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East African Savanna (cont.)
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Animals: Giraffe, Cheetah, African elephant, Wildebeest
Other mammals: hartebeest and Grant’s gazelle
Birds: Grey-breasted spurfowl, Fischer’s lovebird, Karamoja apalis, and rugus-tailed weaver
Endemic species: Scheffler’s dwarf gecko and Mpwapwa worm lizard
Endemic species are important because they have higher risk of extinction and they create the higher level of diversity -
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East African Savanna
It is made up of three terrestrial ecoregions: Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets; Serengeti volcanic grasslands; Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets.
Climate: wet/dry; distinct dry season when most of the plants die; rainy season begins in May when the plants flourish and the animals migrate to find food; temperature range of 68 degrees to 86 degrees
Size: 221,000 square miles -
The wet season
The wet season does not have as much rain as usual. -
Spring
There is drought due to the lack of rain the following year. -
Winter
Vegetation is low. Plants begin to die because of the lack of water. -
Spring
Because of lack of food, the primary consumers (herbivores) begin to leave the area. This is followed by the secondary consumers (carnivores) since their food source has left as well. -
Rain is on its way!
The wet season begins again. Rain is making a comeback! -
The return of the producers
Producers begin growing again. -
The slow return
Slowly the primary consumers return. -
Spring
Slowly the secondary consumers return. -
Back to normal
Everything is back into the natural flow of the biome.
