Ecosystems

Ecosystems

Temperate deciduous forest
1. Epping Forest
2. 40-60 latitude
3. Maritime influence
4. Brown earth soil
  1. pH 5
  2. Nutrient rich
  3. good drainage
5. bluebells ans snowdrops in spring
6. lose leaves due to transpiration
7. NET productivity 1,200gm/m2 per year
8. Climax vegetation- oak tree
Plagioclimax
1. Heather moorland
  1. North yorkshire moors
  2. red grouse
    1. hunting
      1. economic value
      2. Local employment
  3. SSSI
    1. 110 bird species
    2. government must protect
      1. global responsibility
    3. 75% in britain
    4. 90% inNational Parks
  4. Burnt every 15 years
    1. fire resistant
    2. kill other plants and heather bettle
    3. Prevent succession
  5. Acid soil
    1. pH 4
Ecological conservation area
1. Dulwich Upper wood
  1. 250 diffrent types of fungi
  2. 40 bird species nesting sites,owls
  3. Lords and ladies, wood anemone, bluebells, yellow pimpernal
  4. coppiced areas, wet areas and ponds, herb gardens, foxglove areas
  5. foxes,hedgehogs, bats, butterflies, moths,dormice
  6. Success: entrance fee,preserved species, cheap use of land, but maintance costs
Succession
Ecologies along routeways
1. Roads
  1. London plane tree
    1. aesthetic value- flaking bark
    2. mess- fruit,berries, leaves, bark
    3. pollution tolerant- hairs absorb pollution
    4. pests and diesease- ralery affected
    5. soil- poor+ salty
    6. little space- tolerant to pruning
    7. rarly blow over, shed branches
    8. little canopy, intercept rain
    9. birds, plants beneath
  2. Kestral, scavendure birds
  3. nitrogen rich
2. Canals
  1. waterfowl
    1. moorhens
    2. Kingfisher
    3. Ducks
  2. Insects
    1. dragonflies
    2. Damsleflies
  3. Aquatic plants
    1. yellow flag iris
3. Railway lines
  1. oxford ragwort
  2. primrsoe and foxglove- light demanding
  3. foxes+badgers
  4. Brambles- nesting site for birds
Colonisation of wasteland
Rural urban fringe

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