Keystone Species Case Study ICAN #7 by Naomi Good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x ~The Amazon Rainforest~ en-us 2020-03-03 22:52:04 UTC 2024-11-25 22:16:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f406.png General Ecosystem information naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473366375 The Amazon Rain forest is located in Brazil, and it extends to Colombia, Peru, and other South American Countries.


]]> 2020-03-24 18:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473366375 Biodiversity of your Ecosystem Summary naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473366983 It houses over 10% of the world's biodiversity. And it’s rivers account for 15-16% of the world's total river discharge into the oceans.


]]> 2020-03-24 18:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473366983 Keystone Species General Information naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473368325 TYPE: Mammals

DIET: Carnivore

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 12 to 15 years

SIZE: Head to body: 5 to 6 feet; tail: 27.5 to 36 inches

WEIGHT: 100 to 250 pounds
Jaguars are the largest of South America's big cats and the third largest cats in the world. 

]]> 2020-03-24 18:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473368325 Data showing Keystone Species decline naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473368710 The cause of the endangerment was because their fur and nearby farmer’s cattle were in danger from the jaguar’s natural instincts, so they began to kill the jaguar. Currently, there are only 15,000 Jaguars left in the world.

]]> 2020-03-24 18:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473368710 Data showing at least one other species affected by this decline naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473369270 Jaguars are the top predators in their environment, so they play an important role in controlling the populations of other species. This helps keep a balance in the food chain, and a healthy environment. The less Jaguars there are on this earth then the animals that the Jaguar eats will grow in population, like deer.]]> 2020-03-24 18:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473369270 Proposed solution to the keystone species population naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473369960  Farmers can use better security for their domestic livestock to not provoke the jaguars in the result of having to kill more jaguars.]]> 2020-03-24 18:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473369960 Image/GIF Credit naomi_good https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473612698 All Images and GIFs are from search sources of padlet. (Unable to give URL)]]> 2020-03-24 21:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/naomi_good/bj6nz1ewz51x/wish/473612698