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Q: What happens to the ecosystem if you remove the keystone species?
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How protecting one species could preserve an entire ecosystem?

An ecosystem s a complex web of interacting living things that have evolved to be in balance with one another. Remove one of the components and the whole ecosystem ceases to work (eg remove the predators and the herbivores numbers will grow unchecked until they have eaten ALL the plants). The activities of man frequently remove one species form ecosystems and protecting these means that the whole ecosystem benefits.


What are the methods of fishing that disturb the interrelationshipin an ecosystem?

Very effective methods of fishing, which remove a large portion of a specific species all in the same go, can upset the ecosystem.


Why are grizzly bears considered to be a keystone species?

It is under debate. Some view grizzly bears as keystone species because every year they kill salmon and remove them from the rivers often leaving most of the remains of the salmon to decompose and add nutrients to the forest system. But grizzely bears have been extripated from much of the natural range in the Western US. The forest still survive and exist without them, because of this I view them not as a keystone species. Sea otters, beavers, and prarie dogs are better examples of keystone species.


Can an ecosystem exist without one of its component?

That depends on which component you remove and how complex the ecosystem is, if for example you were to remove all the mosquitoes from just about any ecosystem, the system would simply adapt and continue on because the mosquito's only function in nature is to spread disease, and annoy the hell out of larger creatures.


Why are decomposers essential to the health of ecosystem?

Energy flow in an ecosystem is cyclical. remove the decomposers and it becomes linear. Like a pirate's plank.


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What would happen if you remove all animals from a pond ecosystem?

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How might an ecologist test whether a species is occupying its realized or its fundamental niche?

Remove a competitor species to see if the species expands its range.


Why can removal of one important species affect an entire ecosystems?

Because it acts in conjunction with the food chain, for example there is the sun, helps plants to photosynthesize and create food, then a grasshopper comes and eats the plant, then a bird eats the grasshopper, then a human shoots the bird and eats it. That is considered a food chain, and if one of those links disappears it would result in a food shortage for one of those species, thy would then die and so on and so forth.


What is monoculture plantation?

monoculture means that you remove the entire natural ecosystem, pile the roots and debris and burn them, plow the soil and plant seeds of a food or fibre crop, usually exotic in origin. This kind of monoculture never happens in nature in the absence of human intervention.


What happens when your parakeet dies in your house?

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What happens to a plant when you remove the chlororplasts?

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