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Climate, Weather, and Abiotic Factors
Hot dry summers, Mild moist winters, Nutrient poor soil, the average temperature for the year is 85 degrees F. -
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Shrublands
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Autotrophs, consumers and decomposers
Autotrophs: Evergreen shrubs, sage, broom bush, bladder salt bush, royal poverty bush, needle bush, golden blue bush, cotton bush, currant bush, and the blood bush.
Consumers: Predators: foxes, bobcats, and some birds Plant Eaters: Rodents, insects, birds, deer, and rabbits.
Decomposers: None -
Keystone species
Southern Cassowari is a keystone species. It spreads the seeds of many plants. Bilby or Macrotis (a rabbit like creature) is a native species. -
Interspecies interaction
The cassowary carries seeds of plants to other places so that plants ar eable to reproduce. -
DISASTER!!!!!!!!!!
A bush fire destroys the shrubs, other plant life, and possible consumers' habitats. This fire is a secondary succession because there is still soil. A primary succession would be when there is no more soil and nothing could grow back. -
Growing back!
A small amount of things are starting to grow again. Small sprouts and grasses are beginning to show. Some of these include xanthorrhoea which are grass trees. Some species it takes seven to eight weeks to start growing and can be in full bloom within nine months. -
Growing
Things are starting to grow back even stronger! Some of the shrubs that have started to grow back include sage and broom bushes. -
Food Web Example
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Almost done!
The shrublands are starting to look like the other land that was not affected by the fire. All of the big shrubs are starting to grow as well as primary consumers are starting to relocate back. Depending on the species it could take up to ten years to regrow. -
Start of something new
After three years things were starting to grow back but was not all growing back. It actually took about four years for the shrubs to grow and look as thick as the other area which was not affected by the fire. -
Animals
Animals start to return to the shrublands! :) -
TEAM MEMBERS
Hanna Burchett
Nic Turner
Ashley Strait
Dan Zuckerman -
RESOURCES
https://www.um.es/analesdebiologia/numeros/25/PDF/03-POSFIRE.pdf
biomebrochure.wikispaces.com
Temperate Shrubland Animals. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2015, from http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/habitats/Temperate_Shrubland.html
Western Australia Climate and Weather. (2014, January 17). Retrieved April 21, 2015, from http://www.australian-information-stories.com/western-australia-climate.html
Common plants in the shrublands. (2015, February 15). Retrieved April 21, 2015, from https://www.agric
