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Serengeti: Nature's living Laboratory - Coggle Diagram
Serengeti: Nature's living Laboratory
Change in Population
Food (down-top)
Predator (top-down)
Dry Season
Less food source
Regulates (density) population
Carrying capacity 1,300,000
Fire
Killing young trees
Eating grass and results in less dry grass; prevents fire
Key Terms
bottom up regulation
top down regulation
migration
keystone species
trophic cascade
density dependent regulation
Wildbeats & buffalo population
sudden increase
700,000 wild beasts
Peek: 1977, 1.4 million population
Producers -> wild beasts -> predator
May cause damage to environment
Regulation by body size
Small animals are regulated from top-down
Large animals are regulated from dow-top
Food lead the migration of animals:
Greener, more migration of wildebeests
Using GPS to track
Various of space
Fresh food
Not all them migrate
Only 25% accounted by predators