Mojave Desert & Tropical Rainforest
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- Created on: 17-04-17 20:34
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- Tropical Rainforests
- 4 Layers
- Shrub layer: Dark/gloomy, with little vegetation between the trees. Prone to flooding during heavy rainfall.
- Under canopy: Second level up, limited sunlight, meaning saplings wait for larger plants/trees to die so a gap appears for them to grow into.
- Canopy: Most trees found here. A typical home for insects, arachnids, birds and some mammals.
- Emergent: Top layer in the rainforest, with the tallests trees, and so are able to get more light than average trees.
- Vegetation
- Fan palms: Large fan-shaped leaves that are good for catching sunshine and water.
- Lianas: Woody vines that start at ground level, and use trees to climb up to the canopy layer, where they spread from tree to tree to get more light.
- Strangler figs: Starting at the top of a tree from a seed, and makes its way down the trunk to the ground. It gradually surrounds the host, strangling it, whilst robbing nutirents. Eventually the host dies and decomposes, leaving the strangler fig.
- 4 Layers
- Mojave Desert
- Off-road vehicles damage the sensitive desert cover. Vegetation is damaged and effects wildlife in the area.
- Growth of urban areas reduces the desert environment and reduces biodiversity, causing alot of pollution.
- Cables are routed under the desert, causing it to be dug up frequently, disrupting the fragile ecosystem.
- The Hoover Dam was built so there is a constant water supply.
- People could have artificial lawns that do not need watering to reduce water
- People are encouraged to use xerophytic plants AKA desert plants, meaning little water is needed.
- Designated off road driving areas are put in place to encourage people not to damage the deserts.
- Children are educated in schools about environmental damage and conservation areas have been fenced off.
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