Ecosystems

I believe that changes to living and non -living parts of an ecosystem impact population within the habitat because if you take away or put something into an ecosystem you are affecting everything around you. Especially if you put in or take out a keystone species. Keystone species are animals that other animals rely on and need to grow. So if you take away an animal that everyone relys on you are hurting all the other animals. In my connection map I wrote about the bottlenose dolphin. It was a…

than another due to location, organisms present, and balances or imbalances. Productive ponds rely on a variety of different factors that determine the overall productivity of the given ecosystem. The organisms that live in the pond will determine the majority of the overall quality of the ecosystem. Every ecosystem has a food chain, at the bottom of a ponds food chain are microscopic organisms; a.k.a. plankton, algae, or insect larvae. Many smaller and or microscopic organisms rely on them…

Invasive species are a bigger problem than they are viewed as. This is shown through Jennifer Klos’ article The Threat of Invasive Species. Invasive species are organisms that cause some kind of destruction to both the ecosystem and the economy, “harmful not because of what they are,but where they happen to be” (Klos.1). As stated before, it isn’t their faults. The main cause for invasive species are humans. Humans that are selfish and don’t think of the consequences of bringing a foreign…

Ecology Essay Red foxes are very important to their ecosystem. They live in woodlands and parks, but an interesting thing about foxes is that they can also be domestic animals and live in home and farms. They play big roles in their ecosystems, food web, and other habitats by being somewhat of an invasive species. Let’s see why the Red Fox is so important. Red Foxes live in many diverse places in the world. Their habitats are mainly woodlands and forests, but can also be found in…

Our earth is consisted of biological importance that affects our daily life. We have invented and innovated several practices to help maintain an environmental yet economic status. Clear cutting is a prime example of this similar method. Clear cutting also known as clear felling is a logging practice in which every tree is cut down from a selected area (Clear-Cutting). This method is the most common method yet the most controversial. This practice has several effects on the economy and the…

While the reading passage enumerates the three types of damage often cited by the critics of the "Let It Burn Policy," the professor in the lecture effectively refutes the validity of each of these arguments by redirecting attention to the long term benefits that resulted from the recovery process. The first serious damage cited by the critics is the loss of vegetation. There was significant loss of trees and other vegetation in the park as some one-third of Yellowstone national park…

Most subterranean ecosystems are characterized by temporal and spatial patchiness of food because of lack of autotrophic production and intermittent allochthonous input (Hervant et.al, 1997; Huppop, 1985). However, some subterranean communities such as, bat caves with guano production, Appalachian caves (Culver and Poulson,1971) with great allochthonous inputs, and Frasassi caves (Porter et. al,2009) with chemoautotrophic production are not limited by food supplies. Therefore, if caves are not…

The introduction of alien invasive species (AIS) into new environments is a problem that has wreaked havoc on forest ecosystem throughout the entire world. AIS can have dire effects on the ecosystems they affect including altering the chemical makeup of the water and the availability of resources, including food. Invasive species pose an immense threat to indigenous species because “invasive species evolved with other competitors and native species evolved in the absence of invasive species.…

fly on Jacaranda trees compared to infestation levels on indigenous Bush Willow trees. By Cian MacFie Hyde Park High School Table of Contents Introduction Alien Invasive plant species are a large threat to ecosystems all over the world today and have many negative consequences for biodiversity (van Wilgen et al. 2011). Thousands of alien invasive plants have been introduced into South Africa with some becoming naturalized and some becoming invasive…

The medicines we get from here are big part for us because if we lose those medicines then we will lose a whole bunch of people from cancers and many other diseases. The widespread destruction of tropical rainforest ecosystems is destroying many animals and plants we get medicines from.These drugs had an estimated retail value of US $43 billion in 1985. About 4,000 plant species have been shown to offer possibilities. There are many different animals that live in the…