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EcoPhoto4
This picture was taken outside of the Teaching Lab on UNCW campus on Thursday March 29th. Two ecological concepts you can see here are herbivory and nutrient decomposition. There is a tiny ant on the side of the apple that is eating what is the left before it decomposes. The parts of the apple that have brown discoloration have already begun decomposing. Decomposition is the breakdown of chemical bonds formed during the construction of plant and animal tissues and is a key process in recycling nutrients within an ecosystem.
EcoPhoto4
This picture was taken outside of the Teaching Lab on UNCW campus on Thursday March 29th. Two ecological concepts you can see here are herbivory and nutrient decomposition. There is a tiny ant on the side of the apple that is eating what is the left before it decomposes. The parts of the apple that have brown discoloration have already begun decomposing. Decomposition is the breakdown of chemical bonds formed during the construction of plant and animal tissues and is a key process in recycling nutrients within an ecosystem.