Chaparral Biome

Chaparral Biome

Wild Goat

• Its wool helps it survive in the harsh mountain climate
• Its horns help defend itself and fight for a female
• Male goats fight for a female, winner mates the girl
• Can be found in Creta, and other Greek islands, in Turkey, Iran, Turkmenia, Pakistan

One of the only decomposers in the Chaparral biome is bacteria because it is so small and unlike others they last long and don't die. They live in the air. Other decomposers are beetles, earth worms, and millipedes.

Decomposers

Puma

• Preffered pray is deer
• Pumas tend to be farther away from the equator
• Is adaptable to its environment ( Used to it)
• Pumas in the wild live 15 years

Bibliography

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Elva Saldivar, Sandra Luz Machuca, Jasmin Bautista

What is the Chaparral biome?

The chaparral biome is a specific part of each continent that consists of terrain that is mountains and plains. It is also confused with the dessert biome due to their similar features.

Heterotrophs

Chaparral Environmental Status/Issues

The chaparral biome is threatened by habitat loss due to urban and suburban expansion. This is particularly true of the chaparral biome located in California.

The chaparral biome is very susceptible to intense wildfires, the potential for such fires increases with human over development.

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Lumberjacks are cutting down trees and destroying the vegetation. Humans kill animals in the chaparral, which disrupts the food chain. The most devastating problem is wild fires. These wildfires happen often and are mostly started by humans.

The Golden Jackal

• Golden Jackals find a mate for life
• In the winter the Jackals grow a thick coat of hair to prepare for the season
• Jackals are omnivores (54% Meat , 46% Plants)
• The Golden Jackal is abundant in the Mediterranean chaparral. It is currently not on the endangered species list.

Thank you!

Programs and groups helping the chaparral biome

• The Chaparral lands Conservancy -they want to protect and preserve shrubland ecosystems
• The Chaparral Institute- nonprofit, research, and educational organization dedicated to the preservation of native shrubland habitats

Climatogram

A climatogram is a graph chart that displays only the rainfall and temperature of a given area. It is a measure of the general climate of a large ecosystem, also known as a biome.

Mediterranean

Basin

Climatogram of San Diego, CA

California and Northern Baja California

Temp/Precipitation

Climatogram of San Diego, CA, a city within a chaparral region displaying the typical dry summers and non-fluctuating year round weather.

Temperature/ Precipitation

Jan 71 F 48 F 60 F | 3.18 in.

Feb 71 F 48 F 60 F | 1.90 in.

Mar 73 F 51 F 62 F | 1.90 in.

Apr 76 F 53 F 65 F | 0.80 in.

May 78 F 57 F 68 F | 0.28 in.

Jan 71 F 48 F 60 F| 3.18 in.

Feb 71 F 48 F 60F| 1.90 in.

Mar 73 F 51 F 62 F| 1.90 in.

Apr 76 F 53 F 65 F| 0.80 in.

May 78 F 57 F 68 F| 0.28 in.

Jun 81 F 61 F 71 F| 0.10 in.

Jul 87 F 65 F 76 F| 0.03 in.

Aug 89 F 65 F 77 F| 0.01 in.

Sep 87 F 63 F 75 F| 0.25 in.

Oct 82 F 58 F 70 F| 0.72 in.

Nov 76 F 52 F 64 F| 1.38 in.

Dec 70 F 47 F 59 F| 2.02 in.

The highest temperatures occur in the month of August and the lowest ones occur during December.

Most precipitation: January

Least precipitation: August

Southwest &

South Australia

Western Cape,

South Africa

Central Chile &

Argentina

Wind patterns: there are usually cool

and dry ocean breezes

Average Temperature

The temperature varies from 30 degrees to 100 degrees but the average temperature is 64 degrees

They are generally cool, dry ocean breezes

Soil Composition:

• Mostly dry
• does not have many nutrients

solar radiation:

mostly made up of sunlight (ITS VERY HOT!)

Limiting Factors:

water amount is limited ,so plants cant absorb as much water,and this limits the growth on the soil

Chaparral & Locations

Geographic Features:

• mostly made up of hills and mountains with slopes

The cactus wren

• Largest wren in the United states
• They are quick to investigate anything new in their territory
• Cactus Wren don't migrate they are known to be permanent residents of where they live
• California Chaparral (which is home to the Cactus Wren) is slowly disappearing due to urbanization.

• The grey fox can be found from Ontario, Canada, throughout the central and southwestern United States down to Venezuela.
• Disappeared from canada in the 17th Century but has lately been seen around Ontorio, Canada.
• Only member of the dog family that climbs trees
• They're very territorial and mark their boundaries with their urine.

The Grey Fox

Autotrophs

Toyon

Scrub Oak

Poison Oak

Cacti