Food Chain In Congo Rainforest

The okapi apes and mouse deer supports the secondary consumers.

Food chain in congo rainforest. Flora and Fauna of the Congo Rainforest. The Secondary Consumers the jaguar and boa constrictor. At the lower level of the trophic level are the insects fungi and bacteria.

Each link in a food chain is important. First Level - Autotrophs aka Primary Producers. As you can see each animal depends on one another.

65 of the land is covered with ferns. The Secondary Consumers the genet tree cat and eagle. It is home to variety of endemic animals.

The primary production ranges from vegetation to tree fruits. All the plants and animals in the food chain depend on each other just like links in a real chain. The Strangler Fig is a keystone species in the Congo rainforest as they bear fruits for a number of animals in their ecosystem.

Each rainforest has a different set of food chains. Giving shelter to ants and feeding Okapi. Consumers feed on these producers or other animals for energy.

Also rainforests are home to half of the animal and plant species worldwide so there are way too many to list here. When something happens to one link it affects the entire chain. Other parts of the Congo Basin is owned by logging and mining companies.