Essentials of Ecology

CONCEPT 7-2 147

Figure 7-9 Generalized effects of elevation (left) and latitude (right) on climate and biomes. Parallel changes
in vegetation type occur when we travel from the equator to the poles or from lowlands to mountain-
tops. Question: How might the components of the left diagram change as the earth warms during this
century? Explain.

Mountain

ice and snow

Tundra (herbs,

lichens, mosses)

Coniferous

Forest

Deciduous

Forest

Tropical

Forest

Elevation

Latitude

Polar ice

and snow

Tundra (herbs,

lichens, mosses)

Coniferous

Forest

Deciduous

Forest

Tropical

Forest

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