1. What are you excited about learning in your
tropical ecology class?
I am excited to learn about how interactions
in tropical ecosystem occur. How animals interact with the environment, and how
this environment affects animals and plants. What are the levels of trophy in
an ecosystem (with specific examples). I am also interested in learning about
animal behavior in response to the environment, for example, when animals
migrate and why? When is the period of breeding and nesting of some animals,
and how seasonality affects animal behavior, diet, etc. I also want to learn
about scientific research and how the scientific method works, how a scientific
research is developed, and how to read and find scientific articles. In
general, ecology is an important branch of biology, and tropical ecology is the
topic of matter for the SEED students as we all come from the tropics.
2. What is one of the main environmental
issues your community experiences?
As I live in the suburbs of San Salvador
city, trash pollution is the major environmental issue in my community. Just behind
my house, there is a creek, and this is very polluted. People throw their
garbage in the creek and eventually this affects the aesthetics of the place,
and when heavy rains come, floods threaten the houses located on the banks of
the creek.
3. What things have your learned thus far to
help improve the environmental conditions of your community? (Think about all
the classes you have taken and experiences in the field).
When I was an intern last summer in the
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council, I learned with their projects about some
principles of hydrology. My supervisor explained to me how the depletion of the
riparian vegetation in a creek affects making vulnerable to bank erosion and
floods. He also gave me some specific ideas to implement in my community. The key
is to reforest the banks.
4. Post a YouTube video related to the ecology
of your country (less than 5 min video)
5. Post a link of a website that has
information of the flora and fauna of your country.
El Imposible National Park - Flora and Fauna
Good job Daniel!!
ReplyDeleteYou got 5/5 in this assignment!