- Ecological Niche – What does your keystone species need to survive (resources and conditions)?
- Population of Species – Address population growth rate and what has affected the population of your species.
- Species Interactions – How does your keystone species interact with other species (mutualism, commensalisms, parasitism, predation)? Why is your species considered a keystone species?
- Biodiversity – Address the biodiversity of the species’ ecosystem? How extinction of your species affect biodiversity in your ecosystem?
- Food Web – Create your own food web including your keystone species (must include 10 species and at least 4 levels; it must also be place in order according to the type of energy role it has. (Example: Decomposers on the bottom and 3rd level Consumers toward the top.) – ideas on how to create your food web are here (r choose another method
- Energy Pyramid – Create an energy pyramid including your keystone species and includes biomass and energy levels
- Evolution and Natural Selection – Address adaptations of your species that have allowed it to thrive in its ecosystem and how these adaptations led to natural selection.
- Ecosystem Services – What services are working to preserve your species and/or ecosystem? How?
- Climate Shifts – How has climate change affected your species and/or ecosystem?
- Species Movement – What factors have affected the range your species lives in and how have they affected it?
- Ecological Succession – How has ecological succession affected your species and/or ecosystem
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