Keystone species is plant or animal that plays an important role in an ecosystem. Anything happens to the keystone species, will affect other species in the ecosystem. If the keystone species increase in number or go extine, the habitat or ecosystem will change dramatically according to the change of keystone species. The stable and healthy condition of keystone species is the central factor to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Among many different keystone species, gray wolf is concerned as significant
Ecology Essay: Wolves This essay is about the ecology of wolves. Its going to explain basics like their whole family tree and their environment. I’m also going to talk about genetics, ecosystem, food web, and anything about what has to do with them. Wolves may seem not as important to our environment but they are. I’m going to explain how and why I say they are important. Where do wolves live? Wolves live out in the wild like forest, swamps, prairies, mountains, deserts, and anywhere that is big
The effects of coyote removal in western Texas Coyotes also known as Canis latrans, are part of the Canidae family of carnivorans. Other animals that belong to the Canidae family are dogs, wolves, foxes and jackals. A member of this family is called a Canid. The coyote is a close relative to the gray wolf having diverged from it, and is native to North America. It primarily eats other animals. Its diet consists of larger hoofed animals to small rodents and fish. Reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates
that an ecosystem is likened to a very complex spiderweb. Made up of an uncountable number of interactions between the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, even a single factor can affect the rest. Disturbing one or more connections in a web can compromise the whole structure, and ecosystems are very much the same way; complex and fragile. According to the 2015 New York Times article by Marc Santora “Vulture Populations Wane, Poisoned by Man”, one of the threads in the African ecosystem web has