Ecosystems: natural units in which the life styles and cycles of plants and animals are linkedto each other and to the non-living constituents of the environment to form natural living systems.
Natural Vegetation (Climax Community): Vegetation which will develop which is dominiated by plants which, of all those avaliable can
compete most successfully in the exsisting physical environment.
Biomes: Large global ecosystems relted to major climate zones.
The world Biomes:
* Tundra *Temperate Grassland *Tropical Rainforest *Taiga *Evergreen woodland *Savanna *Temperate deciduous forest *Desert
Adaptions of vegetation to Climate
- In sufficient rainfall, trees dominate
- the higher the rainfall and temperature the taller the tees and the larger the leaves
- higher the rainfall and the temperature the higher the rate at which plants produce organic matter
- in low or seasonal rainfall, plants develop xerophytic features
*Reduced leaf areas
*Sunken Stomata
*Long root system
*Slow growth rate
*Fire resistant trunks and seds
*Root storage system
- In seasonal climates, plants loose their leaves.
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