Natural Vegetation of India: Diverse and a Unique One! [pic] January 10th‚ 2011 [pic] mapsofindia1 • • • 0digg • • 0 EmailShare • • SHAREBAR [pic] Located at tropical latitudes‚ the beautiful land of India is characterized by rainfall regimes and diverse temperature and climate. India’s climate helps in the growth of forests in the country. However‚ in the past thousand years‚ various types of human activities have altered the climatic formations in the
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How Vegetation In The Tropical Rainforests Adapts To The Climate Conditions. In the tropical rainforest the climate is very humid due to the vast amount of rainfall‚ which can be up to 2‚000 mm per year. They high temperatures vary little‚ but the average is around 27°C. This climate makes it very good conditions for plants to grow in. However‚ many plants have had to adapt to survive in the harsh conditions of the tropical rainforest. Some trees grow buttress roots which is when large‚ thick roots
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“The vegetation of the UK has been so massively affected by human activity that there is now no climax vegetation left. The whole country is now effectively a plagio-climax. Discuss this statement. (40 marks) A plagio-climax is the plant community that exists when human interference prevents the climatic climax from being reached. The plagio-climax of Britain is heather moorland as it is maintained by human intervention. The uplands of Britain use to be covered by a climax vegetation of deciduous
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Different types of vegetation Besides natural methods of vegetative propagation‚ artificial modes of propagation are also being used. Farmers‚ gardeners and horticulturists have adopted several such methods like grafting‚ layering‚ cutting and tissue culture for propagating plants in gardens and nurseries. 1. Grafting: In horticultural practices this method is commonly used. In this method the cutting of a plant (scion) is attached to the stem of another rooted plant (stock). After some time the
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Describe the regional variations in the climatic conditions of India with the help of suitable examples. Despite the overall unity accorded by the monsoon‚ there are visible regional variations in climatic conditions within India. Regardless of the moderating influences of the Himalayas in the north and the sea in the south‚ variations do exist in temperature‚ humidity and precipitation. For example‚ in summer‚ some parts of the Rajasthan desert‚ in north-western India‚ record temperatures of 50°C
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Ecological succession is defined as a series of transitions in species composition over ecological time. The process of succession is termed primary succession when it involves establishment of a community in a newly-formed habitat where even soil does not exist‚ such as on a volcanic island or on the rubble left behind by a retreating glacier - imagine Long Island just after the last glaciers receded - the process of a community of organisms becoming established on the pile of bare rock that formed
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12 The Effects of Air Pollutants on Vegetation and the Role of Vegetation in Reducing Atmospheric Pollution Iuliana Florentina Gheorghe1 and Barbu Ion2 1Ecological University of Bucharest‚ Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection 2Forest Research and Management Institute Romania 1. Introduction The main air pollutants are represented by gases forms‚ particles in suspension‚ different ionizing radiation and noise. The gases forms are: oxidized and reduced forms of carbon (CO2‚ CO‚ CH4)‚ of
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Backround Info Weeds are nature’s most widely dispersed group of plants‚ and their job is to insure that the soil always has the protection of a green blanket. Without weeds‚ the fertile soil which took Nature centuries to build‚ would erode away without the protection of a plant cover. The objective of this experiment is to determine whether an undisturbed habitat will yield a higher species diversity and density than a disturbed habitat. The experiment will investigate the sample area’s using
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Soil and Vegetation Regions Assessment 1. Describe the vegetation region in your area. Rate how natural the vegetation is on a scale of 0 (not natural) to 5 (very natural). Give a reason for your rating. Currently living in Brampton‚ the vegetation regions remains a mixed forest. Mixed forests are vegetational transition between coniferous forests and broad leaved deciduous forests. Common trees are ash‚ hemlock‚ oak‚ birch‚ maple‚ pine‚ fir‚ spruce‚ and cedar can be found in the mixed forest.
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Ecological Succession Script Andy Raskita The world around us is slowly and constantly changing. We might never see the small alterations happen‚ but many years later‚ changes will surely be visible. Over time small changes add up and soon the whole ecosystem is different. This slow change in the land and habitat is called ecological succession. Animals‚ plants‚ and weather are some factors that cause this type of change in an ecosystem. Ecological succession begins with a pioneer community. In
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