Animals In The Desert Food Chain

The small rodents and insects and lizards eat the plants.

Animals in the desert food chain. Man is the top predator in any desert environment whether by intention or accident. The producers are the plants cactus Creosote Bushed Thorn Acacras and many others. These animals are eaten as well by birds and foxes.

It includes abiotic and organic components through which nutrients are cycled and power circulations. It starts of with the sun. Detritivores are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains.

Grass is less abundant in the desert and may be the only food for some animals. Knowing the Outback is a desert you would expect it to have barely any life but the truth is the Australian Desert is teeming with life. Food Chains The following food web shows the relationships between the consumers and producers specific to the Gobi desert.

The coyotes natural predator was at one time the wolf. These animals are fewer in numbers than the herbivores as one secondary consumer consumes many herbivores for survival. Food chains and food webs in the Mojave Desert are similar.

An example of this is the coyote. With a continued focus on the Sonoran Desert students are introduced to the concepts of food chains and food webs. Decomposers like fungi and bacteria complete the food chain.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Chacahuala They are large reptiles inhabiting arid regions. A stream reef side of a pool field and woodland are all instances of an ecosystem.