Food Webs
This food web shows the interactions among species living in the Great Basin.
Some primary producers in the Great Basin ecosystem include sage brush, prickly pear cacti, bristlecone pines, and desert wildflowers.
Some primary consumers include squirrels and rodents such as the kangaroo rat, insects, fish such as the Bonneville cutthroat trout, and grazing animals such as the pronghorn deer, mule deer, and elk.
Small predators, carnivores, and insectivores make up the secondary consumers of the Great Basin. These include badgers, snakes, lizards, the Black Widow, smaller birds such as the spotted sandpiper, and bats.
The large predators, such as coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and large birds such as the Turkey Vulture, make up the tertiary consumers. Additional tertiary consumers include the Northern Leopard Frog and the American Kestrel.
Some primary consumers include squirrels and rodents such as the kangaroo rat, insects, fish such as the Bonneville cutthroat trout, and grazing animals such as the pronghorn deer, mule deer, and elk.
Small predators, carnivores, and insectivores make up the secondary consumers of the Great Basin. These include badgers, snakes, lizards, the Black Widow, smaller birds such as the spotted sandpiper, and bats.
The large predators, such as coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and large birds such as the Turkey Vulture, make up the tertiary consumers. Additional tertiary consumers include the Northern Leopard Frog and the American Kestrel.