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/

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Carnivores

• Javelina- Road Runner-

Wallaby- Tuatara- Quoll-

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.

Wallaby

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

long tail

Road Runner

• Had feathers to keep it warm on desert winter nights

• Run very fast to escape prey

Tuatara

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

to eat them.

Quoll

• In the day they find shelter in caves, rocks or logs

• They save energy by lowering their body temperature.

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.

General Description

• A form of desert located in California, South Australia, South Europe and North Africa

Herbivores

• Cattle Goats Deer

• Buffalo Pigs

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Cattle

• Good hooves for climbing and walking on rocks

• Vary there diet for different types of plants

Goats

• Are able to walk long distances along dried shrubs and rocks

• Strong legs to climb

Deer

• Fast runners to escape predators• Sensitive ears to here predators about to

attack

Buffalo

• Strong legs and hard hooves to fight off predators

• Variety diet so they can eat different grasses

Pigs

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

Food Web

• Javelina Wallaby Tuatara Road Runner Quoll• Goats Deer Pigs Buffalo Cattle• Shrubs

Predator

• Rattle Snake

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Prey

• Jack Rabbit

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Parasitism

• Parasites that live on Brewer’s Blackbird

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Mutualism

• Blue Oak and Common Sage Brush

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Competition

• Puma and Coyote

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