what is an ecosystem province and how is it different from a biome?
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an ecosystem and biome are different in that a biome is the combination of different ecosystem's that will work together...\n\nLook at it this way, an ecosystem is more like a food chain, where as a biome is more like a food web...\n\nan ecosystem maybe be a river, but a biome will be the whole forest with a few rivers, maybe a swamp area, and other things...   \n\n:)
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This is the study of earths systems.  It is basically environmental science but geographers like to compare differences among different things and areas.  Environmental geography also studies how humans affect the ENVIRONMENT.
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to balance the ecosystem
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The climate could be anything from tropical to tundra-the freshwater biome refers to the river lake etc biome, not the climate,which varies by latitude and altitude, among other things.
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none primary succession is the first stage of growth in a devastated area ( like a volcanic eruption ) with no soil ( or very little ) the progression would be mosses or lichens then grasses then shrubs then trees ( but then you are in secondary succession )\n\nwhen the trees do appear the local climate determines the first species you would not have the same tree after Mount Saint Helen's as you would a Pacific Volcano
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In ecology, a biome is a major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region's physical natural environment, latitude, altitude and terrain factors. A biome is composed of the climax vegetation and all associated subclimax, or degraded, vegetation, fauna and soils, but can often be identified by the climax vegetation type.\n\nA fundamental classification of biomes is into:\n\nTerrestrial (or continental) biomes and \nAquatic biomes. \nBiomes are often given local names. For example, a Temperate grassland or shrubland biome is known commonly as steppe in central Asia, savanna or veld in southern Africa, prairie in North America, pampa in South America and outback in Australia.\n\nLatitude classification\nLatitude is a major climate-influencing factor determining biomes. There is a good correlation between the distribution of climates with latitude, and homogeneous vegetation bands. Another major factor is humidity. This can be illustrated by the fact that biodiversity increases away from the poles towards the equator, and increases with humidity. The most widely used classification of biomes is related to latitude (or temperature zoning) and humidity :
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Climax communities are the final community of organisms that move into a region through succession.  Since it is the final community, it is stable and has reached equilibrium, no radical changes of the organisms found  in the area will occur.  Exceptions to this are alien species, such as kudzu in the southeastern United States, invading.\n\n"Despite the fact that it is based on disproven assumptions, many authors continue to use the term climax in a diluted form to refer to what might otherwise be called mature or old-growth communities."
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Bryophyte are soil formers in primary and secondary succession.From the journey from bare rock to climax community like tree which forms the Pioneer community.
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What is a biome?  It is the name given to similar ecosystems that are found in different locations around the world.  Even though biomes are in different areas of the world, the climate and latitude range are usually the same. The flora (plants) in any given biome determine what kind of fauna (animals) can survive there.  The major land biomes found in the world are: tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, grassland, desert, and rain forest.  There are also marine and freshwater biomes. \n\nWater covers about 75% of our planet.  From oceans to rivulets, aquatic biomes are host to a wide variety of life-forms, and minerals, from the most common algae to the most mysterious deep-sea creature. \n\nThere is still much to learn about aquatic biomes...\n\nFreshwater Regions\n\nFreshwater is so called because of its extremely low salt content.  It exists in various forms such as lakes, rivers, ponds, swamps, or wetlands such as the Florida everglades, and is host to a wide variety of plants and animals. \n\nAs the Earth warmed up following the Pleistocene era, or ice-age, the accumulation of melted ice went on to form the various lakes which are found around the globe.  Because lakes are generally separated from one another, they are home to few species and plant life.  While lakes can exist for centuries, other inland bodies of water such as ponds tend to dry up fairly quicker.  Because of that factor, the species which breed and inhabit these areas are often threatened by extinction, especially when major change is brought on my human expansion.   \n\nLakes and ponds, are like the oceans, in that they are divided into separate zones which are defined by their distance from the shore.  The littoral zone, which is closet to the shore is host to a wide variety of species due to its warm, shallow environment.  