The geographic range of a plant or animal species is determined by its environmental requirements – the conditions it needs to survive and reproduce. These conditions include abiotic variables, such as temperature, precipitation, and nutrients, as well as the presence of certain other species with whom the species shares important interactions. Climate change can result in shifts in all these things and can lead to an area that was once ideal for a species to become uninhabitable for them. However, it can also create new areas that meet the species needs that didn’t used to before. These changes result in shifting species ranges over time. These shifts can have a variety of impacts on ecosystems. In these activities, students will investigate these potential impacts.
- Subject:
- Ecology
- Environmental Science
- Physical Geography
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Module
- Unit of Study
- Author:
- Michigan Geographic Alliance, EGLE, Debra Linton
- Date Added:
- 01/01/2024