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TEMPERATE FOREST

By Rochele Wardand

Stacy Thompson

Stacey Thompson

http://www.barrameda.com.ar/ecology/temperate-forest.htm

TEMPERATURE RANGE Ranges up to about 20 C down to freezing.

http://scary-pictures.feedio.net/temperate-coniferous-forest-plants/edupics.com*coloring-page-thermometer-dl8766.jpg/

http://scary-pictures.feedio.net/temperate-coniferous-forest-plants/edupics.com*coloring-page-thermometer-dl8766.jpg/

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/03/08/on-the-march-of-the-thermometers/

ANNUAL RAINFALL At least 200cm of it, perhaps up to 350

centimeters in warmer areas. Average is above 0 C. Warmest is around 20 C.

http://www.fossweb.com/delegate/ssi-foss-ucm/contribution%20Folders/FOSS/multimedia_ms_1E/PopulationsandEcosystems/ecoregion/deciduous_forest/index.html

LOCATION (LATITUDE) Located mid-latitude; between 23.5 degrees

and 55 degrees North and South.

http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm

VEGETATION (PLANTS & TREES) Beeches can reach up to 40 mt tall and have

a large foliage. Aspens are medium size trees that can reach

up to 25 mt tall.

http://www.hikinginglacier.com/glacier-best-fall-hikes.htm

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-100426/Beech-trees-in-a-temperate-deciduous-forest-in-New-Forest

ANIMALS Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Chipmunk Northern Cardinal

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=cottontail

http://pixiedusthealing.blogspot.com/2012/06/i-was-startled-by-something-running.html

http://pixiedusthealing.blogspot.com/2012/06/i-was-startled-by-something-running.html

http://www.njnwcoa.com/chipmunk.html

http://www.roysephotos.com/NorthernCardinal.html

HUMAN IMPACT Humans negatively impact on the

biogeochemical cycles in the ecosystem, and the nitrogen cycle and the phosphorous cycle.

http://swroc.cfans.umn.edu/ResearchandOutreach/SoilManagement/SoilResearch/NitrogenCycle/index.htm

http://echo2.epfl.ch/VICAIRE/mod_2/chapt_3/main.htm

NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION Temperate Evergreen Forest 1300 gC/m2/yr Temperate Deciduous Forest 1200 gC/m²/yr

http://daac.ornl.gov/NPP/guides/NPP_GSM.html

CULTURE Warm all year long, close to the equator. Almost made of two types of trees, deciduous

and evergreen.

http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01323/ever.html

http://beechwoodlandscape.blogspot.com/2010/08/deciduous-tree-of-day_24.html

LIMITING FACTORS Human Factor Building of mountain and forest communities

as a result of urban sprawl. Allelopathy Certain plants' ability to affect the soil acidity

and nutrient composition around it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest

WORKS CITIED www.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/tempded.htm

www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm

deciduousforest3.weebly.com/human-impacts.html

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/deciduous_forest.htm



