Part C:Focus community.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Our Community:Undergrowth.During our trip, we discovered nothing much about the undergrowth community, maybe because the organisms in the undergrowth prefer to be active in the night, also most of the organisms in the undergrowth are hidden so well we cannot notice them clearly or they may be scared to come out.
Organisms that can be found in this community:-Fungi , BacteriaNutrition-Fungi digest and feeds on dead animals and plants as they grow on it.-
Earthworms, MillipedeNutrition-Feeds on dead leaves.-
BeetlesPredator and prey/Nutrition-Feeds on small insects(i.e.ants),leaf litter,micro-organisms.-
CentipedesPredator and prey/Food source-Feeds on millipedes.-
SpidersPredator and prey/Food nutrition-Feeds on other organisms(i.e.ants,earthworms).Physical factors that the community may depend on:
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Water
Gives the organisms water to surviv, make sure they don't die of dehydration, makes the soil soft for earthworms to burrow, and other organisms to get enough dissolved oxygen.
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Oxygen
Organisms in the undergrowth needs oxygen to survive and do work.
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