The Effect of Species diversity on Ecosystem Resilience Hunter Greer Mr. PattersonSBI 3U Block I September 14, 2017 Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to see if the amount of plant species affects the resistance of an ecosystem. The way I did this was I went to page 39 in the textbook and I looked at the chart of information. It had the resilience a plant community had verses a drought depending on how many species where in it. In the end I found out that the more species there are in an ecosystem the more resilience it has to drought. Introduction: In an ecosystem from 1986 to 1988 scientists determined the resilience of the ecosystem through its entire cycle, lowest level to peak level …show more content…
Resilience is the ability of an ecosystem to maintain a balance despite disturbances like droughts, disease, etc. How is resilience related to species diversity within an ecosystem? Resilience is related to species diversity within an ecosystem. They are relate because in scientific study's it shows that areas that have more species diversity have higher resistance to invasive species and decreased incident of disease. 3. Why is it important to maintain biodiversity in ecosystems? It is important to maintain biodiversity in an ecosystem because it increases resistance to disease, invasive species, etc. As well It will keep the ecosystem more stable and make it healthy. Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to see if the amount of plant species in an ecosystem affects it resilience to droughts, diseases, …show more content…
Go to https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Then use the information in the text book to create a bar graph on the website above. Data analysis and Interpret: As shown from the data in the graph the more plant species in the ecosystem the more resilience it had. When the ecosystem had only two plant species in a drought the resistant was –1.1. When the ecosystem had 8 plant species it had a resistant rate of –0.65 this was a .55 increase in resilience to the drought. Then when the ecosystem had 24 plant species it's resistance to the drought was -0.38. Which is a 0.27 increase in resistance to the drought from -0.65. I predict that the ecosystems with the most plant species will go back to normal conditions after the drought faster than those with less plant species. I predict this because they had a higher resilience rate so they were not as affected or damaged as the ecosystems with less plant species.
Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to investigate the various components of different ecosystems in a smaller representation and study the conditions required for the ecosystem’s sustainability as well as the connections between
The purpose of this lab was to discover how diverse the parking lot at Bunker Hill High School could be, by finding out the Shannon Wiener biodiversity index of the parking lot. The parking lot was used because it does not have much immigration and emigration of the cars. Using an actual ecosystem in the wild would be hard to control, what is immigrating and emigrating out of the experiment. The experiment shows how diverse the cars were, and this can show how diverse an actual ecosystem was during that time of the experiment. This then tells that diversity does matters because if everyone had the same kind of car, then no one would be different. However, if the students, faculty, and guests had a variety of cars in the parking lot, which made the experiment more diverse in the parking lot or the community of cars.
Resilience is having the motive to go through hard times and ‘bounce back’ from them and learnt how to deal with certain situations. To be resilient you must have a positive point of view on life. Anh’s book ‘The happiest refugee’ He was born into a 1970’s Vietnam, He and his family were forced to leave their country due to seeking safety and freedom from war. Anh uses resilience through his comedic, selfless actions. Resilience has allowed Anh to improve the quality of his life, and the lives of those around him.
Native plants in any given area have adapted to all the other organisms in a given area and genetically diverse ecosystems are generally maintained.
Resilience gives people living in poor conditions a way to change the way they perceive situations by creative a view of positivity. Relationships between poverty and the environment in rural destitute neighborhoods are not
Resilience and hardiness has long been a topic of research and discussion within different paradigms and fields of study, for example, in military psychology, psychiatry, health statistics and measurement, medical anthropology, education, medicine and organizational settings. Resilience means the skills, abilities, acquaintance, and insight that accumulate over time as people struggle to conquer adversity and meet challenges. It is an ongoing and developing fund of energy and skill that can be used in current struggles (Saleebey, 1996; Liebenberg, 2005).Most commonly, the term resilience has come to mean an individual's ability to overcome adversity and continue his or her normal development.
Resilience is not an attribute or personality characteristic of an individual but a dynamic process wherein people show positive adaptation despite experiences of major adversity or trauma. (LUTHAR & CICCHETTI, 2000) Resilience is a two-dimensional construct regarding adversity exposure and the proper adjustment outcomes of that adversity. (LUTHAR & CICCHETTI, 2000) The two-dimensional construct means implies two judgments about the significance of adversity and a positive adaptation to adversity. (Masten & Obradovic, 2006).
The Oxford dictionary defines the word resilience as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties” (Oxford Dictionaries | English, 2017). In simpler words the term resilience is the ability to bounce back from tough situations. This straight forward definition of resilience is only one of many ways in which people define resilience. Psychology Today simply states that people who are resilient do not dwell on negative things that happen to them or in their lives, and rather get on with things, “Resilience
Resilience is important because it is the human capacity to face, overcome and be strengthened by or even transformed by
According to the American Psychological Association website, there are 10 different ways to build resilience. Those 10 ways are Make connections, Avoid seeing crises as insurmountable problems, Accept that change is a part of living, Move toward your goals, Take decisive actions, Look for opportunities for self-discovery, Nurture a positive view of yourself, Keep things in perspective, Maintain a hopeful outlook, Take care of yourself, and Additional ways of strengthening resilience may be helpful (apa.org). In my perspective, three out of the 10 different ways to build resilience are more important: Make connections, avoid seeing crises as insurmountable problems, and accept that change is part of living.
Resiliency is an important factor to posses in a constantly changing world. Resiliency in the family, arguably the closest social circle an individual may have, is extremely important for a healthy family. Family resiliency is the ability to deal with a stressful family event and be able to cope as well as bounce back from it. It is important for a family to be able to adapt to the stressor and overcome it. After learning about family resiliency and thinking back to previous family experiences; such as my mom losing her ability to hear, I realize that my family in fact posses a great deal of it. After learning about family resiliency in class, I now have greater insights about how resilient my family has been through negative experiences.
In many parts of the world, ecosystems’ temperatures begin to rise and fall to extreme levels making it very difficult for animals and plants to adapt in time to survive. Climate has never been stable here on Earth. Climate is an important environmental influence on ecosystems. Climate changes the impacts of climate change, and affects ecosystems in a variety of ways. For instance, warming could force species to migrate to higher latitudes or higher elevations where temperatures are more conducive to their survival. Similarly, as sea level rises, saltwater intrusion into a freshwater sys...
Scientists have begun to say that we have to do more to protect our ecosystem, because our very existence is depending upon it. When the ecosystem is not functioning properly the continuation of plant, animal and human life ecosystems would be impossible. Life cycles can not function without ecosystems. The ecosystem provides us with clean air, water, habitats for fish and other services. They also aid in the mod...
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The branch of science that deals with how living things, including humans, are related to their surroundings is called ecology . The Earth supports some 5 million species of plants, animals, and microorganisms. These interact and influence their surroundings, forming a vast network of interrelated environmental systems called ecosystems. The arctic tundra is an ecosystem and so is a Brazilian rain forest. The islands of Hawaii are a relatively isolated ecosystem. If left undisturbed, natural environmental systems tend to achieve balance or stability among the various species of plants and animals. Complex ecosystems are able to compensate for changes caused by weather or intrusions from migrating animals and are therefore usually said to be more stable than simple ecosystems. A field of corn has only one dominant species, the corn plant, and is a very simple ecosystem. It is easily destroyed by drought, insects, disease, or overuse. A forest may remain relatively unchanged by weather that would destroy a nearby field of corn, because the forest is characterized by greater diversity of plants and animals. Its complexity gives it stability.