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Woodland Coursework Species Distribution Biodiversity in Beech/Sycamore Woodland. Introduction For our coursework we went to Weston Woods, Baldock, Hertfordshire.
woodland Species Distribution Biodiversity in Beech/Sycamore Woodland. Introduction For our coursework we went to Weston Woods, Baldock, Hertfordshire. It was originally
Woodland Study Species Distribution Biodiversity in Beech/Sycamore Woodland. Introduction For our coursework we went to Weston Woods, Baldock, Hertfordshire. It
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Species Distribution Biodiversity in Beech/Sycamore Woodland.
Introduction
For our coursework we went to Weston Woods, Baldock, Hertfordshire. It was originally planted 200 years ago to provide the locals with beech furniture, which is called deflected succession*. The woods were planted on a chalk escarpment, and chalk is a poor soil for organisms and nutrients.
On the 16th of October 1987 a storm hit Weston Woods, previous to this a period of a drought had just taken to place therefore leading to the dryness and crumbling of the chalk. As the woods had been built on chalk, the trees had been uprooted by the wind of the apparent hurricane causing much damage to local buildings. Very little conservation was done to the tumbled trees and little was done by the CMS (Countryside Management Service). Because not much was interfered with, it would have naturally grown back, which is known as a succession**. Sycamore trees had started to grow beneath the soil, a process started by the hurricane, secondary succession***. For the reason that some of the trees weren’t removed, mainly thin sycamore trees grew closely together and fought for the light, they hadn’t grown before because the leaves off the beech trees had made it harder for them to photosynthesize. Other reasons were provided to contribute to the uprooting of the trees which include poor soil and shallow roots.
After a period of time, sycamore trees began to grow. They provided a much healthier and diverse undergrowth as sycamore trees do not secrete toxins unlike the previous beech trees.
Aim
The aim of my coursework is to compare the difference in biodiversity in two areas of Weston Woods and investigate the different types of plant species in the soil.
Prediction
I expect that beech woodland that is older is likely to have greater biodiversity*. There is an increase with...
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