I think that changes to living/non-living parts of an ecosystem impacts the population in the ecosystem because if the living/non-living things change then there could be extinction then the population would start to go down. Like the bees from the podcast and from my connections map is the lion if they were to come extinct. Also from the external factors presentations the iberian lynx if it were to come extinct and what happens to it. From my connections map I did the lion and if lions were to go extinct it would impact the population of the lions prey. If the lions prey has its population increased then all the prey would eat their prey and there would be none left then they would die of starvation. This would be called the domino effect because one thing is getting affected by the other and keeps happening. When the domino effect happens it’s not a good thing because the whole ecosystem is affected. The lion would affect the ecosystem because it is one of the biggest predators in its ecosystem. My reasoning for this is that if the lions were to go extinct then its prey would increase its population. When the prey eats all of their prey then this is the domino effect. …show more content…
Also if the bees become extinct then they wouldn’t be able to make the honey. If there is no honey that would impact us because we use honey to eat, cook things, and home remedies. When the bees don’t do these things it has a big impact on our ecosystem and its own. If bees were to come extinct that would have a huge impact on a lot of animals and us people because the animals need the plants for food or nutrients. This is how the bees would impact our
Since organisms living in communities form interdependent relationships, a change in the abundance of one species will not only affect the physical and more direct interactions, but could indirectly affect the number of other species within the community as a consequence (Wootton 1993). These indirect affects rise because the interactions between pairs of species are not independent of other species, such as increasing the density of vegetation may increase the survival rate of the prey, reducing the intensity of the interaction between the predator and prey (Wootton 1993, 1994). An
It is commonly acknowledged that, in a biological ecosystem all species are closely affected each other through a food chain. However, what people don’t really recognize is how hugely one species can affect the entire ecosystem. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park depicts a vivid example how one predator can contribute to the recovery of biodiversity and its astonishing impact on physical geography.
The exact scenario changes in each example, but the central idea remains that through a chain of interactions, a non-abundant species has an outsized impact on ecosystem functions.
Ecosystems can be impacted by many factors such as climate, natural disasters, human pollution, water shortage etc. All of these are the factors that controls an ecosystem’s stability, productivity, and sustainability because these factors can kill, drive out, intoxicate, and destroy species’ natural habitats. These factors are spontaneous and temporarily and these can impact a very specific species which in turn can cause the collapse of an entire species. These species are call the Keystone species and they are organisms that are basically the arch or the support of the food chain in an ecosystem. They are special because without them, the population will be impacted negatively, such as too much overgrazing, overpopulation, and lack of food or predators for some animals. Keystone species are important
Unlike dominant species, a species that greatly affects a community due to its large biomass or abundance, keystone species are usually not the most abundant species in a community. Even though they are present in relatively small numbers, the individuals of a keystone species profoundly influence the entire community because they often effect the amount of available resources. Therefore, although both dominant and keystone species greatly affect a community, the removal of a keystone species can cause an ecosystem to collapse due to their small numbers and
Ecosystems: when they are taken out there predators will have nothing more to eat then they will start dying off and it will keep going like a chain reaction.
Aristotle says that, “Happiness depends on ourselves.” Aristotle revered happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. He also said that The Supreme Good is Happiness. He made more time for the topic of happiness than any person prior to the modern era. Happiness is not made by the success or pleasures we have nor does the pain we suffer tarnish it. Aristotle helps us understand this with his works on happiness. First, he says that children cannot be happy. It was kind of a shock for me when I read this because being happy is something that parents always want for their children and it is something that a lot of people like to pride themselves in. Like, if their children are happy then they are good parents.
Modern attachment theory, which has now shifted to a regulation theory, takes Bowlby’s original work on attachment and looks at how early experiences, such as prenatal stress, optimal/suboptimal stress, and the mother’s ability to regulate the child’s needs, help the child form an internalized working model for attachment style due to the brain being an “experience-dependent organ” (Cozolino, 2010c; J. Schore & A. Schore, 2012).
When we think of bees, we think of pesky, harmful insects. What we don’t know is everything they do for not just us, but the world. Bees influence our food supply greatly. Without bees, the would be absolutely no honey whatsoever and the amount of pollen could increase greatly without their presence. You might be thinking, “What does pollen have to do with anything?” but actually the amount of pollen not only influences our allergies, but also the plants. It is definitely possible plants we eat could become over pollinated and there would go another one of our food sources
When one animal loses their home it creates a chain reaction in the food web. For example, an owl, if an owl losses its home and possibly its young, the owl population declines which causes its
Who do you think should be president? Hillary Clinton should also become president because she would be our first woman president. I think that HIllary would be an awesome president and help make our world a better and safe place for all of the kids and everyone else. Hillary Clinton should win the presidency. She should win because she would take care of us better than Donald Trump. Also she’s not rude like he is.
Round 2 = Part of the problem missing in the ecosystem is humans and if we no longer existed then it would be a reverse effect because I think we have the biggest impact on the ecosystem.
Say a frog eats a caterpillar, then a snake eats the frog, then finally a owl eats the snake. This is just a simple food chain but something called biodiversity, which means that’s there is a variety of things a that one animal can eat. An owl cant only eat a snake it could eat the frog or something smaller like a worm. This keeps form one species dying out completely, which would cause multiple species to die out. When someone releases a pet into the wild they are causing a disturbance into the wild habitat. When a python is released into a place full of crocodiles these two will start competing for food which would cause all of the lower species to start lowing in numbers faster until they become extinct which would then make the snakes and the crocodile die off too. If this keeps on happening the eventually every animal would die off!
As we lose more and more habitats, it could create a domino effect causing many other complications in the world's ecosystem.
One third of our fruit and vegetables are pollinated by bees, and they pollinate around 70 of the 100 crop species that feed 90% of the earth. To put it simply, the human race can barely survive without bees. Sure, we would probably find ways to pollinate some crops without bees, but humans will never be able to do their job as well as they