Deforestation had already taken its affects on the country of Haiti, so therefore many food webs and trophic levels had already been diminished. The soil food web can be the best to show how energy is being transferred through animal species in Haiti, even though the people there can make no use of the energy that is being transferred in the soil at the time.
Food Webs and Trophic Levels
Since plants and animals were already scarce in Haiti and the number of consumers are very low, there is no significant food web for that area. The 2010 Haiti Earthquake had an affect on the food web, but the web is so small that it was not given attention due to all the other problems in the area. Obviously the energy source in the area was the sun, and the rest can be interpreted as the following:
Producers : Coffee and cocoa beans, rice, beans, other trees and shrubs
Consumers : Badgers, mongoose, mice, insects, monkeys, and lizards
Detritivores: Slugs, snails, worms, and bacteria
The earthquake killed many of the mice, insects, and the few monkeys in the area. Because of this, there should have been a surplus or a greater amount of rice, beans, trees, and shrubs. Lizards were not affected much because of their quick moving, and slick bodies that would have probably moved out of harms way when the earthquake hit, or wiggled out of debris afterward. Therefore, the lizards would have had a large amount of trees and shrubs to eat from since mice, insects, and monkeys weren't sharing the same food as them anymore.The same goes with the badgers and the mongoose because the mice wouldn't be eating the rice and beans, but this would also force the badgers and mongoose to just eat those plants, since they obviously couldn't eat the mice either.
*( The food web above does not include all animals and plants in Haiti, just the most popular ones. Grass, sunflower, goats, and other animals and plants were left off, but they would not have had a large impact on other species, as the earthquake killed them off also.)
This web however does not include the human impact there would have been. The human population would have been also using the coffee and cocoa beans, rice, and other beans. Most people used these sources as their food meals, and were born vegetarian since they could never get their hands on meat anyway. If they ever did, though the probability was very small, they would not eat the animal since they have never eaten such a thing before. The plants were also destroyed during the earthquake, so the food source for all the humans including the animals was cut off. This is the main reason why so many countries around the world contributed on giving Haiti food and supplies.
Producers : Coffee and cocoa beans, rice, beans, other trees and shrubs
Consumers : Badgers, mongoose, mice, insects, monkeys, and lizards
Detritivores: Slugs, snails, worms, and bacteria
The earthquake killed many of the mice, insects, and the few monkeys in the area. Because of this, there should have been a surplus or a greater amount of rice, beans, trees, and shrubs. Lizards were not affected much because of their quick moving, and slick bodies that would have probably moved out of harms way when the earthquake hit, or wiggled out of debris afterward. Therefore, the lizards would have had a large amount of trees and shrubs to eat from since mice, insects, and monkeys weren't sharing the same food as them anymore.The same goes with the badgers and the mongoose because the mice wouldn't be eating the rice and beans, but this would also force the badgers and mongoose to just eat those plants, since they obviously couldn't eat the mice either.
*( The food web above does not include all animals and plants in Haiti, just the most popular ones. Grass, sunflower, goats, and other animals and plants were left off, but they would not have had a large impact on other species, as the earthquake killed them off also.)
This web however does not include the human impact there would have been. The human population would have been also using the coffee and cocoa beans, rice, and other beans. Most people used these sources as their food meals, and were born vegetarian since they could never get their hands on meat anyway. If they ever did, though the probability was very small, they would not eat the animal since they have never eaten such a thing before. The plants were also destroyed during the earthquake, so the food source for all the humans including the animals was cut off. This is the main reason why so many countries around the world contributed on giving Haiti food and supplies.