Biodiversity is a word not everyone is familiar with, but it affects us all. It is a vast living network where every species has a role to play.
An example we use in the video is the mule deer depending on the Cottonwood forest
for its food, but the forest itself needing fungi and micro-organisms in the soil to stay healthy. If the forest disappears, so do the deer.
Sources
- What is Biodiversity | The Government of British Columbia | January 2024
- Variability Among Five Cottonwood Species | Western North American Naturalist | 2000
- Biodiversity | Environmental Lethbridge
- https://cowsandfish.org/wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/biodiversity.pdf
- www.albertapcf.org/rsu_docs/biology-and-status-feb-1991.pdf
- Cottonwood riparian forest | Nature Conservancy Canada
- Supporting nature and biodiversity in urban yards | Nature Alberta
- Floods, fire, and ice: disturbance ecology of riparian cottonwoods | Ecology | November 2007
- Grazing Glory: the weed-eating goats have returned! | City of Lethbridge | June 2024
- Canada thistle: how to identify & tips to control | Earth Smart | September 2022
- Wildlife & Sightings | Helen Schuler Nature Centre
- Ecosystems at Risk | The Government of British Columbia
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