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Which type of forest are these?

Which type of forest are these? . A. B. D. E. C. Forest types, disturbance, succession. 9/19/11. How are forests classified? . Evergreen or Deciduous Coniferous or Broad-leafed Dry or Wet Tropical, Temperate or Boreal. What is a forest biome? .

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Which type of forest are these?

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  1. Which type of forest are these? A B D E C

  2. Forest types, disturbance, succession 9/19/11

  3. How are forests classified? • Evergreen or Deciduous • Coniferous or Broad-leafed • Dry or Wet • Tropical, Temperate or Boreal

  4. What is a forest biome? • Many similar ecosystems throughout the world. • Individual  population  community  Ecosystem  Biome

  5. What is an ecosystem? • The nonliving (abiotic) and living (biotic) components of an environment working together. http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=639

  6. What is an ecological disturbance? • an event that results in a sustained disruption of an ecosystem's structure and function.

  7. What are examples of disturbances to forest ecosystems? • Logging • Urbanization • Agriculture • Overpopulation of a single species/hunting • i.e. the deer population • Invasive species • Fire • Flood

  8. What is succession? • “more-or-less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community.”

  9. What is primary succession? • Succession on an area that has never been occupied by a community.

  10. What is secondary succession? • Succession on an area which had its community removed (by disturbance).

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