THE TAIGA by Silvi Cara

Plant Adaptations

silvicara12 — 2013-12-11 18:40:44 UTC

Plants have adaptations to help them survive (live and grow) in different areas.

PLANT ADAPTATIONS:

Many trees are evergreen so that plants can photosyntherize right away when temperatures rise
Many trees have needle-like leaves which shape loses water and sheds snow more easily than broad leaves
Waxy coating needles prevent evaporation
Needles are dark in colour allowing more solar heat to be absorved
Many trees have branches that droop downward to help exces snow to keep the branches for breaking

Climatic Characteristics

maria_dnp — 2013-12-11 18:49:41 UTC

Living in the taiga is cold and lonely. Coldness makes things very difficult, mostly in the winter. The winters in the taiga are very cold with only snowfall. The winter temperature is -54 to -1° C. The main seasons in the taiga are winter and summer. The spring and autumn are so short, you hardly know they exist.

Summers are warm, rainy, and humid. Temperatures range in the summer gets as low as -7° C. The high in summer can be 21° C.

MOOSE

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BEAR

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Position in the Earth

maria_dnp — 2013-12-11 19:18:19 UTC

Taiga is the largest biome in the world. It stretches over Eurasia and North America. The taiga is located near the top of the world, just below the tundra biome, in the northern hemisphere.

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Animals Adaptations.

silvicara12 — 2013-12-11 19:33:15 UTC

Animals have several adaptations to live in the Taiga. They have to be adapted to the hard winter conditions.

For example:

The linx have wide paws so they can walk on the snow like snowshoes, others change their color in the Winter to bed in with the snow.

Some of them are migratory species and others resist the cold shutting in itself in his burrows in a condition of hibernation that allows them to happen this locked up months.

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The soil in the taiga

silvicara12 — 2013-12-11 20:02:36 UTC

The soil of the taiga is similar to that of the tundra's. Because of the high temperatures during the winter, some parts of the taiga have permafrost, or a permanently frozen soil. Water from precipitation and melting snow in warmer seasons cannot seep through the permafrost, so the taiga ground remains soft and damp in some parts.

FOX

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THE TAIGA

silvicara12 — 2013-12-13 09:00:46 UTC

Taiga, also known as coniferous or boreal forest, is the largest terrestrial biome on earth. It extends in a broad band across North America, Europe, and Asia to the southern border of the arctic tundra.

Characteristics,

maria_dnp — 2013-12-17 16:29:27 UTC

Mutualism is the relationship between two organisms where they both benefit from the relationship.

Parasitism is the process where one organism is harmed or killed.

Commensalism is the relationship in which one organism benefits off the other without harming the organism.

One example of mutualism in the taiga is moss growing on a tree. This protects the tree, and makes a house for the moss.

Food web

maria_dnp — 2013-12-17 16:40:33 UTC

This is an accurate food web of the Taiga. This food web includes producers, herbivores, omnivores, primary carnivores, secondary carnivores, and decomposers in this biome.

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Endangered Animals

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There are many animals that are extinct in this region as the Canadian Lynx. Animals that live in the taiga need to be adapted to the harsh winter conditions.

Biocenosis

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Fauna:

Life is very hard for the animals in winter, so that migratory species usually migrate to warmer latitudes, while many of the other animals go into hibernation, with very little energy expenditure.

Flora:

The flora is very rich, and poor in North America and Europe, there are few trees. The dominant vegetation in the taiga coniferous forest is spruce trees.

Biotic Factors

silvicara12 — 2013-12-17 17:42:30 UTC

Examples:

Competition: Trees, shrubs and grasses compete for wáter.
Predation: The wolf eats the elk.
Symbiosis: A lichen and black spruce. Lichen need dead matter that gives the black spruce and black spruce make it lacks a type of nutrient that provides the lichen.
Commensalism: Fungi and dead tree. Fungi eat the dead tree. The fungi benefit because they get food and the tree is not affected since dead.
Parasitism: Worm brain (brainworm) brain eating caribou and caribou die. Inquilinismo The squirrel and tree. The tree gives shelter to the squirrel.

Temperature

silvicara12 — 2013-12-17 17:53:14 UTC

Low temperatures during most of the year. They reach temperatures below - 40 ° C in the winter and the growing season in which plants can grow only lasts about three or four months.
The climate is extremely cold and wet. The average temperature is below 0 to 5 ° C. Its average temperature is 19 ° C in summer and -30 ° C in winter. Winters are short and cold, but often more stringent than in the tundra.