CHAPARRAL BIOME ANGEL PICART

ANGELA TRILLO

NATALIE OCHOA

DEFINITION

•VEGETATION CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF TANGLED SHRUBS AND THORNY BUSHES.

OTHER NAMES •MEDITERRANEAN BIOME

•WOODLAND BIOME

LOCATION OF CHAPARRAL •LOCATED:

• ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES

•THE MOST SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH AMERICA

•SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA

•SPAIN

•THE SAHARA AND KALAHARI DESERTS IN AFRICA

LOCATION OF CHAPARRAL

Abotic FactorsMild Winters Hot and Dry SummersFiresNutrient Poor Soils Rocks Periodic Fires Sunlight

GRAPHS

NUTRIENT CYCLE: NITROGEN CYCLE

ANIMALS FOUND •COYOTES

• JACK RABBITS

• MULE DEER

• ALLIGATOR LIZARDS

•HORNED TOADS

ANIMALS FOUND

PLANTS FOUND

HABITATS

•MAINLY GRASSLAND AND DESERT

ENERGY FLOW: FOOD WEB

ENERGY FLOW: FOOD PYRAMID

ENERGY FLOW: FOOD CHAIN

ENERGY FLOW: BIOMASS PYRAMID

NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY

AVERAGE NPP – 2,800 KCAL/M^2/YEARSkcal= kilocalories of organic matterM^2= square mete

MDC:

•CALIFORNIA

•AUSTRALIA

LDC:

•AFRICA

•TURKEY

Human Impact● Humans have hurt the California chaparral by cutting down the trees which the

birds and animals live in. People are cutting down the trees because they need firewood and pasture

● With people building homes and even industry getting closer to the chaparrrals the air pollution is a factor.

● There are also issues with animals being hunted or venturing into areas where their habitat overlaps with that of humans.

HOW DOES IT OCCUR ?

•IN THE WINTER MILD AND MOIST, BUT NOT RAINY. DURING THE SUMMER IT IS VERY HOT AND DRY. THE TEMPERATURE IS USUALLY MILD BUT IT CAN GET VERY HOT OR NEARLY FREEZING. THIS BIOME ONLY GETS ABOUT 10-17 INCHES OF RAIN ALL YEAR, AND MOST OF IT COMES IN THE WINTER.