Grassland

Lick Creek Park is located in southeast College Station, TX, and consists of 515 acres of habitats associated with the Post Oak Savanna and Hardwood Forest vegetation zone. The park transects the valley walls of the Lick Creek flood plain, a major tributary to the Navasota River. The park contains an “alluvial hardwood forest, open marshland, oxbow meadows, upland oak forest, and sandy prairies.”(Lick Creek Park 2016) Before the park was established, it was used to pasture cattle and thus was…

I think prescribed burns are useful. They decrease the probability of uncontrollable devastation from wildfires, insects and invaders, and increase biodiversity. Thousands upon thousands of acres every year lost in forest fires once a year. we tend to always hear about the dramatic losses caused by forest fires and are usually involved by them. There ar such a big amount of alarming effects from fires and most of them have an effect on such a big amount of individuals. Studies have shown that…

For instance, a study in Texas determined a higher abundance of Tenebrionidae in the grasslands during a drought (low moisture and extreme heat), than they did in the arid environment, likewise, when moisture content was high and temperature was mild, a higher abundance was found in the semiarid than in the grassland environment (Deslippe; Salazar; Guo, 2001). Temperature plays a major role in the life of a Tenebrio molitor (also known as a darkling…

There are so many different type of organisms in this world and they all live there own separate and different lives. When learning about a certain animal or species or even a certain organism you have so many different options to learn from. For example, a turtle you can find their habitat, where they are in a food web and even their interspecific interactions with other organisms interactions with other organisms. Turtles are some of the most interesting animals in the world, they have so many…

Furthermore, there is currently about 630 Mha of unproductive cropland and grasslands that have the potential to be transformed into agroforestry systems allowing for a carbon sequestering increase of 586,000 MgC/year by 2040 (Montagnini et al., 2004). Studies show that unused land in the humid tropics, such as those seen in southeast…

African Lions live in groups called prides. Lions are relatives of the cat family. They live in thick grasslands, open woodlands and other habits. These habits helps with hiding and hunting. Lions hunt antelope, baby elephants, zebras, wildebeest, and rhinos. Only adults lions are strong enough to kill elephants. Most of the time, lions don't like to hunt. They steal food from hyenas, leopards and other predators. Lioness are the ones who go out and hunt for the pride. Then it is the lion's…

Industries – agriculture – Agriculture is very important to the economy of the interior plains, as the plains contain much flat land that can be used for raising livestock and growing plants. Some vegetables that are grown include potatoes, wheat, canola, corn, etc……, as well as various livestock such as cattle. In addition, agriculture can sometimes strengthen the tourism industry in the interior plains. For example, bulls used in agriculture are also needed for major events such as the…

Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado were hit by big storms that destroyed almost everything. The dust storms ruined the land and the lives of the people that lived there. The people eventually had to move west. The Plains area was mostly dry grasslands and if the farmers worked hard they were able to grow wheat and corn and also raise cattle. Also, the drought could practically take the farmer’s farms and the Mortgage companies would take the farms and send tractors to knock down their…

a lot of differences from normal horses, they also have a lot of similarities with normal horses. Brumbies are a similar size to normal horses and are usually brown but can be other colours as well like white and grey. Brumbies love to live in grasslands or shrublands that have a continuous flow of water. A goal takes 11 months for a foal to gestate. P3 Here are the origins and reasons for Brumbies In australia. Brumbies Were brought to australia as work/farm horses. They come on the same day…

The owl’s ability to locate their prey just by sound is the best of any other animal. These owls have a variety of different habitats. They live in open habitats in the lower 48 United States and also extend to some of Canada. They can survive in grasslands, marshes, deserts, agricultural or…