Explain the species major ecological roles and functions. E.g., decomposer, predatory insect, nitrogen fixing bacteria, etc.

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Spelling and grammar (10 points).
Formatting, style, tone (10 points). 1 inch margins, 12 point font, double space, put your name in the
document header, use page numbers. Write in a professional, technical tone and style.
Paper sections
1. Scientific name, taxonomic notes, and common names (5 points)
2. Description and physical characteristics (5 points)
a. A biological or botanical description of the organism.
3. Distribution (10 points)
a. The geographic distribution of the species.
b. Climatic range and habitats
4. Biological and ecological characteristics (40 points, breakdown below)
a. Reproduction (5 pts)
b. Symbioses or mutualisms (5 pts)
i. Identify host species for parasites, pathogens, or mutualists such as mycorrhizal fungi
c. Ecological role and major functions
i. Explain the species major ecological roles and functions. E.g., decomposer, predatory
insect, nitrogen fixing bacteria, etc. (5 pts)
ii. Predators, pathogens, competitors, enemies. What organisms eat or harm your study
species? What organisms compete with your study species? (5 pts)
iii. Indirect effects. What other organisms benefit from, rely on, or are harmed by your species
through an indirect interaction? E.g., a decomposer fungi that contributes to development
of cavities for cavity nesting birds. A root pathogen that kills conifer trees, benefiting
hardwoods and understory shrubs and herbs that compete with conifers. A non-native
pathogen that kills a native tree like whitebark pine, negatively affecting species that rely on
energy rich whitebark pine seeds for food. (10 pts)
d. Reaction to disturbance agents (10 pts)
i. How do common and major forest disturbances like fire, wind, etc affect your species?
5. Conservation status and management (10 points)
a. Describe the conservation status (threatened, endangered, unknown)
b. Describe impacts of different forest management activities on your species, and summarize the best
practices and current state of knowledge
6. Literature Cited (10 pts). Use an APA citation style (https://apastyle.apa.org/). In this style, the authors
last name and year are cited in the text, like this (Larson 2016). For works with two authors include both last
names (Larson and Franklin 2010) and for works with more than two authors use the format (Larson et al.
2021). Citations must be complete and correct. All sources must be cited in the text and included in the
literature cited section

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