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	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are a grassland biome located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes.
		Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Boreal forests/taiga ;·
		Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Tundra ·Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Mangrove
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tropical_and_subtropical_grasslands,_savannas,_and_shrublands (469 words)

	Grassland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grasslands are often located between temperate forests at high latitudes and deserts at subtropical latitudes.
		Tropical and subtropical grasslands are classified with tropical and subtropical savannas and shrublands as the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.
		Temperate grasslands are mid-latitude grasslands, including the Prairie of North America, the Pampa of Argentina, calcerous downland, and the steppes of Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grasslands (553 words)

	Grassland - MSN Encarta
		Grassland, ecosystem in which grasses, sedges (see Sedge), and other forage plants are the dominant vegetation.
		Natural grasslands occupy, or once occupied, large areas of continental landmasses, including the prairies and plains of North America, the pampas and paramos of South America, the veld of South Africa, and the steppes of Eurasia.
		Temperate natural grasslands develop in regions characterized by an annual rainfall between 250 and 750 mm (10 and 30 in), a high rate of evaporation, and seasonal and annual droughts.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567625/Grassland.html (388 words)

	SSRR No.24
		Grasslands comprise open savannah where the soil and average rainfall (300-700 mm) are not conducive to arable farming.
		Although there are many causes of grassland degradation, an important cause appears to be the activities of the pastoralists in search of the diverse benefits from the grasslands, such as food for humans and pasture for their animals, and other support functions such as shelter and fuel wood.
		The overall objectives of the study are to assess the value of tropical grasslands and to examine the effects of overstocking and overgrazing, particularly in Northeastern Uganda.
	www.ossrea.net /ssrr/no24/no24.htm (1336 words)

	Nature Works - Grasslands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grasslands cover one fourth of the Earth's land and can be found on every continent, except for Antarctica.
		Tropical grasslands are close to the equator and are hot all year long.
		Temperate grasslands are hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/nwep8d.htm (371 words)

	WWF - Grasslands
		Tropical grasslands grow where temperatures are relatively high all year round and rainfall occurs seasonally.
		Grasslands are called different names in different parts of the world: --"steppes" in Asia; "prairies" in North America; "pampas", "llanos" and "cerrados" in South America; "savannahs" and "velds" in Africa; and "rangelands" in Australia.
		A similar change is seen in tropical grasslands when the onset of the rainy season changes the landscape from dull brown to bright green.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/education/virtual_wildlife/wild_places/grasslands.cfm (481 words)

	Grasslands Biome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grassland biomes are large, rolling terrains of grasses, flowers and herbs.
		A grassland is a region where the average annual precipitation is great enough to support grasses, and in some areas a few trees.
		Grasslands in the southern hemisphere tend to get more precipitation than those in the northern hemisphere, and the grass tends to be the tall-grass variety.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /grasslands.htm (557 words)

	The Grassland Biome
		Grasslands are characterized as lands dominated by grasses rather than large shrubs or trees.
		Temperate grasslands are characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation.
		The soil of the temperate grasslands is deep and dark, with fertile upper layers.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /glossary/gloss5/biome/grassland.html (1546 words)

	Lecture: Biomes dominated by grasses, Dr. Rodrigue
		Tropical savanna is associated with the drier portions of the tropical wet and dry climate (the wetter portions of that climate being occupied largely by tropical deciduous woodland).
		This is a tropical grassland, dominated by a continuous or discontinuous cover of short grasses, normally interspersed with a very discontinuous layer of small shrubs.
		There were two tropical grasslands, namely, savanna and sudan, associated with the drier tropical wet and dry climate and the tropical semi-arid climate, respectively.
	www.csulb.edu /~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/grassbiomes.html (1473 words)

	Land Plants Page
		Grasslands are large lands dominated by grasses instead trees or shrubs.
		Tropical rainforests are warm, lush, and moist environments rich in plant and animal species.
		Tropical rainforests are made up of four layers: emergent layer, canopy layer, understory, and forest floor.
	curriculum.calstatela.edu /courses/builders/worlds/planets_03/vesta/vklandpla.htm (1230 words)

	Land Ecology Page
		Grasslands are large lands dominated by many different species of grasses.
		Tropical grasslands are located near the Central Girth in the tropical zone.
		Due to the seasonal droughts and occasional fires by volcanic eruptions, and grazing by large mammals, the soil of grasslands is the richest in the planet Vesta.
	curriculum.calstatela.edu /courses/builders/worlds/planets_03/vesta/vjlandeco.htm (766 words)

