Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 54.2, Problem 2C
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To determine: The way in which reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park will ultimately result in a more varied and lush plant consumption.

Introduction: For the regulation of various ecosystems, there are two regulatory processes, namely bottom-up process and top-down process. The bottom-up processes are dependent upon the interrelated series of organisms in a food web through which energy flows in an ecosystem. The top-down processes are mainly the regulatory processes of the ecosystem that function by the interactions of trophic level.

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To determine: Whether this is an example of a bottom-up or top-down process.

Introduction: For the regulation of various ecosystems, there are two regulatory processes, namely bottom-up process and top-down process. The bottom-up processes are dependent upon the interrelated series of organisms in a food web through which energy flows in an ecosystem. The top-down processes are mainly the regulatory processes of the ecosystem that function by the interactions of trophic level.

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To determine: The reason why this is an example of top-down process.

Introduction: For the regulation of various ecosystems, there are two regulatory processes, namely bottom-up process and top-down process. The bottom-up processes are dependent upon the interrelated series of organisms in a food web through which energy flows in an ecosystem. The top-down processes are mainly the regulatory processes of the ecosystem that function by the interactions of trophic level.

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