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Chaparral

Chaparral. By: Liz Kim and Ashley Shandy. Weather and Climate. Hot and dry Winter is mild about 10 degrees Celsius 40 degrees Celsius Causes fires and droughts 10-17 in. of rain fall all year Rain usually falls in Winter http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral.htm. Carnivores.

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Chaparral

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  1. Chaparral By: Liz Kim and Ashley Shandy

  2. Weather and Climate • Hot and dry • Winter is mild about 10 degrees Celsius • 40 degrees Celsius • Causes fires and droughts • 10-17 in. of rain fall all year • Rain usually falls in Winter • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral.htm

  3. Carnivores • Javelina- Road Runner- Wallaby- Tuatara- Quoll-

  4. Javelina • Live in large family groups to help with survival. • Each group defends a territory for sleeping and feeding areas. • They communicate through smells and sounds.

  5. Wallaby • Wallaby’s have very sensitive ears. • If being attacked, they use their hind legs and long tail

  6. Road Runner • Had feathers to keep it warm on desert winter nights • Run very fast to escape prey

  7. Tuatara • Spines along back to protect from predators. • Live in burrows so its hard for bigger animals to eat them.

  8. Quoll • In the day they find shelter in caves, rocks or logs • They save energy by lowering their body temperature.

  9. Biggest threat to Chaparral • Chaparral’s have fires almost constantly. Some plants need to be burned in order to remain healthy. Also a U.S. Forrest Service cut the area to reduce “fuel” around a tree plantation.

  10. General Description • A form of desert located in California, South Australia, South Europe and North Africa

  11. Herbivores • Cattle Goats Deer • Buffalo Pigs

  12. Cattle • Good hooves for climbing and walking on rocks • Vary there diet for different types of plants

  13. Goats • Are able to walk long distances along dried shrubs and rocks • Strong legs to climb

  14. Deer • Fast runners to escape predators • Sensitive ears to here predators about to attack

  15. Buffalo • Strong legs and hard hooves to fight off predators • Variety diet so they can eat different grasses

  16. Pigs • Are able to climb around the chaparral • Good hooves to wonder around long distances

  17. Food Web • Javelina Wallaby Tuatara Road Runner Quoll • Goats Deer Pigs Buffalo Cattle • Shrubs

  18. Predator • Rattle Snake

  19. Prey • Jack Rabbit

  20. Parasitism • Parasites that live on Brewer’s Blackbird

  21. Mutualism • Blue Oak and Common Sage Brush

  22. Competition • Puma and Coyote

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