Sources And Reference Material
General Information
Biome 402 - The Chaparral Biome - http://biome402.weebly.com/chaparral.html
A brief description of the Chaparral biome, including its location, climate, animal and plant life, environmental issues and a few examples of both plant and animal species.
Blue Planet Biomes - Chaparral - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral.htm
A description of the Chaparral biome, giving an overview of its weather and climate, as well as animal and plant life.
Bioexpedition - Chaparral Biome - http://www.bioexpedition.com/chaparral-biome/
A description of the Chaparral biome, including defining characteristics, climate, flora and fauna.
Untamed Science - Chaparral Biome - http://www.untamedscience.com/biology/biomes/chaparral-biome/
A description of the Chaparral biome, its location, climate, environmental conditions and the adaptations of the plant life that inhabits the biome.
World Biomes - The Chaparral Biome - http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/chaparral.html
A description of the Chaparral environment with information about location, weather, animal life, plant life and how humans interact with the Chaparral environment.
California Chaparral Institute - Home Page - http://www.californiachaparral.com/chaparralfacts.html
Extensive information on every aspect of the Californian Chaparral.
Animals
All About Birds - Anna's Hummingbird - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Annas_Hummingbird/id
A profile for Anna's Hummingbird, with characteristics, behaviours and distinguishing features.
All About Birds - Red Shouldered Hawk - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-shouldered_Hawk/id
A profile for the Red-Shouldered Hawk, with characteristics, behaviours and distinguishing features.
Wikipedia - California Mouse - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_mouse
Information on the California Mouse, including a description and natural history.
Blue Planet Biomes - Mouflon - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mouflon.htm
Information on the Mouflon, including a description, natural history, behaviours and characteristics.
National Geographic - Mountain Lion - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/mammals/mountain-lion/
A profile of the Mountain Lion, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
National Geographic - Coyote - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/mammals/coyote/
A profile of the Coyote, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
Nature Works - Gray Fox - http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/grayfox.htm
A profile of the Coyote, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
The Animal Files - Western Spotted Skunk - http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/skunk_western_spotted.html
A profile for the Red-Shouldered Hawk, with characteristics, behaviours and distinguishing features.
National Geographic - Monarch Butterfly - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/bugs/monarch-butterfly/
A profile of the Monarch Butterfly, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
Wikipedia - Honeybee - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee
Information on the California Mouse, including a description and natural history.
National Geographic - Praying Mantis - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/bugs/praying-mantis/
A profile of the Monarch Butterfly, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
National Geographic - Ladybug - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/bugs/ladybug/
A profile of the Monarch Butterfly, including information on distribution, size and weight, characteristics and natural history.
Plants
Blue Planet Biomes - Coyotebrush - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_plant_page.htm
A detailed description of the Coyotebrush, including distribution, characteristics, flowering times, environmental requirements and adaptations to the environment.
Blue Planet Biomes - Common Sagebrush - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_plant_page.htm
A detailed description of the Common Sagebrush, including distribution, characteristics, flowering times, environmental requirements and adaptations to the environment.
Blue Planet Biomes - Olive Tree - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_plant_page.htm
A detailed description of the Olive Tree, including distribution, characteristics, flowering times, environmental requirements and adaptations to the environment.
Blue Planet Biomes - Mariposa Manzanita - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_plant_page.htm
A detailed description of the Mariposa Manzanita, including distribution, characteristics, flowering times, environmental requirements and adaptations to the environment.
Physiological And Structural Adaptations
United Nations Environment Programme - Adaptations Of Animals To Aridity - http://www.unep.org/geo/gdoutlook/029.asp
A description of how animals adapt to arid environments. Discussing structural, physiological and behavioural adaptations with case studies for each.
Adaptations Of Desert Animals And Plants - http://www.biologydiscussion.com/biology/adaptations-of-desert-animals-and-plants/4603
A description of adaptations in animals, with examples of adaptations exhibited by desert plants and animals.
Adaptations Of Desert Plants - The Encyclopaedia Of Earth - http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/149829/
An in depth description of the adaptations displayed by plants in arid environments
How Animals Survive Temperature Extremes - http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/past-issues/archive-2013-2014/animal-survival-in-extreme-temperatures.html
An in-depth look at adaptations allowing animals to survive in harsh environments with case studies and examples.
Large Ears Used To Cool Off: Jackrabbit - http://www.asknature.org/strategy/a250478ba7f69e68c71405d931c91d62
A case study of the jackrabbit, explaining how it uses its ears to cool itself.
