Morgan Henderson Online Journal by Morgan Henderson https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci en-us 2018-02-02 15:42:35 UTC 2018-04-09 16:17:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Wolves in yellow stone. hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/227540446 Should they be protected by the Endangered Species Act. 
    Wolves in yellow stone should be protected because they might run out of yellow stone just like "She Wolf" did in the video and there are hunters out there that like to kill wolves and if more keep getting out they could go Endangered. 
   She wolf had no food for her pack so she either had let her pack strave or she go out of yellow stone to feed her pack. She choose to feed her pack and that caused her to die i think they should have like gave them food or something. They should be protected because more stuff they will go endangered then next thing we no is they are all gone  ]]> 2018-02-02 15:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/227540446 hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/232992456 2018-02-19 17:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/232992456 Carrying capacity is the largest population size that an ecosystem can sustainably support without degrading the ecosystem. To a certain extent, population numbers are self-regulating because deaths increase when a population exceeds its carrying capacity. Disease, competition, predator-prey interaction, resource use and the number of populations in an ecosystem all affect carrying capacity.A change in the size of one population affects all other organisms within the ecosystem. This is shown particularly clearly by the relationship between predator and prey populations. If the prey population in an ecosystem grows, predator numbers will respond to the increased food supply by increasing as well. Growing predator numbers will eventually reduce the food supply to the point where it can no longer sustain the predator population ... and so on.Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both the organisms or species are harmed. Competition both within and between species is an important topic in ecology, especially community ecology. Competition is one of many interacting biotic and abiotic factors that affect community structure. hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233820538 2018-02-21 16:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233820538 Throughout the past 40 years the population of Elk, Beavers,Moose, and Wolves had changed in the yellow stone area hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233830222 The Beaver population has changed because the have supply to build there dams. The reason why is because the wolves kill the Elk and the Elk like to the trees they build. If there are no more trees to build with they will have no supply's to build with.

The Elk population has gone done because "Elk are one of the most photograph animals because of there antlers" and when you take a picture and they get scared and run away and might not ever come back to the park. So because people are taking pictures they run away and don't come back the population changes.

The population for moose has changed in the last 40 years due to  to loss of old growth forests surrounding the park, hunting outside the park, burning of habitat, ticks, and predators. In Yellow Stone there are "fewer than 200" living there.

The wolves population could change if there is plenty of food. The population could rise. "The wolf has an important role in the Yellowstone ecosystem, because when a top predator such as the Gray Wolf is reintroduced to the Yellowstone ecosystem it manages the population of prey, such as elk."

]]> 2018-02-21 16:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233830222 Would the deer be better off, worse off, or about the same without the wolves hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233856690 My opinion of the balance of the nature hypothesis is that the deer would probably much worse  off, especially longterm. Wolves do more than keep deer numbers under control, and eliminate sick animals.. Without wolves, a deer could have any number of genetic defects--weak heart, poor vision, no camo, slow speed but still live and pass on its genes and then there the world would be filled with non-healthy animals and we won't be able to eat the deer because of the diseases in the deer]]> 2018-02-21 17:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/233856690 How physical and biological disruptions affect ecosystems? Also, how does wolf populations affect the population of elk and willows? hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/238202877 Physical disruptions affect ecosystems by rain, predation, wind and earthquakes. They are all natural processes that can impact an ecosystem. Humans also can affect an ecosystem cause the can over-hunt, reducing habitat, broadcasting pesticides or fertilizers.
Biological disruptions affect ecosystems by molecular in cellular level and by destructions to larger biological systems, such as ecosystems. An example of a inside disruption at the cellular level might be dehydration, or a lack of water.
Wolf populations affect the population of elk by altering the abundance, distribution, group sizes, movements and vigilance of elk. "There are some indications that these interactions may be causing new growth in willows as elk are kept on the move by wolves and don't stay to browse in any one area very long." Elk are also the primary prey for wolves, comprising 92 percent of kills during the winter. Factors contributing to this decrease by wolf predation.  
Wolf populations affect the population of willows by temperatures increasing and reduced precipitation. Trees such as cottonwood, willow, aspen and other woody species have been showing signs of accelerated growth in many areas since wolves were restored to the park in 1995." This happened because new vegetation helped reduce erosion. Erosion happens when plants provide protective cover on the land and prevent erosion for the following reasons.
Willow trees were growing along the river banks, again, because the wolves were keeping the elk, who used to graze on willow, aspen, and cottonwood, on the move much more often. "More trees means less erosion.]]> 2018-03-05 17:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/238202877 The Water Cycle hendersonm4 https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/249893831 The water cycle describes how water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow in clouds, and falls again to the surface as precipitation.]]> 2018-04-09 16:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersonm4/jnmhukhyzsci/wish/249893831