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21 Cards in this Set
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what animals will make the most of maple in the hardwood forest |
-moose will rip bits of bark off the red maple= nutrutional |
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what is needed for decomposition on the trees |
fungi= lots of fungi grow on old trees (decomposters) -bracket fungus helps to decompose wood -fungus Gnat Larvae= tiny flies which lay eggs on fungus + maggots will eat the fungus -bark beetle under the tree= long horn borer and sugar maple borer |
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what woodpeckers extract resources from the trees |
hairy woodpecker + downy woodpecker -pileated woodpecker extract insects |
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what other birds are in the forest region |
white-breasted nuthatch -brown creeper -these birds are resource partitioning |
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what bird uses snakes in the cavity adopting process |
great crested flycatcher |
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what is the most common owl in the forest |
barred owl! dark brown eyes |
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what ducks are cavity adopters |
wood ducks and hooded merganser |
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what fungi splashes out its spores in reproduction |
bird nest fungi |
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what organisms benefit from decaying logs |
-ruffed grouse= they do bird drumming -red-backed salamder= lay its eggs. its chamber is moist |
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what are ephemeral ponds? |
ponds that don't last very long -no fish here |
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what are characteristics of the north facing sloper |
cooler and less warmth |
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whats unique to hemlock on the north facing slope |
Eastern Hemlock are in the woods= need cool soil -shade tolerant associate with black-throated and blackburnian warbler -kinglet also associates -sapsucksers (yellow-bellied) also associate |
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what other trees do sapsuckers create wells in |
american beech trees |
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what trees have now been removed from algonquon |
White pine tree= used to be 35m high. 'virgin' |
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how does pine grow in the forest |
big pines are not shade toelrant -fires create space for shade tolerant pioneer species -pine will outgrow them |
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what organisms can grow on the tough acidic soul |
lichens eg british solider |
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what wildflowers grow in the pine forest |
-clintonia -canada mayflower |
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what eat the needles of pine trees |
-sawfly larvae -pine warbler -red squirrel and cross bill |
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what beetle will use the pine tree |
pine sawyer |
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why is fire important in the pine forest |
-pine trees burn well due to full of resin |
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what is associated with poplar trees |
-trembling aspen -buds on trees are used by rough grouse -beavers like the bark of poplar tree -yellow-bellied sapsucker associate with poplar trees |