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Cimarron National Grasslands Created by: Alyssa Kailee Mya June/5/2012 St. Clair, MI MADE IN THE USA
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Cimarron National Grassland
picture of cimarron national grassland
Enviromental Information
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this average precipitation graph shows the average precipitation in a year at cimarron national park.
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this average temperature through the year at cimarron national grassland gragh shows the average temperature through january all the way to december
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comanmche, vincity these are some of the similar places of cimarron national grassland.
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Cimarron National Grassland is located in Morton County,Kansas and part of stevens county,Kansas.
Brief Description of the Ecosytem
Cimarron National Grassland is a National Grassland located in Morton County, Kansas, United States, with a very small part extending eastward into Stevens County. [1] Cimarron National Grassland is located near Comanche National Grassland which is across the border in Colorado. The grassland is administered by the Forest Service together with the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and the Comanche National Grassland, from common headquarters located in Pueblo, Colorado. There are local ranger district offices in Elkhart, Kansas. The grassland is the largest area of public land in the state of Kansas.[1]
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precipitation graph
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flower at cimarron national grassland
Organisms (Biotic)
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SIZE 50–75 cm (20–23 in.) long; 535–633 g (19–22 oz.) NATURAL HISTORY The black-footed ferret is the only wild ferret in North America. It is on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service list of the ten most endangered species in North America. Ferrets live in prairie-dog towns. They stalk their prey into their burrows. Very little is known of their behavior because of their rarity. FOOD Primarily prairie dogs, but sometimes ground-nesting birds, mice, gophers, small reptiles, and some snakes PREDATOR Hawks, eagles, and owls SHELTER Black-footed ferrets modify and move into prairie dog burrows after they kill and eat former occupants. REPRODUCTION Black-footed ferrets mate in spring. A litter of three to five is born in late spring to early summer. HUMAN IMPACT Human eradication of prairie dogs in grazing land has eliminated the black-footed ferret from most of its historical range.
Producers
some producers of the cimarron national grassland are the western ragweed,western buckwheat,blue grama grass,cottonwood tree, buffalo grass, common sunflower.Like I said these are just a few producers
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A primary consumer of the Cimarron National Grassland is the Pronghorn Antelope.
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The Burrowing owl is also a primary consumer.
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black - footed feret
the black footed feret is one of the secondary consumers in the cimarron national grassland ecosystem
size of ferets in the wild and captive
this chart shows the size of captive and wild ferets population size of ferets and in the wild in the united states
Pronghorn Antelope
Burrowing owl
Abiotic Factors
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The Meaning of the Word
Abiotic Factors: A nonliving part of an ecosystem that are ussed by biotic factors to live.
What Abiotic Factors are
All of these pictures are examples about the "Abiotic Factors." Rain and sunlight is a good example for the abiotic factors.If you look at the picture on your left you will see that there are many abiotic factors all around us were ever we go like to the grocery store or to the park. they are obviously are all around us like the weather and the tempureture or the wind on a cool day.There is always abiotic factors around us.What makes things abiotic factors is that it is not living.
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This shows that temperture through every month.The highest is the months July and August.
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This is a grpah that shows the percipitaion of the Cimarron National Grasslands. Also the highest months are also July and August
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Th temputure is mostly from 75-30 degress
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Abiotic Factors
Human Factors
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What Human Factors are
These are the type of things that affect our inviroment for example trash.Human factors are main ways that people affect our ecosystem.
The Meaning of the Word
Human Factors:The main way in which people affect your ecosystem.
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A,B,C,D are the ones with the constuction.
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A car using up all of its gas and hurting the ecosystem
Food Web
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The Meaning of the Word
Food Web: It is the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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Cimarron National Grassland Food Web
This is a example of a food web. It is one of many at Cimarron National Grassland.
Producer
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Facts About Blue Grama Grass
1. This populations role in the ecosystem that its living in (in this case Cimarron National Grassland) is to feed both omnivors and herbivoares. 2. It lives in dry areas such as places south of Michigan, throughout Texas, and west of it-except for states Washtionton and Oregon. 3. It is produced through photosynthesis or in other words uses the sun to create its own energy. 4. Mammals such as rodents, rabbits, hares, prairie dogs, antelope, deer, collared peccaries, bison, and grazing livestock eat this dry grama grass. Birds, tortoises and ant do as well. 5. It grows in the full sun on open plains, praries, grasslands, and fields. 6. It reaches a height of 30.5-61cm (1-2ft) tall. 7. It can withstand long periods of drought. 8. Its a member of the grass family. 9. Its kingdom is Plantae.
Definition of Producer
A photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium, constituting the first trophic level in a food chain; an autotrophic organism.
