Terrestrial Biomes of the Earth
Ideas
Thoughts
Different biomes and permaculture (Permaculture: A Designer's Manual by Bill Mollison, 14 chapters)
Biomes: temperature and precipitation: Quran factors for vegetation: water, wind, ...
Communities: some species attract the presence of others. This concept can be used in achieving goals.
Holzer permaculture: growing things in cold high altitude climate (local climate)
Mosses: peat moss (habitat, conserve?)
Polar desert?
Underground water in Egypt's deserts, for use in agriculture, can ecology give us a clue on how to best use such resource?
Observation: Many things in biomes are a seasonal, transient, in migration due to changing weather.
Inspiring ideas from ecology to effect rich and resilient human communities .
Birding clues from ecology.
Cold desert: Mongolia (Gabi).
Vegetation (sporadic yet patterned) along desert roads in Egypt.
Tropical rainforest: my dream.
3% concentration of salt in water of oceans.
Plants to treat water in fisheries (permaculture)
Ecology and the Aswan High Dam.
Ecological understanding of presence of roaches around households.
Interesting Facts
Plants germinating only after fire!
Epiphytes: rooted on the damp upper branches!
Digest
Biomes: where biogeographers recognize marked differences in the flora and fauna.
Biomes grade into one another.
Eight terrestrial biomes:
distribution
relation to annual temperature and precipitation
Eight biomes
tundra
occurs around the Arctic Circle, beyond the tree line
permafrost
taiga (northern coniferous forest)
occupies a broad belt across North America and Eurasia
liquid water is unavailable for much of the winter
temperate forests
range from the mixed conifer and broad-leaved forests of much of North America and northern central Europe to the moist dripping forests of broad-leaved evergreen trees found at the biome’s low latitude limits.
there are periods of the year when liquid water is in short supply
grassland
occupies the drier parts of temperate and tropical regions
experience seasonal drought
chaparral (maquis)
occurs in Mediterranean-type climates
mild, wet winters and summer drought
desert
found in areas that experience extreme water shortage
tropical rainforests
high solar radiation throughout the year and regular and reliable rainfall
is the most productive of the earth’s biomes
aquatic biomes
Green tree frog
Questions
It is interesting to know about the different biomes.
Which biomes are better than others?
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