Ecological Balance Research Paper

If this was an article you were reading in a magazine, would you flip past it? You would, wouldn’t you? I don’t blame you. Who would want to read some boring ‘save the earth’ article by some tree hugger when the alternative was reading about Kim Kardashian’s latest Twitter beef. I mean we are all fully aware that the ecosystem is really important and yeah littering is bad and you wouldn’t do it but in all honesty it wouldn’t make that much of a difference, would it? Arbitrary thoughts for an ignorant mind. We’re all so blissfully unaware of what’s really going on in the world. So now that I’ve piqued your interest, I’m going to talk to you about ecological balance.
To discuss the balance of the ecosystem, one must first understand what an ecosystem is. In laymen’s terms, an ecosystem is a …show more content…
Change is necessary for evolution. Crucial even. An increase in tigers may lead to a rapid decrease in the deer population, a monsoon might reduce food resources, a landslide might cause a certain species to migrate. These changes to the ecosystem that causes a disruption to its balance are simply called disturbances. While not catastrophic, these disturbances do have side effects. Nevertheless, an ecosystem will return to a balanced state after a disturbance occurs. However, this only occurs if the disturbance is relatively small. What happens when larger disturbances occur? The short answer is, nothing good.
So, what is the importance of ecological balance? Ecological balance is a necessary tool to keep a species population in check. For example, when the population of lions increase in a certain area, the population of gazelles is almost guaranteed to decrease. When the gazelle population drops, there is less food available for the lions. This reduces the availability of food for the lions thus causing the population of lions to decrease. This cycle is also called a negative-feedback loop