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Vegetation

vegetation

The plant growth forms that generally occupy a given area (for example, forest, hydrophytes or chaparral).

The sum total of macrophytes that occupy a given area.


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Re: Diversifying selection

... can traverse green grass, a golden harvested corn field, black dirt, or white snow. Their defense is their speed, agility and instinct to hide in vegetation , not their color. [Diversifying] Selection is believed to be the driving force behind sympatric speciation.Wikipedia NS is a fact, but it ...

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by AFJ
Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:43 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Diversifying selection
Replies: 15
Views: 438

Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)

... Finally, the island's plant ecosystem is also severely damaged by the deer invasion, so it takes again couple of years before there is enough of vegetation for the deer to actually stay on the island for longer times, so this scenario can only happen now and then. I tried to google the actual ...

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by biohazard
Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:01 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Conditions for a stable ecosystem? (for a simulation)
Replies: 11
Views: 3217

Re: human/neanderthal crosses?

... is unclear as well. All of their ancestors were hunters and gatherers. I could see them being more hunters due to the colder climate with little vegetation around, but the CM's would be exposed to the same environment. There is also indication that they had advanced tools, fire, clothes, and ...

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by casanschagrin
Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:01 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: human/neanderthal crosses?
Replies: 16
Views: 7675

vegetation changes in environment

... think you really need to do some primary research first. Well, why not surf the net about that, there's lot of info there. Really that the type of vegetation is affected by such factors that you mentioned earlier.

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by mcar
Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:40 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: vegetation changes in environment
Replies: 1
Views: 863

vegetation changes in environment

Does anyone know where I can find information about how vegetation changes with increasing altitude (going up a mountain) and with increasing latitude (going from the Equator to the North Pole)?

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by alex08
Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:45 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: vegetation changes in environment
Replies: 1
Views: 863
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