Ecology Project

Tim Schütze

The Planet: Kai

This is the planet I am going to go to.in this world, the only biome that is there is the boreal forest biome, alsoknown as the taiga. The day length of this planet is 26 hours and the number of daysin a year is 366. I chose this planet becausethey have similar characteristics according to day length and year length. It will not affect the animals I am bringing with me that much, to start an ecosystem. In this area, the insects are the major decomposers.

Characteristics: 1. temperature rangesfrom -54 to 30 degrees Celcius

2. Very little sunlight

3. Soil doesn’t containmany nutrients

4. Many lakes

The Organisms( Producers)

Aspen (Populus Tremuloides)

Pine (Pinus Longaeva)

Spruce (Picea Abies)

Green=producerBrown=decomposerRed=carnivoreBlue=herbivoreYellow=omnivore

The Organisms(Decomposers

)

Mountain Pine Beetle(Dedtroctonus Ponderosae)

Larch Sawfly (Pristiphora Erichsonii)

Spruce Cone Worm ( Dioryctria Reneculloides)

The Organisms(Consumers)

Moose ( Acles Acles)

White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia Albicollis)

Snowshoe Hare (Lepus Americanus)

The Organisms( Consumers)

Bear (Ursus Arctus)

Lynx (Lynx Lynx)

Wolf (Canis Lupus)

The Organisms (Consumer)

Great Horned Owl (Bubu Virginianus)

Lake Trout (Salvelinus Namaycush)

Human (Homo Sapien)

Symbiotic Relationships

and

COMMENSALISM

The white throated sparrow lays its eggs in the aspen tree. This does not help orbenefit the tree.

Aspen Tree White Throated Sparrow

Symbiotic RelationshipsPARASITISM

and

The Mountain Pine Beetle lays its eggs in the pine, and also releases toxins that can weakenthe trees who are preparing for the harsh winter. If they are weakened, the chances of dyingIn the winter are much higher.

Mountain Pine Beetle Pine Tree

Symbiotic RelationshipsMUTUALISM

and

Spruce Cone Worm Spruce Tree

The Spruce Cone Worm helps the tree by pollinating the tree, and therefore it alsogets food.

Predation

Preys on

Bear Lake Trout

Wolf

Preys on

Moose

CompetitionWolf

and

Lynx

BothPreyon

Moose

This will affect both the speciesBecause the population of mooseMight run out and they might starve

Food Web

Aspen Spruce Pine

Moose SnowshoeHare

Lynx Wolf

Great HornedOwl

Larch Sawfly

Spruce ConeWorm

MountainPine Beetle

White ThroatedSparrow

Bear

Lake Trout

Human (Homo Sapien)

Bibliography

• Sources1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm

2. https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/?page_id=92