Component
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Positive
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Negative
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Examples
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Insects
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Pollination,
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Pestilence, Disease Vector
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Bees, Wasps, Ants, Flies, Butterfly, Beetle, Mealy Bug, Earwig, Cockroach, Cricket, Mantis, Lady Bug
|
Composting, Aeration, Food, Manure, Attract Birds
|
Invasive
|
Earthworms, Dung
| |
Birds
|
Food, Pollination,
|
Crop Damage, Foul Water, Disturb Mulch
|
Chickens, Ducks, Swallows, Finches, Jays, Quail, Raptors, Crows,
|
Burrowers
|
Food, Aeration, Grazing,
|
Root Damage, Over Grazing, Disturb Mulch, Erosion
|
Moles, Gophers, Prairie Dogs, Rabbits, Rats, Mice, Ferrets, Badgers, Pigs
|
Grazers
|
Food, Grazing, Manure, Tilling
|
Over Grazing, Compaction, Foul Water, Erosion
|
Cows, Horses, Goats, Sheep
|
Predators
|
Reduction in Prey Species, Danger to Humans
|
Dogs, Wolves, Cats, Foxes, Raccoon, Coyotes
| |
Plants
|
Food, Turning, Tilling, Aeration, Composting Material, Carbon Fixation, Mulch, Erosion Control
|
Competition, Some Poisonous, Invasive
|
Trees, Shrubs, Grasses, Forbs, Ferns, Roots, Herbs, Vines, Algae, Aquatic
|
Fungi
|
Food, Composting, Nutrient Movement
|
Pestilence, Some Poisonous
|
Mushroom, Mold, Rust, Mycelium
|
Microbes
|
Composting, Nutrient Movement, Nitrogen Fixation
|
Pestilence, Oxygen Deprivation
|
Bacteria, Flagella, Protozoa, Nematodes, Slime Mold (Amoeba)
|
Soil
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Plant Growth, Microbe Growth, Fungi Growth, Water Purification, Water Retention, Root Substrate, Nutrient Storage and Release
|
Reduced Access to Mineral Earth
|
Duff, Mulch, Compost, Soil, Sand, Loess, Loam
|
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Biocomponents - A chart I am working on. Please give feedback!
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