Other Producers
In the Cimarron National Grassland the Blue Grama Grass is not the only producer. The buffalo grass, common sunflower, cottonwood tree, western buckwheat, western meadowlark, and western ragweed are all examples of other producers in the Cimarron National Grassland and there are probaly many more. If the plants are eaten by a consumer before it dies that energy from the plant is passed on execpt some if it is lost. it will ether be passed onto the next animal that eats it then the next ect. along the food chain or it will die on its own and be decomposed.
Abiotic Needs or Interactions
Blue Grama Grass depends on light for photosynthesis, water to grow, and if temperature levels get to cold it will die. It is great nesting material for small mammals and birds.
Human Impact
Livestock thatt over graze on grass will take many years to recover and may reduce the number of grasses in a desert greatly.
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An Example of a Producer From the Cimarron National Grassland
Blue Grama Grass
Energy Pyrimad
The higher you go the less energy there is from the organism before to sastain that oganism. It also shows the levels of a food chain.
Primary Consumer
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Definiton of Primary Consumer
An animal that eats grass and other green plants in a food chain; an herbivore.
Facts About the Black Tailed Jackrabbit
1. The black tailed jackrabbit is a primary consumer its purpose is to eat a producer and then ether be eaten by a secondary consumernor be decomposed. 2. It lives in western us,from South-Central Washington to Nebraska, and in Western Missouri,and Texas. 3.they feed on grasses, shrubs, mesquite leaves, and beans, flowers, and occasionally cacti for moisture. 4. Hawks, golden eagles, owls, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and wolves eat it. Rattles also eat the young. 5. It usally shelters in open areas with little cover. 6. It can grow up to 40-70 cm (1.5–2 ft.) long; up to 4.5 kg (10 lb.) 7. It is not a rabbit but a hare which is bigger then a rabbit. Hares are born with their eyes open, but rabbits are born blind. 8. They have to travel long distances to find their food. 9. Their kingdom is Animalia.
Abiotic Neebs And Interactions
It drinks water, bruows in soil, and eats plants which depent on abiotic factors like the sun. It anlso uses bolders for hiding.
Other Primary Consumers
Other primary consumers can be found in the Cimarron National Grassland other than the black tailed jackrabbit. They inclued the lesser prairie chicken, the pronghorn antelope, the plains pocket gopher, the american bison, the grasshopper,and the ant. These organisms along with the black tailed jackrabbit are a few of the primary consmers at Cimarron National grassland.
Human Impact
Humans affect the jackrabbits only if they hunt them and kill them. So in additon to the other species that are hunting them, that could bring the population down quite a bit.
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Example of a Primary Consumer
Black Tailed Jackrabbit
American Bison
Another Example of a Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
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Facts About Coyotes
1. This creatures role in the inviroment is to eat the Primary Concumers or Producers. 2. It is a omnivore which means it eats both plants and animals. the things it eats includes: rabbits, rodents, snakes, birds, grasshoppers, and crickets. Also they will hunt very young deer, elk, antelope, and bison. the plants eaten inclued mesquite beans, seeds, and tender plant shoots. 3. Only wolves eat them. 4. They live in a den protected from other coyotes. 5. The height is 60 cm at shoulder. The weight is 9-23kg. 6. They are nocturnal. 7.They howl at dusk to announce the hunt. Also to communicate with other family members pack or neighboring packs. 7. There kingdom is Animalia.
Definition For Secondary Consumer
Carnivores that feed on herbivores or detritivores are called secondary consumers.
Other Secondary Consumers
There are fewwer animals on the food chain the higher you go because the consumer is getting bigger. For example the rattlesnake, the ferret, the golden eagle, and the ferruginous hawk are a couple of the many in the Cimarron National Grassland.
Top of the Food Chain
Have you ever herd the saying "to be at the top of the food chain is to be alive". This is true acculy because the higher you are in the food chain the less things that can eat you. We are at the top of the food chain and so are two bird species that live on the Cimarron National Grassland. There names are the golden eagle, and the ferruginous hawk. The coyote is close. Only one animal-the wolf-eats it.
Abiotic Needs and Interactions
They drink water, there food is uses many abiotic factor like sunlight and soil, and they use bolders to hide from there predators.
Human Impact
Coyotes canand have easily adapted to the presence of humans .They are even found even in cities. They can be hunted legally in some places.
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Example of Secondary Consumer
Coyote
Golden Eagle
Another Example of a Secondary Consumer
Bibliography
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feret pic. finegardning.com
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Abiotic Factors looked up abiotic factors on google and clicked on imasges Human Factors http://humanblogs.org/pictures for human factors Food Web http://ms5-grassland-k.wikispaces.com http://googleditionary.com
Information Collected By: Alyssa
I got my information from: http://www.thefreedictionary.com http://www.fossweb.com
Photos Collected By: Alyssa
I got my photos from: http://www.finegardening.com http://www.astronomy-images.com http://www.true-wildlife.blogspot.com http://www.ibc.lynxeds.com http://www.animals.about.com
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