Ecosystems

1     Task 1   Identification key Local Ecologists will need to be able to identify different animal species from the rainforest. Choose at least 5 different animal species from the Amazon rainforest and write a simple key for identification of each species. If you complete this task correctly, you will meet grading criterion P2. 2     Task 2 The ecosystem of the Golden Lion Tamarin needs to be carefully described in your report. You should include: the features of its ecosystem the types of organism present how these organisms depend on each other to survive how these organisms are adapted to their ecosystem                                    If you complete this task correctly, you will meet grading criterion P3.

Task 3 The present status and the importance of the Golden-Lion-Tamarin within it’s ecosystem needs to be carefully described. You should include: ·    Numbers of Golden-Lion-Tamarin in the wild ·  Reasons to why it has become endangered ·         The impact of it’s extinction on it’s predators ·         The impact of it’s extinction on the plants it eats ·         Actions that can be put in place to stop the decline of the species If you complete this task correctly, you will meet grading criterion M2.