes, Uzunov & Watt, 2007). For example, traditional farming was replaced by private farms in Europe after the First World War causing an immense change in land use patterns. Another major proble...