Chaparral By Liz Kim and Ashley Shandy Weather

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 year Rain usually falls in Winter http: //www. blueplanetbiomes. org/chaparral. htm

Carnivores • Javelina- Tuatara- Road Runner- Wallaby. 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 Buffalo Deer Pigs

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

Prey • Jack Rabbit

Parasitism • Parasites that live on Brewer’s Blackbird

Mutualism • Blue Oak and Common Sage Brush

Competition • Puma and Coyote