Coniferous+Forest+Ecosystem


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> WWF (World Wildlife Fund) [|ecologists] currently divide the land surface of the [|Earth] into 8 major [|ecozones] containing 867 smaller terrestrial ecoregions (see [|list] ). The WWF effort is a synthesis of many previous efforts to define and classify ecoregions. Many consider this classification to be quite decisive, and some propose these as stable borders for [|bioregional democracy] initiatives. [|[8]] > The eight terrestrial ecozones follow the major floral and faunal boundaries, identified by botanists and zoologists, that separate the world's major plant and animal communities. Ecozone boundaries generally follow [|continental] boundaries, or major barriers to plant and animal distribution, like the [|Himalayas] and the [|Sahara]. The boundaries of ecoregions are often not as decisive or well recognized, and are subject to greater disagreement. competition within and between [|species]. [|Ecosystems] are dynamically interacting systems of [|organisms], the [|communities] they make up, and the non-living components of their environment. Ecosystem processes, such as [|primary production], [|pedogenesis] , [|nutrient cycling] , and [|niche construction] , regulate the flux of energy and matter through an environment. These processes are sustained by organisms with specific life history traits. Biodiversity means the varieties of [|species], [|genes] , and [|ecosystems] , enhances certain [|ecosystem services]. Ecology is not synonymous with [|environmentalism], natural history, or [|environmental science]. It overlaps with the closely related sciences of [|evolutionary biology], [|genetics] , and [|ethology]. An important focus for ecologists is to improve the understanding of how biodiversity affects ecological function. Ecologists seek to explain: 5 . made up of living organisms and [|nonliving components] such as air, water and mineral soil. [|[2]] Ecosystems may be studied either as contingent collections of plants and animals, or as structured systems and communities that are governed by general rules. [|[3]] The [|biotic] and [|abiotic components] interact through [|nutrient cycles] and energy flows. [|[4]] Ecosystems include a network of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment. [|[5]] Ecosystems can be of any size but one ecosystem has a specific, limited space. [|[6]] Some scientists view the entire planet as one ecosystem. [|[7]]
 * These are my five factg**
 * 1) ** Temperate coniferous forest ** is a [|terrestrial] [|biome] found in [|temperate] regions of the world with warm [|summers] and cool [|winters] and adequate [|rainfall] to sustain a [|forest].
 * 2) Some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world are in coniferous forests in the worlod
 * 3) from freshwater and marine ecoregions. In this context, // [|terrestrial] // is used to mean "of land" (soil and rock), rather than the more general sense "of [|Earth] " (which includes land and oceans).
 * Life processes, interactions, and [|adaptation]








 * 1) ecosysten

 system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.  any system or network of interconnecting and interacting parts, as ina business: The success of Apple’s ecosystem depends on hardware/software integration. Manufacturers, retailers, and customers are all part of the automotive industry’s ecosystem.

2population  the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any districtor area.  the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to thedrinking water.  the number or body of inhabitants in a place belonging to a specificsocial, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, or racial subgroup: the native population; the working-class population.

3.community

 social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.  locality inhabited by such a group.  social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself asdistinct in some respect from the large society within which it exists(usually preceded by the ): the business community; the community of scholars. .  group of associated nations sharing common interests or a commonheritage: the community of Western Europe.  Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading a common lifeaccording to a rule.

4.food chain

 Ecology. a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits, thesmallest being fed upon by a larger one, which in turn feeds a stilllarger one, etc. 2. the chain from a food source to the ultimate consumer. 3. a hierarchy ranked by status, importance, influence, etc.: people who are high up on the political and media food chain. 5.food web

a series <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">of <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">organisms related <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">by predator-prey and <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">consumer-resource interactions; <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">the <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">entirety <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">of <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">interrelated <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">food chains in an <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ecological community.

6. food pyamid

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> uccessive levels of predation in a food chain represented schematically as a pyramid because upper levels normally consist of decreasing numbers of larger predators.

a diagram that represents a healthy diet by placing food groups in a pyramid according to the number of servings from each group to be eaten every day. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">

7.enery pynamid <span style="color: #737373; font-family: Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 11px;">Energy pyramid <span style="color: #737373; font-family: Helvetica,Arial; font-size: 0.875em;">An energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community. The different levels represent different groups of organisms that might compose a food chain. From the bottom-up, they are as follows:

8.habitat

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. "wild chimps in their natural habitat" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">

9.biome

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">major ecological [|community] of [|organisms] adapted to a particular climatic or [|environmental] [|condition] on a large [|geographic] area in which they occur.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Biomes may be classified into:
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Terrestrial biomes or land biomes - e.g. [|tundra], [|taiga] , [|grasslands] , [|savannas] , [|deserts] , [|tropical forests] , //etc//.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Freshwater biomes - e.g. large lakes, polar freshwaters, tropical coastal rivers, river deltas, //etc//.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Marine biomes - e.g. continental shelf, tropical coral, [|kelp] forest, [|benthic] zone, [|pelagic] zone, //etc//.

10.niche

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #252525; font-family: Roboto,&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">In ecology, a niche may pertain to a variety of meanings. It is probably due to the definition of //niche// that has changed overtime. Joseph Grinnell in 1917 coined the term //niche//, which he used as largely equivalent to a species [|habitat]. In 1927, Charles Sutherland Elton regarded niche to be equivalent to the position of a species in a [|trophic web]. In 1958, George Evelyn Hutchinson used the term //niche// to describe the multi-dimensional space of resources available to and used by a [|species]. Despite the varying definitions of niche, it is generally considered to pertain to how an organism or a population responds to as well as alters competition and the distribution of resources. It particularly describes the relational position of an organism or a population in a particular [|ecosystem].

http://www.pklifescience.com/article/386/coniferous-forestslogin?username=thealberta&password=library

=<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: &#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.9em;"> = is about tree in coniferous forset


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Coniferous forest **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in areas that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation. The northern Eurasian **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">coniferous forest **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is called the taiga, or the boreal **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">forest **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.




 * PYRAMID-** nutritional diagram in the shape of a pyramid, especially (in the US) the Food Guide Pyramid


 * FOOD CHAIN**- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">shows how each living thing gets **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">food **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature

1.What is an ecosystem?A biological Community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
 * Coniferous Forest Ecosystem facts:**

2. What is an community? an interacting group of various species in a common location.

3.What is population? A group in a certain place.

4.What is a niche? is the smallest unit of a habitat that is occupied by a plant or animal.

5. What is a biome? It's a large region of earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things.

6. What is a habitat? is a place that an animal lives.

http://www.teachertube.com/video/coniferous-forest-241
Information on the video:There are tall pine trees are at the coniferous Forest as well as Bohall Lake. Maintainod by com piex processes (Fin,wnd,ligat) Humans burneel

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========================================================================================================= =here's a quick look at some of the critters you'll find in taiga region! you might know them= as rein deer,but either way,these creatures are common dwellers of the taiga.caribou UL pictured can run at speeds reaching86 kilometers per hour and travel as 5,000 km every year.


 * BY:LIZETH LIMON**


 * The coniferous forest has 300 to 900 millimeters of rain each year.The coniferous forest is probely the worlds largest land biome.Coniferouse means cone bearing or coming for the cones.the coniferouse forest was named after the confer tree that produces seeds and cones.The coniferouse forest have cold long winters with snow and warm hot humid summes**