ecosystem in deserts

These ecosystems are either barren or with scanty vegetation consisting of mainly thorny bushes. Deserts are classified as warm (hot) and cold (temperate) deserts..

These ecosystems are either barren or with scanty vegetation consisting of mainly thorny bushes. Deserts are classified as warm (hot) and cold (temperate) deserts. The hot deserts are the Sahara in Northern Africa, Kalahari in Southern Africa, Thar in India, ..

Many of the worlds habitats and ecosystems depend on a delicate balance of rainfall, temperature and soil type. A complex food chain supply exists based on these factors. Higher temperatures and precipitation changes are likely to cause diverse changes such as increased forest susceptibi..

Biome is a large, regional or sub continental biosystem characterized by a major vegetation type or other distinct landscape characters such as tropical deciduous forest, tundra biome, etc. "The major terrestrial ecosystems (largest ecological units) of distinctive terrestrial areas with ..

The environment in which the man and other organisms live is called the biosphere. The biosphere is made up of different regions that have different types of flora (plants) and fauna (animals). The types of organisms in an area are determined by various factors such as the climate, temperature, ra..

The numerical strength and biomass of organisms affect the functioning of ecosystem. In ecosystems, the biotic communities usually contain a few common species represented by a large number of individuals or by a large biomass and a comparatively large number of individual spec..

Terrestrial Biomes - Mainly on the basis of latitude and amount and periodicity of rainfall, terrestrial biomes are classified into several types - tundra, taiga, deciduous forests, tropical rain forests, chapparal, savannah, grassland and desert. These biomes are also referred as 'latitu..

Soil Erosion occurs when the weathered soil particles are dislodged and carried away by wind or water. Deforestation, agricultural development, temperature extremes, precipitation including acid rain, and human activities contribute to this erosion. Humans speed up this process by construction, mi..

o C to 9 o C. The metalimnion or thermocline which has rapid temperature changes between 9 o C to 21 o C. In the terrestrial environment the seasonal and daily fluctuations in temperature are varied and marked. The lowest temperature recorded for any land mass is - 70 o C (Siberia). Higher te..

Summary - Man has to be dependent on natural resources despite all the scientific inventions Natural resources could be classified into geographical, hydro-geological, atmosphere, edaphic, forest, crop, wildlife, marine / aquatic, animal, human and microbial resources Natural resources are the basi..