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9781406255249

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Poids de l'ouvrage

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The shrubs are eaten by deer, that are eaten by cougars. This book explores the species and food chains and webs within a mountain habitat, and discusses why these food chains and webs need to be protected.

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Publié par

Capstone Global Library

Date de parution

15 juin 2012

EAN13

9781406255249

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

14 Mo

PROTECTING FOOD CHAINS

Mountain FOOD CHAINS

Rache Lynette

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Lynette, Rachel. Mountain food chains.  (Protecting food chains) 577.5’316dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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CONTENTS

What is a mountain food chain? ............................................. 4 What is a mountain habitat? ................................................... 8 Where in the world are mountain habitats? ........................... 10 What are the producers on mountains? ................................. 12 What are the primary consumers on mountains? ................... 16 What are the secondary consumers on mountains?............... 20 What are the decomposers on mountains?............................ 24 What are mountain food chains like around the world? ........ 28 How are humans harming mountain food chains? ................. 34 What can you do to protect mountain food chains?.............. 40 Top 10 things you can do to protect mountains .................... 44 Glossary................................................................................... 45 Find out more ......................................................................... 47 Index....................................................................................... 48

Words appearing in bold,like this, are explained in the glossary.

What is a mountain Food Chain?

Have you ever gone walking in the mountains? If so, you probably saw many different plants and animals. The plants and animals on a mountain all depend on one another for survival.

All the animals that live on a mountain must eat plants or other animals to survive.Blue sheep, for example,grazeon grass growing in meadows in the Himalaya Mountains in Central Asia. Blue sheep are sometimes eaten by snow leopards. When a snow leopard dies,bacteriabreak down the remains intonutrients. Some of the nutrients go back into the soil, where they help plants grow. Then the process can begin again. This process is called a food chain.

These mountaîn goats get energy rom the grass they eat.

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