1. 05 Biome Lab

2. BIOME A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region.

3. tundra grassland taiga chaparral desert scrub desert deciduous forest savannah rainforest alpine Biomes of the World

4. Environmental Diversity Extremely wide range of habitats temperature moisture soils vegetation

5. Environmental Diversity Cold & Dry Cool & Dry Warm & Wet Hot & WetHot & Very Dry Warm & Very Dry Warm & Dry trades inversion

7. Hawaii's Primary Terrestrial Biomes Coastal Strand Deserts Dry woodlands Subalpine grassland/shrubland Tropical rainforest Alpine deserts Mesic forests

8. Factors determining Biome formation in Hawaii 1.Climate 2.Substrate 3.Elevation Ko’olau tradewinds

9. Hawaii’s biomes are classified based on its: elevation moisture regime dominant life forms vegetation structure

10. Hawaii’s five elevation zones: Coastal 0-30 m Lowland 30-1000 m Montane 1000-2000 m Subalpine 2000-3000 m Alpine > 3000 m

11. Moisture Classification For each elevation zone, three general moisture categories are recognized: Dry - < 120 cm/yr (47in) Mesic - 121-249 cm/yr (46-97 in) Wet - > 250 cm/yr (98in)

12. Vegetative Structures Forest dense canopy has 60-100% coverage Woodland is more open, with 10-60% canopy Shrubland are distinguished by shrubs > 1m high Dwarf shrublands have a canopy height of 1 m or less Herblands are composed of small, nonwoody plants Deserts receive less than 25 cm/yr of precipitation and are sparsely vegetated

13. Answer questions Due next week Activity 1: General description of Oahu Activity 2: Precipitation on Oahu Activity 3: Ecological systems