Description should include
- forest influences on ecosystem cycles
- beneficial and adverse biological influences on tree growth
- commensalism
- symbiosis
- parasitism
- relationships between trees and living organisms
- feeding relationships (food chains and webs)
- energy transfer among organisms
- habitat
- recreational.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What would be the effects of removing trees from ecosystems?
- Why are interactions among living organisms necessary to healthy environments?
- Why are trees essential to food and energy flow within forest communities?