1. By: Kolton, Taylor, Cole, and Matt

2.  The major limiting factor is extreme heat this makes it almost impossible for most animals to live there.  Density independent-The temperature of the desert makes it so very little animals can live there.

3.  How has your biome been destroyed, or how can it be destroyed?  The desert biome has been destroyed by urban expandment.  Global warming has also effected the desert biome, the is hardly any water anymore.

4.  Global warming is a threat in the desert because it is drying up water holes.  Two many animals grazing that is destroying the vegetation.  Nuclear waste is being dumped in the desert and nuclear power plants is being placed in the desert which is destroying habitats

5.  Prairie Dog- The prairie dog is going endangered because of lost habitat, because of urban development  Ocelot- There is only 100,000 ocelots left in the United states, they are being hunted for their fur and sometimes they hit by cars during migration  Gorilla- Gorilla’s are extinct in the desert because of illegal hunting and advanced civilization  White Rhinoceros- are extinct because of loss of habitat due to advanced civilization

6.  A negative human effect is poaching they are killing many of the animals in the desert.  A positive effect is that not many people are living in the desert, so they are not destroying to many habitats.

7.  The average temperature is from 84 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit  50-89 cm of rainfall a year  The desert is expanding rapidly but is also drying up the water holes, due to global warming.