 | Central Question: How can biogeographers track and communicate where species are located? Guiding Thought Question: What do you foresee as the biggest complication in determining the range of a particular species and mapping it out? Today's Learning Objective: Students will work through the process by which species range is plotted and mapped. Students will learn the various cartographic methods that are used to map out species, and then work through the process themselves in mapping out plant species around the school grounds. |
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Belter
9/21/2020 08:55:18 am
The odd species that are farther out than the rest of the range so you have to figure out how to map them. Some species are also migratory so you have to watch them for a long time.
donovan smith
9/21/2020 08:56:21 am
a complicating factor of determining an animals habitat would be if an animal lives underground in leaves or something and the wind picks up then the leaves would get all blown around.
Lauren Sitzman
9/21/2020 08:57:31 am
One of the biggest problems with determining an animal's range is that the animals don't always follow the same path and the animals might be hindered by fences and other human buildings.
Taryn
9/21/2020 09:00:07 am
Most species need a certain climate to live so certain areas need certain animals and most can’t move place to place because of the living conditions.
Reegan S.
9/24/2020 12:24:23 pm
The biggest complication is probably the amount of new species we find every year and mapping them out. Plus climate change changes the Earth every year so animals can go extinct.
Annie Feden
9/24/2020 12:24:40 pm
Some species have larger ranges that are hard to track and some species may only move when they need to.
Olivia Rosenthal
9/24/2020 12:24:46 pm
Some animals might hide and be hard to locate. So they might be in an area that wasn’t noted so the area that is mapped out is not accurate.
Liam Helt
9/24/2020 12:25:35 pm
I think that rapid climate change could have an impact on finding an animals range. Because they could move to different locations that suit them better.
Marcus
9/24/2020 12:25:46 pm
A complication that could happen during the process of mapping animal population could be disease. If there is a disease being spread among the animals and they are rapidly dying, mapping may be not evenly completed in certain areas.
Jayme Cox
9/24/2020 12:25:58 pm
uh Outliers could be outside of the range that you view, in disconnected pockets. Or species could also move around a lot, and make the range innacurate.
Claire Nalty
9/24/2020 12:26:09 pm
Maybe the outliers -- certain species might have individuals who live a lot further out than most of the others, so that might mess up the range?
Saxon
9/24/2020 12:26:35 pm
Human development can complicate the range of certain animals, so what may have been in their range previously may not be their range anymore, since most animals avoid human settlements.
Surprised
9/24/2020 12:26:42 pm
They could live in an area difficult to locate or search. Animals are also always moving and going somewhere different
Emily Fleener
9/24/2020 12:27:10 pm
A complication could be the animals could be moving around and because of different factors their old patterns could change.
Laura Nelsen
9/24/2020 12:27:21 pm
The biggest complication is that not all animals don't always follow the same path and they might run into issues with human interactions.
Will Alexander
9/24/2020 12:27:36 pm
It makes it harder if there are human barriers in the way such as large cities which could be in the way of a range of animals.
Reagan Pumilia
9/24/2020 12:27:55 pm
One complication could be with tracking down highly populated species and tagging/tracking them, the data could be inaccurate, the methods of tracking species can be complex
Alondra Ortiz
9/24/2020 12:28:38 pm
A problem that could happen when mapping is that if there were people poaching in an area that wont get mapped. Also not all animals follow the same path as others.
Sam
9/24/2020 12:33:08 pm
Species might be difficult to locate and their natural behaviors could change due to human activity. Also migratory animals would be difficult to ,amp a range because they frequently move
Emily Tran
9/24/2020 01:19:59 pm
Some species may live underground or be disturbed by human activity which would make them difficult to track Leave a Reply. |
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