Grassland

kill an animal and skin it to make rugs,coats,bag etc. the people in the surrounding area have began catching fire to the forest, to convert it to grassland, so the fern, which is one of the most important and most used ingredients in most of the dishes and stews cooked in the region. Fact being that this habitat is the only one they have.and the grasslands lack the sources of protection and food that the Amur Leopard requires. Another threat to this species is the lack of genetic diversity…

main food source to be available. According to PBS, Buffalo Bill Cody, an avid hunter durning the time, killed more then 4000 Buffalo in just two years. Government officials also actively hunted buffalo an attempt to run Native Americans out of the grasslands that resisted. The disease settlers brought over, the Native Americans had no immunity to. Diseases…

Juniperus virginiana is a woody invasive species that is threatening grasslands in the great plains. A variety of methods are used to control the spread of this tree, including prescribed fire and mechanical/hand cutting, and although fire is a natural control of redcedar and less expensive per acre than cutting, it is at a disadvantage because of negative cultural perceptions of the use of fire, perpetuated by fire suppression campaigns in the past century. A number of agencies have implemented…

their habitat is around rocky areas/outcrops, the physical appearance of the wolf is gray and brown in some spots, and the diet of the mexican wolf is mostly hooved animals. Wolves can live in quite a few habitats like the woodlands, forests, grasslands and deserts. Also, they are also known to have dens around rocky outcrops.…

farmers, realizes that they needed to make a change in order to see a change. Bennett said, “Americans in the nation’s midsection had farmed to much, too fast. The land could no take that kind of assault” (pg.134). He goes on to say that the greatest grassland in the world had been destroyed and it was the farmer’s fault, but he would do his best to help renew the soil. The hope Americans saw was very temporary because they soon started asking for more, specifically rain and the dust storms were…

I. Introduction a) Imagine being in the Midwest and then seeing a giant dust cloud. b) General info about Dust Bow. c) Because the Midwest became a failing region, many dreams were crushed. d) In the 1930's better known as "the dirty thirties", the dust bowl effected thousands of farmers and their families in the Southwest/Midwest. II. Body A)When the Midwest was a thriving community, people as far as New York came in hope of a better life, but soon turned downhill. 1) Land produced abundant…

The Gopher Tortoise, also known as Gopherus Polyphemus, is a very important species in the ecological system of the state of Florida. The Gopher Tortoise plays a very big role as a native species in the south-east of the United States, from southern South Carolina to southeastern Louisiana (Auffenberg and Franz, 1982). More than 300 species benefit from the burrows the Gopher Tortoise digs, providing them with shelter. According to a study by Auffenberg and Franz (1982), Kushlan and Mazzotti…

The african elephant is located at african in the savanna there is a rainy season and dry season. the weather is it goes rainy and then it get’s hot. The abiotic that lives there is african wild dog, blackmamba, caracal, ,chacma, egyptian mongoose,roots grasses,fruit,and bark. Weighing up to 6000 kg 6.6 tons and measuring up to 3.3 m 10 ft. at the shoulder the African elephant is the world’s largest land mammal. It is characterized by its highly dexterous trunk, long curved tusks, and…

The Saber-tooth Tiger/ Cat The Sabertooth tiger is all around the world. Many may say they don't know what a saber-tooth is but we seen it throughout our childhood. When we were small we use to watch the movie Ice Age which includes the three friends a mammoth, a sloth and last a saber-tooth tiger. Many have also seen 10,000 b.c which includes a sabertooth tiger, no one should say they haven't seen one because everyone has watched a movie where one was in. A sabertooth isn't a cuddling…

Ethiopian Wolf Evolution Eduardo Medina Fred N. Thomas Career Education Center Early College  Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide details on the Ethiopian Wolf such as its physical traits, behaviors, habitats, and adaptations to its environment that assist in the species’ continued existence and survival. Using this information and research that has been conducted, the most likely ancestor for Ethiopian wolf is the Eucyon. This is based on the theory of evolution and other…