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Why wood peckers are called ecosystem engineers?


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Ecosystem engineers:

Animals, which can either form or modify an existing habitat are termed, ecosystem engineers.

Woodpeckers are called ecosystem engineers because:

  1. Woodpeckers drill holes in the tree trunk.
  2. These are utilized by many other species.
  3. Their activity substantially causes changes in the ecosystem and provides habitat for many other species.

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