The Circle of Life in the Great Wildebeest Migration: How the Mara–Serengeti Ecosystem Feeds Itself
The “Circle of Life” in the Great Wildebeest Migration is not just a dramatic safari phrase. In the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem, it is a real ecological process: rain grows grass, wildebeest follow the grass, predators follow the herds, carcasses feed rivers and scavengers, dung fertilises soil, insects process waste, birds and fish use the resulting food […]