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Lemurs in Madagascar sci/275 Lemurs in Madagascar
1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples.
Madagascar’s biomes are tropical forest and temperate rainforest. Madagascar has steady high temperatures year round. Madagascar has high mountain ecosystems.
2. What changes happening in Madagascar are posing challenges for lemurs? Give details about the sources, time scale, and types of change.
People moving into their areas and cutting down trees is making it challenging for lemurs to survive. Bamboo is becoming rare and that is a source of survival for lemurs.
3. Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes? Which types of lemurs are not adapting well? Why?
Ring tailed lemurs are adapting to the changes because they are excellent at conforming to new environments.
4. What behavioral and physical traits are being favored in lemurs in the changing Madagascar environment?
Some types of lemurs are showing they can adapt to the changing environment by eating the human’s crops. The lemurs have the physical ability to adapt but ring tailed lemurs have shown more ability to adapt than other species.
5. Why might lemurs not evolve to adapt to the changes in Madagascar?
One potential reason could be because people will cut down their food source which is mainly bamboo. If too many parts of the forest are gotten rid of the lemurs will have further trouble in adapting to the new environment.
6. Which biogeochemical cycles may be altered by anthropogenic activities on Madagascar, and how? Anthropogenic activities on Madagascar can alter the habitat on the island and the quality of the air there.
1. What are Madagascar’s biomes? Discuss the major features of at least one of these biomes. Use the textbook for biome examples.
Madagascar’s biomes are tropical forest and temperate rainforest. Madagascar has steady high temperatures year round. Madagascar has high mountain ecosystems.
2. What changes happening in Madagascar are posing challenges for lemurs? Give details about the sources, time scale, and types of change.
People moving into their areas and cutting down trees is making it challenging for lemurs to survive. Bamboo is becoming rare and that is a source of survival for lemurs.
3. Which types of lemurs are adapting to the changes? Which types of lemurs are not adapting well? Why?
Ring tailed lemurs are adapting to the changes because they are excellent at conforming to new environments.
4. What behavioral and physical traits are being favored in lemurs in the changing Madagascar environment?
Some types of lemurs are showing they can adapt to the changing environment by eating the human’s crops. The lemurs have the physical ability to adapt but ring tailed lemurs have shown more ability to adapt than other species.
5. Why might lemurs not evolve to adapt to the changes in Madagascar?
One potential reason could be because people will cut down their food source which is mainly bamboo. If too many parts of the forest are gotten rid of the lemurs will have further trouble in adapting to the new environment.
6. Which biogeochemical cycles may be altered by anthropogenic activities on Madagascar, and how? Anthropogenic activities on Madagascar can alter the habitat on the island and the quality of the air there.