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Biomes/Realms
Essential Vocabulary
Locations
Modern Management
Global Perspective
100
This biome is not found in North America
What is the tropical rainforest
100
This word describes a day active lifestyle
What is diurnal
100
This realm is located in central Africa
What is the afrotropical realm
100
This type of species is essential to a particular ecosystem
What is keystone/cornerstone species
100
This is the megacontinent that split between 100 and 150 million years ago
What is Pangea
200
New England is known to contain these two biomes
What is temperate deciduous and temperate coniferous
200
This is the movement of an individual or of groups from place to place
What is dispersal
200
This area is circles the South Pole
What is circumaustral
200
This is the environmental study of islands
What is island biogeography
200
Predation and mutalism are a result of what process
What is dispersal
300
Neotropics refers to what area of the globe
What is South and Central America
300
This is the evolution of a species
What is speciation
300
This area is found in Iran and the Himalayas
What is the Indomalayan
300
This is the approach to management that covers an entire habitat vs. one specific animal
What is the blanket approach
300
this increased due to new natural selection and more diverse habitats
What is speciation
400
the Taiga contains what types of forests
What is alpine forests and arctic forests
400
this forest is found lining Midwestern river basins
What is gallery forest
400
The chapparal is located in this state
What is California
400
the important management areas within a habitat are known as these
What are key tracts
400
Precipitation, temperature, soil, water, and UV exposure are limiting factors for what process
What is dispersal
500
This sub-biome of the North American Plains is found in the rain shadow effect of the Rocky Mountains
What is the far west plain
500
These are the zones adjacent to the poles
What is the temperate zones
500
The Palearctic is located beneath what climate zone
What is the circumboreal zone
500
Fragmentation is a serious issue due to this environmental consequence
What is separation of habitat
500
dispersal effected what part of the biotic community
What is the range