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•Flaps btw wrist and ankles.•Long, broad, flat tails.
•Jump/Glide *65 feet *8 mph
•Physical Characteristics/Special Niche
Biotic Potential
•One litter per year.•During the month of May•2-4 offspring K-selective•3 months- first flight test•Sexual maturity at 1 year•Lifespan 3 years• = Low growth rate!
Ecosystem Services?
• Adds biodiversity
• Spreading of fungi spores around trees. Aids the trees= take in water, nutrients
= cool streams, fish, purify air
•Keystone species
Human Impact•Logging of forest•Development
Loss of biome which it depends on.
Trees Travel Home Protection Food
Decline in health of biome.
Loss of Hemlock trees.
-Wooly adelgid
The Northern flying squirrel’s ecosystem service is very
important!
Trees protect the Northern flying squirrel from predators.
Carrying Capacity is very low…without trees!
Southern flying Squirrel
•Interspecific competition Nest Food.•High Environmental resistance•Carrier of a parasite•Destroying Northern
•Raise Awareness•Protect older forest/invasive species•Hemlock trees (umbrella specie)
Sustainable Solution ?