Ecosystem

Australia. In the article Chronic Effects of an Invasive Species on an Animal Community, published by the Ecological Society of America in 2017, Sean Doody and colleagues discuss the effects of the cane toad on the ecosystem in parts of Australia. The cane toad has had a major effect on the ecosystem by causing massive damage to the populations of top predators, specifically 3 species of monitor lizards. Although the short-term damage to these predator populations was already harmful and the…

suggests that terrestrial food webs, which are depictions of biodiversity, species interactions, and ecosystem structure (Polis & Strong 1996), are dramatically altered following plant invasion (DeVore & Maerz 2014; McCary et al. 2016; Smith-Ramesh et al. 2016). For example, successful plant invaders can eliminate vital plant-herbivore linkages, resulting in transformed food-web interactions and ecosystem structure (Carvalheiro et al. 2010; Engelkes et al. 2012). Invasive plants can also alter…

pounds of garbage daily harming and threatening the world 's biodiversity. There are three types of biodiversity including biodiversity ecosystem, species biodiversity, and genetic biodiversity. All three are fairly self explanatory, ecosystem biodiversity is all the ecosystems within a region of Earth, species biodiversity is all the organisms within an ecosystem, and genetic biodiversity is the different subsets of an organism like a white bunny or a grey one. Biodiversity is so important to…

Introduction Southwest Florida's ecosystem consists of warm temperate waters and a subtropical climate that attracts the majority of the generalist species. Generalist species are species that can adapt to a variety of locations without needing certain foods to eat or certain climates to survive in. Attracting generalist species that do not belong a part of Southwest Florida's ecosystem concludes in an unbalanced environmental system. My interest in this topic was the certitude that if we…

DNA in Forensic Science Every organism contains cells within which an organic polymer called Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is found. This particular polymer is composed of the phosphate backbone part, deoxyribose sugar part and also the nitrogenous base part. According to Butler, (2010), the phosphate backbone and deoxyribose sugar components are constant in all persons and, therefore, biologists today utilize the nitrogenous base component since it helps in distinguishing different individuals.…

Ecosystems can be described as elaborate interactions among multiple organisms. Existing in an ecosystem are creatures attached to specific habitats and niches. An array of contrasting organisms maintains the balance in a fragile ecosystem, and the issue of overpopulation is avoided by the natural relationships between the predators and the prey. However, the introduction of a single foreign specimen is capable of disrupting an entire ecological community. Generally, the relocation of organisms…

Everglades is a wetland ecosystem, it's a famous region in South Florida. In the passage "Are the Everglades Forever?", it states "Reports from just over a year ago say that thousands of pythons have been making their homes in the Everglades at the expense of the native (natural to the area) species." This meaning that the food chain in the everglades has drastically changed. In the same passage, the author relates the Everglades into Indiana Jones's dreaded snake pit. The ecosystem is even…

further to consider more abstract concepts such as the economy– which itself is intangible and includes the virtual exchange of virtual wealth¬– as a natural ecosystem. While economic systems themselves may not be natural or tangible, it is undeniable that economic systems interact with and drastically affect real life, tangible ecosystems and environmental processes. The existence of this direct relationship between things we conventionally understand as natural and unnatural is why Durand…

1. The documentary Earth on Fire that focuses on how mega-fires and fires effect forest and ecosystems in today’s world. The documentary primarily focuses on New Mexico and the southwest region of the United States along with areas in Australia. For starters I knew forest fires can be deadly to forest areas as far as harming the ecosystem and ruining soil but this documentary opened my eyes to the long term effects forest fires can have and introduced to me the term “mega-fire” which I was…

In the Momona Ethiopian Journal Of Science, in an article titled “Investigating the Relationship between Team Cohesion and Self-Presentation among Different Competitive Team Sports of Ethiopian Universities”, T.A. Haddera (2016) was looking at cohesiveness within a team dynamic, “because it’s not only associated with group level outcomes such as performance but also with individual outcomes.” Again, this reinstates that there is a paradoxical nature to team sports in that you have individuals…