Assertion: lichen | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: ecologically
type: DEGREE
value: in many ways in the habitat
type: LOCATION
value: environmentally
type: DEGREE
value: in providing food
type: OTHER
value: for their winter survival
type: PURPOSE
value: for caribou
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for some ungulates
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: along with their rock substrate
type: OTHER
value: by snails
type: OTHER
value: in contributing nitrogen
type: OTHER
value: for reindeer
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Lichens may be important in contributing nitrogen to soils in some deserts through being eaten, along with their rock substrate, by snails, which then defecate, putting the nitrogen into the soils.
text: The animals still lose weight over winter but the lichen is essential for their winter survival.
text: Lichens are an important food for some ungulates and probably they provide nutrition for other organisms as well.
text: Lichens are also important soil stabilizers in some desert environments and they are an important winter food source for caribou and reindeer.
text: Lichens are important for several reasons.
text: Lichens are an important part of the food web in several ecosystems.
text: Ecologically, lichens are important because they often occupy niches that, at least sometime during the season, are so dry, or hot, or sterile, that nothing else will grow there.
text: Ecologically, they are also important in providing food and shelter to wildlife including deer, moose, and elk, as well as cetain species of squirrels, mice, and bats.
text: Lichens are environmentally important, helping to create soil, providing food, and acting as indicators of air pollution
text: Lichens are important in many ways in the habitat.
text: Why are lichens important?