Exam 20: Terrestrial Biomes

Which of the following would one likely no find in the Arctic and alpine tundra biome?

The range of environmental conditions frequently found in ecotones make them areas of high biodiversity.

Large woody vines that are rooted in the soil and found in the worlds tropical forests are called

The near annihilation of the American bison (Bison bison) has restricted its occurrence to a few protected remnants and preserves in this biome.

Which of the following best describes the vegetation of the tropical seasonal forest and scrub biome?

All needleleaf trees area evergreen.

Most non-native species introduced to a new community become established.

Trumpet trees (Tabebuia caraiba), a dry-season deciduous tree would likely be found in which of the following biomes?

Which biome occurs at high elevations above the treeline, even at lower latitudes?

The most extensive anthropogenic biome is

Though New Zealand is relatively close to Australia, it's faunal assemblages are quite different. For instance, there are no native marsupials in New Zealand. Which of the following best accounts for these differences?

Alfred Russel Wallace's zoogeographic realms roughly correspond to continental plate boundaries.

Discuss the main concepts of island biogeography. How has it been applied to the formation of biosphere reserves?

Characteristic fauna of this biome include large ungulates (hooved mammals), such as giraffe, zebra, buffalo, gazelle, wildebeest, antelope, and rhinoceros.

In which of the following biomes would one likely find wolf, elk, moose, bear, lynx, beaver, wolverine, and a number of migratory birds?

This biome, with some deciduous trees and an open parkland vegetation type, are transitional between tropical rain forest and grassland.

Rain forests only occur in equatorial areas.

The boundaries between biomes are usually abrupt and related to rapid environmental changes, such as in climate or topography.

This extensive biome stretches from the east coast of Canada to the Canadian Rockies, as well as across the entire extent of Russia to the European Plain and at high elevations at lower latitudes.

Though occupying only 7% of the world's total land area, tropical rain forest's account for approximately 50% of the Earth's species and about half of its remaining forests.