BOREAL FOREST

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BOREAL FOREST Spruce-Fir
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Evergreens, birch, tamarack -- thin soil, dense
canopy, open under story.
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Thin soil, few nutrients drought.
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Under story of low-light specialists. Thin
Soil Acidic from organic acids Poor in
nutrients Cool temperatures low nutrients
slow decomposition. Mycorrhizae
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Club moss
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Lichens
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IFURO Banska Stiavanica, Slovakia
Disturbance fire, blow down, insects cohort
regeneration.
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Crossbills and Grossbeaks Bills adapted for
removing seeds from cones.
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AGRICULTURE BIOME DOMINANT PLANTS Corn, Soy
Beans rich moist soil, full sunlight, heavily
managed, annual plants.
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Weeds! Invasive Eurasian Adapted to
Disturbance Occur only in agricultural areas.
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Soils High Disturbance High Erosion Anthropogeni
c Chemicals Fertilizers Pesticides Oil
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AGRICULTURE BIOME ROLE OF DISTURBANCE Frequent
Intense Low Diversity
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AGRICULTURE BIOME DOMINANT ANIMALS AND THEIR
ADAPTATIONS Domesticated Animals Insects, Rats
other pests Human-dominated
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RESIDENTIAL -- URBAN BIOME DOMINANT PLANTS --
Grasses, trees, ornamentals Lawns Gardens
compact soil, savanna-like.
Human-modified Human-adapted Eurasian
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Domesticated plants and animals.
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Garden plants are adapted to human standards of
beauty.
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Soils Impervious surfaces, metal chemical
contamination.
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AGRICULTURE BIOME DOMINANT PLANTS
Eurasian Invasive species adapted to extreme
anthropogenic conditions.
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Dominant animal Humans!
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Virginia Possum
Racoon Bob Evans
Rat
Small nocturnal omnivores
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Smaller nocturnal omnivores.
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Adaptations of Companion animals.
Isabel Clark