Savannahs
Where
found –image (http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/W4442E/w4442e00.jpg)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/ecosystemsavannahrev2.shtml
http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/gepts/pb143/lec10/biomes.gif
What conditions, role of the subclimax
color
version of Fig 1.12 (Page 15)
chart
of dry season versus rainfall-for India and Venezuela (from previous lectures)
climate
diagrams of savannah in Africa
What are challenges of savannah habitats
What savannah look like (slides – various
images of woodland and savannah)
What
is the structure-slide
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/W4442E/w4442e05.htm#TopOfPage
What is the productivity of savannahs (Table 3.3
from book, pg 70).
Slide
from global carbon stocks shown previously
role
of c4 grasses and their adaptations
slide
figure 3.5 page 61.
Role of trees (Figure
4.6)
Savannah soils
role
of fire in nutrient cycling and productivity – Figure 4.2, Figure 3.10
role
of herbivores in nutrient cycling and productivity - http://alexaoxueli.nomadlife.org/uploaded_images/Giraffen_2-759619.JPG, http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/African-Animals-Print-C10064392.jpeg, Fig 3.8 page 66, Fig
3.9 (page 67).
Savannah diversity- Figure 4.20
