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Ecosystems
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Mind Map on Ecosystems, created by Rebecca McNally on 25/10/2013.
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Rebecca McNally
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Ecosystems
Temperate deciduous forest
Epping Forest
40-60 latitude
Maritime influence
Brown earth soil
pH 5
Nutrient rich
good drainage
bluebells ans snowdrops in spring
lose leaves due to transpiration
NET productivity 1,200gm/m2 per year
Climax vegetation- oak tree
Plagioclimax
Heather moorland
North yorkshire moors
red grouse
hunting
economic value
Local employment
SSSI
110 bird species
government must protect
global responsibility
75% in britain
90% inNational Parks
Burnt every 15 years
fire resistant
kill other plants and heather bettle
Prevent succession
Acid soil
pH 4
Ecological conservation area
Dulwich Upper wood
250 diffrent types of fungi
40 bird species nesting sites,owls
Lords and ladies, wood anemone, bluebells, yellow pimpernal
coppiced areas, wet areas and ponds, herb gardens, foxglove areas
foxes,hedgehogs, bats, butterflies, moths,dormice
Success: entrance fee,preserved species, cheap use of land, but maintance costs
Succession
Ecologies along routeways
Roads
London plane tree
aesthetic value- flaking bark
mess- fruit,berries, leaves, bark
pollution tolerant- hairs absorb pollution
pests and diesease- ralery affected
soil- poor+ salty
little space- tolerant to pruning
rarly blow over, shed branches
little canopy, intercept rain
birds, plants beneath
Kestral, scavendure birds
nitrogen rich
Canals
waterfowl
moorhens
Kingfisher
Ducks
Insects
dragonflies
Damsleflies
Aquatic plants
yellow flag iris
Railway lines
oxford ragwort
primrsoe and foxglove- light demanding
foxes+badgers
Brambles- nesting site for birds
Colonisation of wasteland
Rural urban fringe
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