Anatomy And Physiology Of Animals/Urinary System https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Anatomy_and_Physiology_of_Animals/Urinary_System#Desert_Animal
An investigation into the urinary system of animals and how it adapts to suit the environmental conditions.
Physiological Adaptations In Desert Birds - http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/5/416.full
An investigation into the physiological adaptations of desert birds.
"Metabolic Switch" For Desert Survival - http://www.pnas.org/content/91/25/12313.full.pdf
An experiment designed to investigate the ability of desert mammals to lower their metabolism in times of food shortage.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassulacean_acid_metabolism
Information on Crassulacean acid metabolism.
Ephemeral Plants - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeral_plant#Desert_ephemerals
Information on ephemeral plants.
Behaviours For Survival
Lepus Californicus - Black-Tailed Jackrabbit http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/lepus/Lepus_californicus.htm#Social
Extensive information on the black-tailed jackrabbit.
Classical Conditioning - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning
Information on classical conditioning and its history.
Operant Conditioning - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning
Information on operant conditioning and its history.
Habituation - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation
Information on habituation and its history.
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Picture - http://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/images/M-A-T-093_Texas_black_tailed_jack_rabbit_.jpg
Ethology - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
Information on habituation and its history.
Reproductive Strategies
King Protea Image - http://voltagegate.scientopia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2011/09/800px-Promerops_cafer_4.jpg
Coyote Brush Seedlings Image - http://www.carpwithoutcars.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/B_pilularis_seeds.jpg
Baccharis Pilularis (Coyote Brush) Wiki - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccharis_pilularis
Information on coyote brush, including descriptions of habitat, structure and reproduction
Coyote Brush - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/coyote_brush.htm
A profile of the coyote brush plant, with a range of information regarding it
Ornithophily - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithophily
Information on ornithophily (pollination via birds)
Coyote wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
Information on the coyote, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Cougar wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar#Reproduction_and_life_cycle
Information on the cougar, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Monarch Butterfly wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
Information on the monarch butterfly, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Dexter Wood, 2015
An in-depth look at adaptations allowing animals to survive in harsh environments with case studies and examples.
Large Ears Used To Cool Off: Jackrabbit - http://www.asknature.org/strategy/a250478ba7f69e68c71405d931c91d62
A case study of the jackrabbit, explaining how it uses its ears to cool itself.
Anatomy And Physiology Of Animals/Urinary System https://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Anatomy_and_Physiology_of_Animals/Urinary_System#Desert_Animal
An investigation into the urinary system of animals and how it adapts to suit the environmental conditions.
Physiological Adaptations In Desert Birds - http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/5/416.full
An investigation into the physiological adaptations of desert birds.
"Metabolic Switch" For Desert Survival - http://www.pnas.org/content/91/25/12313.full.pdf
An experiment designed to investigate the ability of desert mammals to lower their metabolism in times of food shortage.
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassulacean_acid_metabolism
Information on Crassulacean acid metabolism.
Ephemeral Plants - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeral_plant#Desert_ephemerals
Information on ephemeral plants.
Behaviours For Survival
Lepus Californicus - Black-Tailed Jackrabbit http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/lepus/Lepus_californicus.htm#Social
Extensive information on the black-tailed jackrabbit.
Classical Conditioning - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning
Information on classical conditioning and its history.
Operant Conditioning - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning
Information on operant conditioning and its history.
Habituation - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation
Information on habituation and its history.
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit Picture - http://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/images/M-A-T-093_Texas_black_tailed_jack_rabbit_.jpg
Ethology - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology
Information on habituation and its history.
Reproductive Strategies
King Protea Image - http://voltagegate.scientopia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2011/09/800px-Promerops_cafer_4.jpg
Coyote Brush Seedlings Image - http://www.carpwithoutcars.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/B_pilularis_seeds.jpg
Baccharis Pilularis (Coyote Brush) Wiki - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccharis_pilularis
Information on coyote brush, including descriptions of habitat, structure and reproduction
Coyote Brush - http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/coyote_brush.htm
A profile of the coyote brush plant, with a range of information regarding it
Ornithophily - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithophily
Information on ornithophily (pollination via birds)
Coyote wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
Information on the coyote, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Cougar wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar#Reproduction_and_life_cycle
Information on the cougar, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Monarch Butterfly wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly
Information on the monarch butterfly, including physiology, behaviours and life cycle
Dexter Wood, 2015