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Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: dgt20 on 04/08/2018 04:57:11

Title: what is the food web and trophic level of a Australian grassland?
Post by: dgt20 on 04/08/2018 04:57:11
what is the food web and trophic level of a Australian grassland?
Title: Re: what is the food web and trophic level of a Australian grassland?
Post by: chris on 04/08/2018 12:47:18
The grassland is a primary producer - it captures the sunlight and uses the energy to drive photosynthesis and the production of plant biomass that the primary consumers eat. The food web is going to be very variable depending upon what lives on that land, and which bit of Australia you are considering....
Title: Re: what is the food web and trophic level of a Australian grassland?
Post by: dgt20 on 05/08/2018 08:41:33
The grassland is a primary producer - it captures the sunlight and uses the energy to drive photosynthesis and the production of plant biomass that the primary consumers eat. The food web is going to be very variable depending upon what lives on that land, and which bit of Australia you are considering....

Looking into south east side of australia (canberra), if you want a specific grassland heres one
https://www.environment.act.gov.au/parks-conservation/parks-and-reserves/find-a-park/canberra-nature-park/mulanggari-grassland-nature-reserve

the usual animals live here like kangaroo, snakes, lizards, possums, etc.