How do forest fires affect the water cycle? How are forests impacted by climate change in various places around the world, and how can forests offset aspects of climate change? Why are forests considered biodiversity hotspots? How do trees interact with other organisms?
How do trees interact with other organisms? How do animals maintain homeostasis in different climates? How can plants regulate transpiration? Why do trees have lifespans? How do penguins maintain homeostasis? How do plants adapt in a deciduous forest?
Urban forests often have a history of management that includes the planting of trees that resist urban pollutants and other anthropogenic stressors (Roy et al. 2012). Urban afforestation efforts are typically accompanied by the management of herbaceous, often invasive, plants, including by mowing, ...
The rectangular state rich with wildlife, covers 104,185 square miles. In the black timber, it is dark and silent, not a sound to be heard. The thick pine trees block out most of the sunlight, only to see about seventy-five yards. The terrain is brutal, almost straight up and down,...
We refer to two genes as alleles of each other when they are inherited as alternatives to each other. In molecular terms, alleles are different forms of the same gene. There can be more than two alleles of a gene in a population of organisms. But any given organism has only two alleles...
How do organisms evolve to maintain their interactions (ex: mutualism, parasitism, commensalism) with other animals? Give an example. Interspecific relationships include things like parasitism, predation, and mutualism. Explain two examples of interspecific relationships. Be sure to explain ...
Where do we get energy from? the sun. producers (autotrophs) green plants and algea use solar energy to make their own food by the process of photosynthesis consumers (Heterotrophs) organisms that can not make their own food and eat producers and/or other animals ...
From Species to Ecosystems Ecosystem - biological community (biotic factors) and its physical environment (abiotic factors) The elements are interacting to process energy and cycle materials Most ecosystems are open in that they exchange materials and organisms with other ecosystems. It is difficult to...
By now, weunderstand that climate change is real(and a serious problem). But how do we define climate change and its causes—and how do we measure it, using satellites and other data sources? Climate change and its causes Our climate system is composed of several elements: ...
This chapter explores foundational issues around the meanings, creation, measurement, and continuous renewal of sustainable well-being societies. It begins with a probe into the long history of concern around advancing human well-being and follows with a