	Method for the study of the structure of tropical grasslands
		In conventional grassland (for example, Guinean Savanna) it is possible to distinguish at first glance two elements, an herbaceous layer and a ligneous layer; their most immediately visible characteristics are clearly dissimilar.
		However with regard to tropical grassland, it seems that there is insufficient data to be able to determine the exact relationships between biovolume and biomass in the principal types of vegetation.
		Most appropriate for the study of tropical grasslands, this method is in fact adaptable for analysis of all the types of grasslands of the world.
	www.fao.org /wairdocs/ilri/x5543b/x5543b0j.htm (5025 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Biomes - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tropical grasslands are present in regions with as much as 120 centimeters (47 inches) of rainfall per year, but under highly seasonal conditions with a pronounced dry season.
		Tropical grasslands and savannas can support a great seasonal abundance of large, migratory animals as well as substantial populations of resident animals.
		A semi-evergreen tropical forest is a type of tropical forest that develops when a region experiences both wet and dry seasons during the year.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/biomes/overview.htm (2483 words)

	Grasslands
		For example it has been estimated that while tropical forests store about 19% of the total carbon sequested by terrestrial communities each year, tropical grasslands are suggested to store about 26% of the total." … Primary productivity of Grass Ecosystems of the tropics and sub-tropics.
		Tropical grasslands, savannas and drought deciduous woodlands form a continuum with varying proportions of grasses and woody plants which can only be separated into discrete types by the imposition of arbitrary limits.
		Fires are an important component in maintaining the balance of grasses and woody plants in natural grassland systems and occur on average every 1 to 10 years during the dry season.
	www2.essex.ac.uk /wimovac/grasslan.htm (853 words)

	Biomes - Living Worlds :: Biomes / grassland
		Grasslands are characterized by their tall, perennial grasses and lack of trees.
		There are two main types of grasslands: tropical grasslands, which include the Pampas and Savanna, and temperate grasslands, which include the prairie, cultivated prairie, and European farmland.
		Tropical grasslands are located near the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0113340/main.php?section=biomes&topic=grassland (413 words)

	Grasslands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grasslands are regions of the world where there are grasses growing and no large shrubs or trees.
		There are temperate grasslands that include steppes with short grasses and prairies with tall grasses, and there are tropical grasslands called savannas that have coarse grasses.
		The llanos of the Orinoco basin of Venezuela and Columbia are grass savannas maintained by the annual flooding of the Orinoco River and long periods of standing water that inhibit the growth of most trees.
	www.k12.de.us /warner/grasslands.html (464 words)

	Grasslands Biome
		Grasslands are big open areas that get between 25 and 75 cm of rain per year.
		Therefore, when you look out over a grassland, what you see is a large, open, continuous piece of land with lots and lots of grass.
		Grasslands around the world are becoming extinct as people make farms and towns.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/biomegrass.htm (245 words)

	Neotropical Grasslands: Habitat, Plants and Animals
		Most tropical ecosystems rely on economy of essential nutrients; however, tropical forests occupy soils from rich to poor, while grasslands only exist on poor soils.
		Forests tend to rely on locking the nutrients in the vegetation, while grasslands, with faster nutrient cycling that excludes the possibility of maintaining large biomass reserves, rely on the soil as the principal nutrient reservoir.
		They are also found in the Venezuelan Llanos north of the Orinoco river, as a part of the Boa Vista savannas in northern Amazonia, and the Cerrado of Amapá on the northern lip of the mouth of the Amazon River in many lesser areas.
	www.conservegrassland.org /grasslands.htm (1357 words)

	Grasslands of the World - Define and describe the natural grasslands of the world. - National Forage and Grasslands ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grassland, land containing mostly grasses, covers about 2/3 of the land masses of the world and makes up 1/4 of the earth's surface.
		Although grasslands contain mostly grass, they are actually areas of great variety since there are over 10,000 grass species, not to mention the 12,000 species of legumes that often grow with grasses.
		Grasslands are usually divided into two categories: tropical (grasslands located near the equator such as those in Africa, southern Asia, Australia and northern South America) and temperate (grasslands located between the equator and the poles including those in North America, Europe, southern South America, Africa and Australia).
	forages.oregonstate.edu /nfgc/topics.cfm?ID=67 (307 words)

