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How might forest fires affect reproduction success of plants and animals.
Forest fires affect animals by reducing the amount of successful reproduction. When their habitat is on fire, either they will burn in it, escape and run off, or escape with some sort of damage done to their body. Death of animals will reduce the population which will reduce the amount of reproduction. The animals that stay healthy may have success reproducing. Animals that are affected with burns or disease have a chance of successful reproduction but it's slimmer. Some diseases can be inherited through the offspring. Animals may run off to a place that is not safe. This could either be because of predators or hunters. Narrowing the amount of healthy species is going to affect the reproduction rate and the success of it.
Forest fires affect the success of plant reproduction. Fire will most likely get to all the plants, if it's a big one, as plants can't run away like animals can. Fire damage will not only destroy plants that are already grown, but if can affect the plants to be grown in the future. All the pollution caused from that fire can affect the soil. It would not be as successful reproducing plants if they're planted in an area with too much sunlight, bad soil, and no Oxygen from other plants around. In order to have success in reproducing plants you would need lots of tender love and care to help nourish the grounds for healthy plants to grow there.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ecology
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Your post was well done! I liked how you included what the animals would do if a forest fire were to happen. You could of included what would happen to trees and how the extinction of plants would also affect the animals in the long term. Overall a good blog, make sure you really elaborate on your points.
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ReplyDeleteI think this was a pretty good post because it states the issue and what happens to make it an issue. Something that i personaly would have done to make this a better post would be to add in things we could do to help resolve the issue, but even without solutions this post is a good one.