Animals In The Desert Food Chain
Detritivores and decomposers are the final part of food chains.
Animals in the desert food chain. As you can see there are many species of animals in the desert that eat each other. A stream reef side of a pool field and woodland are all instances of an ecosystem. Some are called scavengers as they feed on dead animalsFinally there are decomposers like desert mushrooms and bacteria and worms which decompose the dead animals.
These animals are snails insects tadpoles and small fish. So a desert food chain starts with a saguaro cacti followed by a wood rat then a diamondback rattlesnake and finally a red-tailed hawk. Explain the principles of the food chain and how it works in the desert.
The producers are the plants cactus Creosote Bushed Thorn Acacras and many others. The coyotes natural predator was at one time the wolf. Dung beetles eat animal feces.
The wolf has been extirpated from the Mojave Desert by man however man and his motor vehicles have taken the place of the wolf as the primary killer of coyotes. The hawk will receive the energy of the snake rat and sagebrush. One of the most common plant anyone has ever seen.
The small rodents and insects and lizards eat the plants. There is less variety within the community of organisms relative to tropical biomes or even the temperate rainforest biome of BC in the biosphere as the conditions are much harsher. In the harsher desert environments they are the top predators.
Small Predators - Secondary Consumers. Secondary consumers prey on the primary consumers. Food Chains and Food Webs - Balance within Natural Systems.