Ecology Project
Tim Schütze
The Planet: Kai
Characteristics: 1. temperature ranges
from -54 to 30 degrees
Celcius
2. Very little sunlight
3. Soil doesn’t contain
many nutrients
This is the planet I am going to go to.
in this world, the only biome that is
4. Many lakes
there is the boreal forest biome, also
known as the taiga. The day length of this
planet is 26 hours and the number of days
in a year is 366. I chose this planet because
they have similar characteristics according
to day length and year length. It will not
affect the animals I am bringing with me
that much, to start an ecosystem. In this
area, the insects are the major decomposers.
The Organisms( Producers)
Pine (Pinus Longaeva)
Aspen (Populus Tremuloides)
Green=producer
Brown=decomposer
Red=carnivore
Blue=herbivore
Yellow=omnivore
Spruce (Picea Abies)
The Organisms(Decomposers)
Mountain Pine Beetle
(Dedtroctonus Ponderosae)
Spruce Cone Worm ( Dioryctria Reneculloides)
Larch Sawfly (Pristiphora Erichsonii)
The Organisms(Consumers)
Moose ( Acles Acles)
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus Americanus)
White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia Albicollis)
The Organisms( Consumers)
Lynx (Lynx Lynx)
Bear (Ursus Arctus)
Wolf (Canis Lupus)
The Organisms (Consumer)
Lake Trout (Salvelinus Namaycush)
Great Horned Owl (Bubu Virginianus)
Human (Homo Sapien)
Symbiotic Relationships
COMMENSALISM
and
Aspen Tree
White Throated Sparrow
The white throated sparrow lays its eggs in the aspen tree. This does not help or
benefit the tree.
Symbiotic Relationships
PARASITISM
and
Mountain Pine Beetle
Pine Tree
The Mountain Pine Beetle lays its eggs in the pine, and also releases toxins that can weaken
the trees who are preparing for the harsh winter. If they are weakened, the chances of dying
In the winter are much higher.
Symbiotic Relationships
MUTUALISM
and
Spruce Cone Worm
Spruce Tree
The Spruce Cone Worm helps the tree by pollinating the tree, and therefore it also
gets food.
Predation
Preys on
Bear
Lake Trout
Preys on
Wolf
Moose
Competition
Wolf
and
Both
Prey
on
Moose
This will affect both the species
Because the population of moose
Might run out and they might starve
Lynx
Food Web
Larch Sawfly
Human
(Homo Sapien)
Wolf
Lynx
Bear
Moose
Snowshoe
Hare
White Throated
Sparrow
Great Horned
Owl
Spruce Cone
Worm
Mountain
Pine Beetle
Lake Trout
Aspen
Spruce
Pine
Bibliography
• Sources
1. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm
2. https://php.radford.edu/~swoodwar/biomes/?page_id=92