Examples of Habitat Use by Wildlife in Serengeti
This type of habitat is primarily utilized during the rainy season by migrating wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles.
Open Grasslands
This is structured not only by species presence, but by the network of interactions among species,
Biodiversity
Composed of these two seasons
Wet season and dry season
This type of habitat acts as a vital dry-season refuge for browsing species like giraffes, impalas
Acadia Woodlands
What is it called when different environments contain different species that alter which interactions are even possible?
Species turnover
Composed of these "Big 5" species
lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino
This habitat includes a visible exposure of bedrock.
Rocky outcrop/Kopjes
This term controls for differences in species number
rarefaction
This country houses the Serengeti
Tanzania
Including swamps and lakeshores, these provide habitats for specialized birds, hippos, and crocodiles.
Wetlands
What is a complex, interconnected network of all the feeding relationships and food chains within a single ecosystem
Food web
This annual event takes place in the Serengeti
The great Migration
Located along rivers, these offer water-dependent species food and shelter.
Riverine Forests
What is an environmental conditions directly influence how species interact, not just whether they are present.
Abiotic environmental effects
The Serengeti is this many km (hint- not the Serengeti National Park)
About 30,000 km