ANIMALS IN THE TAIGA

by Nikki B

Abiotic And Biotic In the Taiga There are lots of helpful biotic and abiotic in

taiga that help various kinds of animals live there. Some of them are….

Abiotic: The taiga has an extensive and long river network, like the Yenisei River. The rivers are filled with fish to help bears such as the grizzlies and the black bears fish for there food.

Biotic: For the hundreds of birds that live in the taiga, the taiga offers evergreen trees. These trees are especially helpful to the yellow bellied sapsucker because the trees are rich in sap.

HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS

The SNOWSHOE RABBIT is a herbivore because it eats fresh green plants and grass in the summer, and when the weather turns cold in the winter it munches on twigs, shoots, and buds

The YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER is a herbivore because it pecks holes in trees to suck up the sap, mostly in evergreens

The AMERICAN ELK is a herbivore because it is known for eating dried grass, and a variety of greens

Herbivore Animal Pictures

Snowshoe Hare

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker American Elk

CARNIVOROUS ANIMALS

The RIVER OTTER is a carnivore because it eats plenty of fish every day

The LONG EARED OWL is a carnivore because it feasts on rodents, small mammals, and birds by hunting them down in clearings and fallow fields

The CANADIAN LYNX is a carnivore because it eats hares, small rodents, squirrels and grouse. The Canadian lynx has no predators.

Carnivore Animal Pictures

River Otter

Long Eared Owl

Canadian Lynx

OMNIVOROUS ANIMALS

The GRIZZLY BEAR is an omnivore because it eats various kinds of fish in the river and plenty of berries

The AMERICAN BLACK BEAR is an omnivore because it eats plants, fruit, nuts, insects, honey, salmon, small mammals, and carrion.

The RED FOX is an omnivore because it munches on fruits, berries, grasses, birds and small mammals. It is known to have few predators.

Omnivore Animal Pictures

Red Fox

American Black Bear

Grizzly Bear

Adaptions in the Taiga

Special adaption that helps animals live in the taiga are…

The Snowshoe Rabbit can’t live in warm weather. The taiga’s average temperature is 14-56, so it is a cool and cold place for a snowshoe rabbit to live.

The Taiga has many rivers, of course, and each are rich in fish. The taiga happens to be the home of the Atlantic Salmon, other wise know as a tasty fish to many bears, such as the Grizzly Bear.

FOOD CHAINS

RIVER OTTER FOOD CHAIN:

River Otter

Fish Algae

Long Eared Owl

LONG EARED OWL FOOD CHAIN:

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Decomposers In The Taiga

There are many decomposers in the taiga such as fungi, bacteria, snow bug, and common soil bacteria.

The one I picked to talk about its role in the taiga is the Honey Fungus. Honey Fungus attacks woody and herbaceous plants.

CREDITS

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/animals/rabbit.htmhttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm

http://animalstime.com/red-fox-facts-kids-red-fox-habitat-diet/

http://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo246643.htmhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_taiga

%27s_average_temperaturehttp://www.taigarescue.org/index.php?

view=taiga_news&tn_ID=59

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