Food Availability for Buffalo
Grasses, sedges, shoots of shrubs, trees, & herbs
What are things that buffalo eat?
Migration ____ between grazing areas
What is increases?
This explains how many animals an environment can support
What is carrying capacity?
Higher fire intensity causes this
What is dry vegetation to diminish?
Low selectivity in this season
What is the wet season?
Migration patterns help by providing more ______
More grass = more energy. This increases the ______
What is carrying capacity?
Buffalo not migrating gives them less access to this
What is resources?
High selectivity in this season
What is the dry season?
Migration helps increase this
What is the spread of Rinderpest?
This is how much energy gets passed on throughout the cycle of life
What is the 10% rule?
Higher wildebeest population equals this
What is lower fire intensity?
This animal doesn't migrate. Instead, they stay near their water source with their herd.
What is buffalo?
Wildebeest follow this in their migration patterns
What is the rain?
10% of the biomass found in grasses would be converted to this in buffalo
What is flesh?
Higher fire intensity causes this
Co2 formed during the wet season makes resources more ______
What is nutritious?
Wildebeest migration patterns help prevent this
Green biomass and the 10% rule determine how many ____ the Serengeti can support
What is animals?
Wildebeest migration acts as natural _______
What is fire mitigation?