Animals In The Desert Ecosystem
Additionally many scavenging insects subsist on dead organisms.
Animals in the desert ecosystem. Conservation efforts are however underway to save them from going extinct. Of the various forms of pollination the chapter will explore the yucca moth-yucca and senita moth-senita cactus mutualisms. Desert animals include coyotes and bobcats spiders such as the black widow scorpions rattlesnakes lizards and many kinds of birds all especially adapted to the desert biome.
Thus most of the animals in desert ecosystem rely on their behavioural physiological and structural adaptations to avoid the desert. The camel has humps that store fat and water so that the camel will not get dehydrated or run out of energy. An ecosystem is the overall study of any geographical area.
An ecosystem includes all the life in a particular environment or location. On the onset of rains a variety of animal like grasshoppers butterflies bees beetles and spiders and more may be seen in the desert ecosystem. Amphibians like spade foot toad dig burrow with the help of its spade-like feet and goes to sleep till the rains arrive.
The plants and animals of the desert ecosystem have mastered the art of survival in harsh conditions. The desert fox wild dog and the wild donkey also are found in the desert. In areas with a greater water supply the level of biodiversity increases as vegetation such as shrubs cacti and hardy trees form the foundation of a more extensive food web.
In a nutshell Desert ecosystem can be explained as the interactions of different organism cohabiting together the climate present there and any other non-living components if present there. Some of the other animals in the desert include the Mexican gray wolf or the famously called el lobo in the Sonaran desert Elora 2003. The camel is another desert animal.
Scavenging desert animals include ravens vultures crows foxes and coyotes. In short desert ecosystem is the community of living and non-living organisms living together and interacting in an environment which seems to be abandoned. Some of the deserts scavengers are capable of capturing their own prey but as food can be scarce in the desert they are always looking to scavenge an easy meal.