DEFINING FEATURES

What kind of ecosystem?

The African Grasslands of the Serengeti is a Terrestrial ecosystem - that means it's on land. Narrowing it down, it's a Savannah ecosytem, since it's usually dry and it can support a wide range of grazers and carnivores, and endo/exotherms.

List of Types of Ecosystems

How can something become a grassland ecosystem?

To fit into the Savannah area an ecosystem must:

a) Be mostly grassy areas

b) Be dry seasonally

c) Have few individual trees (That means no big groups of them)

d) Support a large range of grazers and carnivores.

The Grasslands of The Serengeti does this!

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Glossary

Ecosystem

Endotherm

Full Glossary

Exotherm

A bioloical community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

An animal that has the ability to generate it's own heat internally.

An animal that is dependent on an external source of heat.