Biogeography… biogeography is the study of biodiversity over space and time, it reveal were an organism lives, how it adapts and how it reproduces in that area. The theory of biogeography came from Alfred Russell Wallace and other early evolutionist scientist. Wallace got his ideas from studying the flora and fauna in Malay Archipelago. So in our trip to Guairá certain people were selected to see the biogeography in Guairá. There were various sub topics, Adaptation in Plants, Adaptation in people, and adaptation in animal to La Guairá, General Biogeography, and ecosystem of Guajira and water and soil conductivity.
It is hard to live in the desert and the place that we visited was in fact a desert. This place is not inhatible but it is not the best place to live in. It has many counter parts to it being able to live in there. Such as water, the lack of water in a desert and this desert is no exception, water is scarce and to be able to find it is even harder. The wayuu people ( native to this land) have adapted a great deal to survive by staying close to the ocean to get fish ( there main source of meals).
Animals go threw the same process, even though you don’t see as much animals in the desert, animals do adapt to there environment, for example, animals in the desert needs to reduce there body temputures and there use of water to be able to survive, since in the desert it is hot and has very little amount of water.
The ecosystem of the guajira is extremely curious, while in the day it is a hot day, in the night it is very cold. In guajira it is the clash between north and south wind currents, creating a hot and windy day which is very good combination.
Stefano Barbano
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Introduction to Biogeography
Biogeography… biogeography is the study of biodiversity over space and time, it reveal were an organism lives, how it adapts and how it reproduces in that area. The theory of biogeography came from Alfred Russell Wallace and other early evolutionist scientist. Wallace got his ideas from studying the flora and fauna in Malay Archipelago. So in our trip to Guairá certain people were selected to see the biogeography in Guairá. There were various sub topics, Adaptation in Plants, Adaptation in people, and adaptation in animal to La Guairá, General Biogeography, and ecosystem of Guajira and water and soil conductivity.
It is hard to live in the desert and the place that we visited was in fact a desert. This place is not inhatible but it is not the best place to live in. It has many counter parts to it being able to live in there. Such as water, the lack of water in a desert and this desert is no exception, water is scarce and to be able to find it is even harder. The wayuu people ( native to this land) have adapted a great deal to survive by staying close to the ocean to get fish ( there main source of meals).
Animals go threw the same process, even though you don’t see as much animals in the desert, animals do adapt to there environment, for example, animals in the desert needs to reduce there body temputures and there use of water to be able to survive, since in the desert it is hot and has very little amount of water.
The ecosystem of the guajira is extremely curious, while in the day it is a hot day, in the night it is very cold. In guajira it is the clash between north and south wind currents, creating a hot and windy day which is very good combination.