Ecosystem Diversity Video

1. Why do tropical rainforests have such immense diversity? How do they maintain their diversity?

They maintain a very diverse population because of the specialization of all of the species which allows there to be a tremendous amount of different species in a small space of land. 2. What role do tropical forests play in stabilizing climate and atmosphere? Can we take advantage of and enhance their ability to store carbon? Why is this important?

Rain forest play an essential role to help stabilize the climate because the vast amounts of plant life consume massive amounts of CO2. This is so important because CO2 is a greenhouse gas the contributes to global warming.

3.How can the data from a tropical rainforest that explains species diversity and abundance be helpful in managing and protecting temperate forests such as those in Yellowstone National Park or any other ecosystem on planet Earth?

You can observe that keystone species are so important to the ecosystems because when all of the wolves were killed off in Yellowstone there was an extremely detrimental effect on the environment because the top consumer was removed which caused a massive influx and decline of other species