Interactions between climate, plants and soil
lead to broad regions (biomes)
might need smaller, more refined definition for study (ecoregions)
scale
- distance and time
- ecological studies are focused at particular scales
- individual
- population
- community
- ecosystem
- techniques and approaches
- cross-scale studies are an intellectual challenge
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climate patterns
- global
- Oregon
- east flowing winds and moisture
- ocean currents - el Nino/la Nina
- mountains
- temperature/rain diagrams
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Oregon |
plant communities
- water availability
- temperature
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soil types
as accumulation of climate impacts and plant activity
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list of major biomes and gross characteristics
- location on Earth
- climate (altitude or latitude)
- characteristic plant types
- primary productivity
- biodiversity
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terrestrial biomes |
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Ecoregions
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WWF
interactive map |
