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Ecosystem engineers / Michelle Ewacha, Jane Waterman

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Conservation and the Environment in Namibia ; 2015Publication details: Windhoek : Ventures Publications, 2015Description: 2 pages illustrations; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 527 Conservation and the Environment in Namibia
Summary: Cape ground squirrels appear to be ecosystem engineers. They physically disturb the land and create patches of unique habitat for other plants and animals. They eat and trim plants around their burrows and other animals, particularly small mammals, used the squirrel burrows to escape warm temperatures.
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Cape ground squirrels appear to be ecosystem engineers. They physically disturb the land and create patches of unique habitat for other plants and animals. They eat and trim plants around their burrows and other animals, particularly small mammals, used the squirrel burrows to escape warm temperatures.

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