Various species of invertebrates, crustaceans, plants and amphibians thrive in this environment, and in turn provide food for predators such as birds, reptiles and other creatures inhabiting the shoreline. \n\nThe limnetic zone, the open water near the surface of a lake or pond, is home to a variety of phytoplankton, and zooplankton, which play an important role in the food chain. Several species of freshwater fish such as bass and lake trout can also be found this area, mainly feeding on insects and plankton.   The deeper region of a lake or pond is called the profundal zone.  This zone, shrouded in darkness, and serves as a repository for dead plankton, and is inhabited by creatures which feed mostly on decaying organisms.  Because freshwater biomes are inland, they are more subject to seasonal changes\n\nOther areas of still waters, or wetlands, such as glades, swamps, and marshes support a large variety of aquatic flora and fauna.  Aside from plants such as sedges and pond lilies, the wetlands also support a few types of trees, such as cypress, which are highly adapted to the high humidity of these regions.  The wetlands are rich in life forms, from reptiles, to mammals, to amphibians and birds, to hundreds of insects.  Some wetlands, such as the ones found in the San-Francisco Bay area, are host to shellfish, shrimp, and other marine creatures due to their high salt content. \n\nRivers and streams mostly get started from mountainous ice and snow melting and springs.  Ultimately, rivers and streams end up at the ocean or another waterway.  Since this water is in constant motion, it is quite different in fauna and flora to that of lakes and ponds.  animals and plants which thrive in lakes would have trouble surviving the colder water and limited shorelines of rivers.  Some fish, such as river trout, and small scavengers such as crayfish can be found in various areas of the river; usually depending on water temperature and the exposure of a riverbank to sunlight. The colder areas are host to salmon and other more vigorous fish, whilst the warmer areas, rich in sediment and decaying matter are inhabited by catfish, carp, an
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Freshwater biomes include lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds.  The climate depends on where the biome is - a lake in Northern Canada is very different from a lake in Africa.   \n\nI hope these links help.
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Coastal oceans are oceans that are next to a coast. Kind of biome: wet. Animals and plants: wet ones that like water. Found in Phillipines: no, the coast migrated to Australia and took the ocean with it.
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A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. Tropical rainforests arise due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone, but temperate rainforests also exist. As well as prodigious rainfall, many rainforests are characterized by a high number of resident species and tremendous biodiversity.
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I'm not certain anyone but a biologist can answer this one correctly, but I'll take a stab: the organisms in any ecosystem are related to each other in a hierarchy, like a food chain. Other relationships are helping, symbiotic or parasitical relationships in which one organism's function allows another to live. An ecosystem thrives when all its organisms are in balance.
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http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2005-09,GGGL:en&q=biogeographical+maps
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i cant make sense of your question, \n\nanyhow's Jungle is a name for the regions of the world that are characterized by the lack of vegetation, snow and freezing temperatures. Most commonly, they extend to cover the regions around the equator - although during an ice age, the jungle regions tend to shrink to less than half the size of today. There are many types of jungle terrain. They include rain forest, mountain jungle and plain simple jungle.
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A national park is just any piece of land set aside by the government to not be touched.  An example would be the "Emerald Circle" that winds through the Cleveland area.\n\nA wildlife sanctuary is a specific habitat of an animal that is endangered.  An example would be the wetlands in Arkansas where the Ivory Billed Woodpecker was recently seen.  This is protected in the same way that a national park is.\n\nA biosphere is a specific ecosystem, including all plants and possibly animals, that exists in an area not normally associated with this ecosystem.  Because of the translocation and possible interaction with local ecosystems, a biosphere must be completely enclosed and self-sustaining.  An example would be, say, a rainforest that is maintained within a zoo.
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well, the diversity of environment, is the fact that there is more than one type of ecosystem on earth, we are not just a desert, or just a rainforest, or plains, or mountains, we have everything.\n\nwithout the diverse nature of our landscape, life would not be possible on the scale that it is.   we would not have the weather systems that heal and renew the scars left by catostrophic weather, and the systems that keep large, dangerous systems in check.\n\ntry the natural georaphic website.