I'd like to know of some real examples of  environmental effects and
linkages, ie: when a certain type of tree is planted, a certain type
of bird that nests on that tree appears, and when that type of bird
appears, another positive environmental effect takes place.  I'd like
to be able to link 10 or more events to make a chain evident...

Maybe you are looking documentation of how plants and animals
establish themselves in what has been a lifeless or virtually lifeless
area, for example on a new volcanic island, in an inactive open pit
mine where there has been no recultivation program, or water plant and
animal life in a lake that develops there, and perhaps on the island
of Bikini after the atomic bomb testing.

There should be some studies about these types of situations, possibly
parallel ones, say, for two volcanic islands in different climactic
zones, e.g., off  Iceland and somewhere in the Pacific (?)
That was looking for purely natural situations with no human involvement.
 
There must assuredly be studies about what has happened when there has
been recultivation of a barren area with a non-indigenous plant,
but someone else is going to have to find the info for you.