Shrubland
Biome
Temperature
Chaparral is characterized as being very hot and dry. The winter is very mild and is usually about 10 ºC. Then the summer is so hot and dry at 40 ºC that fires and droughts are very common.
Precipitation is 200 to 1,000 mm of rain per year
Landforms
Plants & Animals
The animals are all mainly grassland and desert types adapted to hot, dry weather. A few examples are Coyotes, Jack Rabbits, Mule Deer, Alligator Lizards, Horney Toads, Praying Mantis, Honey Bee and Lady Bugs.
Adaptations
Relationships
On the competition large predators such as wolves depend on moose and elk. If there as a disease it could make this population too small to support the large predators. The Lynx has a better variety and the small predators have an even better choice in their food curly because they eat insects birds and small rodents, so the food supply is huge.
Limiting Factors
Abiotic factors is like the rainfall and temperature.
The Abiotic factors of the temperature woodland and shrubland climates consists of hot, dry summers, cool, wear winters, periodic fires, and thin soil with a poor nutrient content.
The Biotic factors are like the trees, and animals or any other thing that is living.
Ecological Concerns or Issues
Shrubland
These are pictures of the Shrubland