9 Ecosystems by Ryan Jones

Temperate deciduous forests

304415 — 2018-02-08 16:50:32 UTC

Temperate deciduous forests or temperate broad-leaf forests are dominated by trees that lose their leaves each year. ... Ecology of World Vegetation,London: Chapman and Hall. The three major areas of this forest type occur in the Northern Hemisphere: eastern North America, East Asia, and Europe

The tropical rainforest

304415 — 2018-02-08 16:51:47 UTC

The tropical rainforest is a biome with a constant temperature and a high rainfall. The level of humidity and density of the vegetation give the ecosystem a unique water and nutrient cycle. Rainforests around the world are threatened by human expansion.

The taiga biome

304415 — 2018-02-08 16:53:35 UTC

The taiga biome is the largest terrestrial biome and extends across Europe, North America, and Asia. It is located right below the tundra biome. The taiga biome is also known as coniferous forest or boreal forest. This biome typically has short, wet summers and long, cold winters.

Grassland Ecosystem

304415 — 2018-02-08 16:56:21 UTC

Grasslands have many names—prairies in North America, Asian steppes, savannahs and veldts in Africa, Australian rangelands, and pampas, llanos and cerrados in South America. ... Grassland ecosystems are particularly fragile because water is scarce.

Chaparral Ecosystem

304415 — 2018-02-08 16:57:58 UTC

It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire, featuring summer-drought-tolerant plants with hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, as contrasted with the associated soft-leaved, drought-deciduous, scrub community of coastal sage scrub, found below the chaparral biome.