Biodiversity: Definition and Brainstorming time
We ran up against a small point over on the biomes: Biodiversity. For those of you too lazy to google it, Biodiversity: 1) diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment. 2) the...
View ArticleFactors that make up a Biome
All right - since we're painting them on, we need to start outlining different types of biomes, and all the variables that they entail. Biomes (in real life) are determined by physical factors, such as...
View ArticleNiches, Biomes and Resources, oh My!
Wow, it got quiet up here. I'm unveiling my plan for biomes today, because I've finally worked with them for a while and, after a long conversation about how this will interact with auto-evo, scio and...
View ArticleBiome Establishment and the rule of 100m/322km
All right - I've been making tables of the biomes we have so far, and while I plan to add to those, I think I've figured out what is most important in determining which biomes go where. 1) Temperature...
View ArticleAutotrophes
Question on autotrophes: How will they be handled? Most of our work on biomes seems to assume we're dealing entirely with Earth-style stationaries and tiny floaters. Our work on Auto-Evo seems to...
View ArticleIdea for biomes and how they are created
I think we should have some prevailing winds which the player cannot see but ultimately decides which biomes are created where. I got my info from the wiki post about deserts, I may be repeating...
View ArticleBiome Quantification
I recently put up an update about how biomes can be measured and determined numerically. Here's the original text. Quote:The key variables in the biome system are location, terrain, water, and...
View ArticleNutrients & Compounds
This is where we talk about biome resources and organismal nutrition and how it plays into evolution. First off: I posit that: plants need nutrients animals need compounds compounds are synthesized...
View ArticleCan a organism of immense size be a biome?
Im thinking of a creature that can support a entire ecosystem on itself, let me explain further. For example scavengers can just bite away at it in glee since there is so much to eat upon it without...
View ArticleCalling all disasters
I need a list of disasters and the lifeless new terrain they create, STAT. So far I have: Volcano: Lava Flats Pyroclastic wasteland Caldera Extreme Cold: Taiga Fire: Scorched Terrain Avalanche:...
View ArticleAutotroph Evolution Distribution Procedure
I got thinking today about biomes, specifically about the producers. We'll need to know a lot about the producers to start placing in consumers, so I decided to create a concept of what producers...
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