Vegetation

However, an important variable of vegetation is its floristic diversity and dominance. Ecological value of the plant species (IVI) influences in a great extent the biomass of an ecosystem and hence carbon stocks. Importance Value Index (IVI) is a measure of how dominant a species is in a given…

of water for example the Mediterranean Sea. Countries that have this climate region are Morocco, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq. (“Climate and Vegetation Map” on page 362.) These different climate regions have a major effect on where people live. Looking at the population density map it shows more people live by large bodies of water because there is more vegetation. There…

The tropical rainforest climate is very diverse and interesting. The combination of the climate, vegetation, animals, and uses that the tropical rainforest provides is extensive. One day I will visit one of the few locations of the tropical rainforest, but first I need to know some basic information; where the tropical rainforest is located, the climate and weather, vegetation, animal life, production and people, and impact on the biome. This biome is located on the equator but doesn’t restrict…

Southern Europe includes countries of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Italian peninsula, southern France, and Greece. Also, includes the Balkan countries of Southeast Europe. It is a mountainous area and a Mediterranean Vegetation region that has mild climate. Alpine Orogeny is a phase formed fifty million years ago when the Eurasian continent plate and African continent plate collide together. The Alpine Orogeny produced intense metamorphism of rocks, crumpling of rock strata,…

The most immediate cause of human-caused desertification is the destruction and/or removal of the land’s stabilizing vegetation — a process known as deflation. This is caused, and acts in concert with, a number of other factors — including drought, overgrazing, deforestation, common agricultural practices, and changes in the climate. With the removal of a region’s vegetation, the soil degrades and erodes very rapidly — leaving an environment that is far less suited to supporting common forms…

Study Area Description Geographical Location The study of Ageratum conyzoides distribution took place in riverine and non-riverine habitats of Mweka village which lies on the southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro [20]. The riverine habitat was the one from Kichau River while non-riverine habitat was chosen randomly from inland area of Mweka village. This village lies between lies between 37°15’ and 37°21’E and 3°03’ to 3°20’S with elevation of 800 – 2000 m.a.s.l. The rivers present in Mweka…

The first agricultural revolution occurred around 11,000 B.C. Evidence shows that it began in the Middle East, specifically in the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent includes countries such as Mesopotamia (now formally known as Iraq), Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and the Nile River Basin in Egypt. There is also evidence that there were other agricultural revolutions around the world, not just in the Middle East during the same time period as the other ones. These revolutions also occurred in…

4.0Chapter four Discussion: 4.1 Point Counts By restraining the recording of species to a 10- 50m fixed radius when in dense forest at kamwala 1 forest, it allows the subtraction the certain bias, such as, the highly vocal forest species; White bellied Go Away bird and Tropical Bulbul, as well as those species which ‘generally’ occur above the canopy (for example; forest raptors). The most widespread species to occur across all the count areas (map 1) were Common Bulbul, Orange ground thrush…

that can be determined remotely. Most of the papers uses the term land surface temperature and air temperature interchangeably, however these two terms are not the same or can’t be used interchangeably. Because LST is a mixture of bare soil and vegetation temperatures. As a result, both respond rapidly to changes in incoming solar radiation due to cloud cover and aerosol load modifications and diurnal variation of illumination (Norman and Becker, 1995 and Denis et al., 2015).…

10 feet wide, and could weigh up to 6 tons. Its pubis bone pointed backward to support the large stomachs for vegetation. Triceratops walked with their four legs positioned under them, rather than the sides. The beak and closely packed grinding teeth on this herbivorous dinosaur helped it to chew the vegetation, like shrubs, trees, and cycads. The beak crunched on tough parts of vegetation, while the teeth grinded up the pieces.…