2.23) H2 – Community Ecology (GRADED ASSIGNMENT)

Please take your time to answer the following questions as completely as possible, using full sentences and fully labeled drawings where required. You can return to this assignment at any point until it is due. The questions are based on the assigned reading, so please work on this task as you read through the material in the textbook.

PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!!

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1. Read section 37.1 in your text, watch the Yellowstone wolves video, and read the briefing about the effect of the wolves on the Yellowstone ecosystem. Write your own paragraph (5-6 sentences at least) describing the Yellowstone ecological community before and after the wolves were introduced.
2. Read section 37.3 in your text again. Identify and describe one example of interspecific competition, and explain how it affects the Yellowstone community.
3. Read section 37.4 in your text again. Identify and describe one example of mutualism, and explain how it affects the Yellowstone community.
4. Read section 37.5 in your text again. Identify and describe one example of predation, and explain how it affects the Yellowstone community.
5. Read section 37.6 in your text again. Identify and describe one example of herbivory, and explain how it affects the Yellowstone ecosystem.