Figure 8.10

GEO-GRAPHIC: African savanna grazing sequence. Different herbivorous mammals eat different parts of plants at different times. This variation allows large populations of many species to coexist in the same region without exhausting the resources. As the monsoon rains diminish and the vegetation dries, the animals migrate to a different area with new growth. This diagram shows a common progression of animals that takes places over weeks and months on the savanna.

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