Title: Describe ecosystem overlap.
Course: Fisheries and Wildlife Management (18501) > Section: Understanding North American Biomes

Description should include

- definition of ecosystem overlap
- examples of ecosystem overlap in the local community.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to understand the benefits of ecosystem overlap in wildlife management?
- What are ecotones?
- What might hinder ecosystem overlap and/or ecosystem isolation? What might foster it?
- What is the edge effect?
- What is the definition of ecological niche? What biotic and abiotic factors affect an ecological niche?

Teacher Resources:

- Chesapeake Bay Natural Resource Management (https://chesapeakebay.naturalresources.anthro-seminars.net/)
- Catawba River (https://catawba.naturalresources.anthro-seminars.net/)