	Tropical Savannas
		Tropical savannas or grasslands are associated with the tropical wet and dry climate type (Koeppen's Aw), but they are not generally considered to be a climatic climax.
		Seasonal forests of the tropics are also widespread and vary along a latitudinal/moisture gradient between the tropical broadleaf evergreen forest of the equatorial zone and the deserts of the subtropics.
		Termites are especially abundant in the tropical savannas of the world, and their tall termitarias are conspicuous elements of the savanna landscape.
	www.runet.edu /~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/savanna/savanna.html (1185 words)

	Hort 403 - Lecture 13
		Tropical grasses tend to be coarse and high in lignin in the dry season and thus unpalatable.
		While it is true that the pace is slower in the tropics and diseases and parasites may put pressure on human health and activity, it is unlikely that this is still a viable explanation.
		Great influx of capital in tropical places such as Hawaii and Puerto Rico are examples of the effect of abundant capital on development.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/tropical/lecture_13/lec_13.html (1872 words)

	Grasslands Conservation Council - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grasslands are an important part of the earth’s many ecological communities, originally covering as much as 25% of the earth’s surface.
		Grasslands in BC In British Columbia grasslands occur mainly on the dry eastern side of the many north-south mountain ranges that dominate the landscape of the province.
		Although British Columbia's grasslands seem to go on forever in some parts of the province, they are not extensive on a world scale and cannot be found on the map at the top of the page.
	www.bcgrasslands.org /grasslands/whereintheworldaregrasslands.htm (568 words)

	SCOPE 56 - Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, Chapter 1, Executive Summary
		Tropical grasslands, savannas and drought-deciduous woodlands occupy at least 11% of the global land surface.
		Perhaps the largest uncertainty in understanding and predicting the C budgets for the tropical woodlands, savannas and grasslands is the extent, degree and nature of land use changes, along with the human processes which drive it.
		Temperate grasslands are located mainly at mid-latitudes of Asia and North and South America where large changes in climate and land use have occurred or are expected to occur in the near future.
	www.icsu-scope.org /downloadpubs/scope56/Chapter01.html (6044 words)

	Camp Internet Global Garden Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grasslands in North America are known as Prairies, and Eurasia has the Steppes.
		These grasslands are in the interiors of continents and moist air from the ocean is blocked by mountains to the west or south of them.
		The grasslands have a very large latitude range, spanning from 55 N to 30 S. This is because of the many different types of grasslands throughout the world.
	www.rain.org /global-garden/biomes/BIOME_GR.HTM (958 words)

	Hort 403 - Lecture 5
		The tropical rainforest is scattered through the peninsular and insular (island) lowlands of Southeast Asia.
		The forest is stratified as the tropical forests.
		Good examples are found outside of tropical wet and dry such as Mediterranean climates of California, mountains country of the American southwest, and in temperate Australia.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/tropical/lecture_05/lec_05.html (1162 words)

	K4 Modules: Biomes
		Tropical grasslands can be found in Australia, India, Africa and South America.
		The Everglades in south Florida is a tropical grassland.
		The prairie in Kansas is a temperate grassland.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/k4/teacher/biomes/Boverview4.html (305 words)

	WWF - Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrubland Ecoregions
		The Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands are characterized by rainfall levels between 90-150 centimetres per year.
		Large-scale migration of tropical savanna herbivores, such as wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and zebra (Equus zebra), are continuing to decline through habitat alteration and hunting.
		Both the Cerrado and the Llanos are noted for complexity of habitats and the unusually high levels of endemism and beta diversity in plants for tropical savannas.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/about/habitat_types/selecting_terrestrial_ecoregions/habitat07.cfm (378 words)

	TROPICAL GRASSLANDS (SAVANNAH) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		/yr., and the tropical grasslands are estimated to have a mean NPP of 900g/m
		Savannah grassland; trees are less dense, and often draw water from an underlying aquifer through a long root system.
		As more trees are removed for fuel, and over grazing reduced the productivity of grasslands, the heavy rains gullies and the wind blows away the surface soil.
	www.pupilvision.com /uppersixth/savanna1.htm (826 words)

	The World's Biomes: Grasslands
		Grasslands are characterized as lands dominated by grasses rather than large shrubs or tress.
		Grasslands expanded in range following the retreat of glaciers, as hotter and drier climates prevailed worldwide after the last ice age.
		The fauna (which do not all occur in the same temperate grassland) includes gazelles, zebras, rhinoceri, wild horses, lions, wolves, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, deer, mice, coyotes, foxes, skunks, badgers, flbirds, grouses, meadowlarks, quails, sparrows, hawks, owls, snakes, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and spiders.
	members.aol.com /thebuddha6/biomes/grasslan.html (1554 words)

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