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[Assignment] In Natural history of Califorina reader text (on reserve in the library)- Read chapter 4 Biotic Zonation p. 92-108 (grasslands, foothill, chaparral, foothill animals) Read yellow pine forest also known as mixed conifer forest p 109- 126. Read animals of the yellow pine forest (mixed conifer) p. 126-138 Recall Natural Regions of California and that the book is presented by these Regions We Start First with the Sierra Nevada Sierra Nevada Climate Altitude Rain-shadow effect Sierra Nevada Biotic Zonation (Distribution of Communities/biomes) Changes in Environment ( Climate, elevation) Affect the type of communities as shown below: Community/biomes (Grasslands, Woodlands, Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest, Lodgepole- Red Forest, Riparian Woodlands) The type of community/biome is defined by the type of Plants and therefore the typr of Animals found in that region Plants found in different communities/biomes Animals found in differnt Communities/biomes Niche partioning among Forest birds We will not cover now but will touch on these topics later Mountaintops Subalpine Forest ( Coniferous Forest) plants text p. 167-183 animals p. 184-186 Pinyon- Juniper Woodland (lowest of the mountain communities , or considered the uppermost desert commnity of the Coniferous Forest) Plant and Animals p. 186-190 Alpine (Tundra) p. 190 Plants and Animals
Succession and Stability
Ecology Spring 2008
Lecture Notes (Powerpoint slides)