1. Diversity of Life Reading Reflection #8
By: E.O. Wilson
Chapter 9: The Creation of Ecosystems

2. Biology “review” from this Chapter
Keystone species
“It has become clear that an elite group of species exercises and influence on biological diversity out of all proportion to its numbers” (169)
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
Symbiosis

3. Reading Reflection
Explain how the understanding of Ecological interactions is essential to describing evolutionary change and biodiversity.
Find and explain at least two examples from the chapter.
Read the article from today’s nytimes.
Relate the article to the chapter