Food Chain
Producers- Grass, Grey Willow Tree, White Spruce, And Aquatic grass.
Primary Consumers- Ground Squirrel, Snowshoe Hare, Insects, and Moose
Secondary Consumer- Great Horned Owl, Red Fox, Passerine Birds, and Lynxes
Herbivores- Ground Squirrel, Moose, Insects, and Snowshoe Hare
Omnivores- None
Carnivores- Great Horned Owl, Red Foxes, Lynx, and Passerine Birds
Predator-Prey = Lynx - Hare
Primary Consumers- Ground Squirrel, Snowshoe Hare, Insects, and Moose
Secondary Consumer- Great Horned Owl, Red Fox, Passerine Birds, and Lynxes
Herbivores- Ground Squirrel, Moose, Insects, and Snowshoe Hare
Omnivores- None
Carnivores- Great Horned Owl, Red Foxes, Lynx, and Passerine Birds
Predator-Prey = Lynx - Hare
The energy comes from the Grass, the Willow Tree, The White Spruce, and the Aquatic Grass. If one organism in this food web were to decrease, the organism eating that organism would most likely eat something else or become hungry and slowly die off. Factors that could limit a population could be they environment, or a disease killing them or their food supply. 2 invasive species in the taiga are Knapgrass and cheatgrass. These are invasive grasses that grow all over the place and take the nutrients away from the soil.
Cheatgrass (Left)
KnapGrass (Right)
KnapGrass (Right)